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Matchday HQ: Phoenix Rising at Sacramento Republic

June 26, 2021 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Phoenix Rising FC News Release


Phoenix Rising at Sacramento Republic

Location: Heart Health park

Time: 8:00pm

TV: CW61 Arizona

Streaming: ESPN+| ArizonaSports.com (audio only; English) | La Mejor 106.5FM/1400AM (audio only; Spanish)

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Rising won its last matchup in Sacramento, 1-0

Rising is 1-2-0 on the road this season

Sacramento is winless in its last five matches (0-4-1)

A Little Bit About Phoenix Rising

Bouncing back

Phoenix Rising comes into tonight's match not having lost consecutive matches since October 2018 when the club lost back-to-back matches to las Vegas Lights and Portland Timbers 2. The last time Rising went two consecutive matches without a win was in July 2020 when the club lost and then drew Orange County.

The run continues

Phoenix Rising comes into the night having scored in 20-straight regular-season matches. That extends the club's second-longest streak of consecutive regular-season matches with a goal. The previous second-longest mark (17) was set in the 2016 season as Arizona United. The club record is 29 matches, set over 2019 and 2020. The last time the club was shut out in a regular-season match was on July 25, 2020, in a 1-0 loss to Orange County.

Ironman watch

Defender James Musa is the only player on the roster to have played every minute of 2021 (720 minutes) and the only field player to play every minute of every match he's appeared in. Solomon Asante (705), Ryan Flood (692), Santi Moar (634), and Rufat Dadashov (625) round out the top five players in minutes played.

Uncharacteristic struggles

Rising's opponent comes into the match winless in its last five matches. Sacramento hasn't had a winless run this long since 2017 when the club went six matches without a win in April and May..

Longer layoff

Sacramento comes into tonight's match off a longer layoff than the club anticipated. Sacramento's road match at Oakland, scheduled for last Saturday, was postponed because of an unsafe playing surface. Sacramento's last match was on June 9, a 2-0 loss to Real Monarchs.

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