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Monterey Bay F.C. Comes up Short against Sacramento Republic FC

April 3, 2022 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Monterey Bay FC News Release


SACRAMENTO, California - Monterey Bay F.C. (1-3-0, 3 points) fell 2-1 to Sacramento Republic FC at Heart Health Park on Saturday night. Monterey Bay F.C. forward Chase Boone recorded his third goal of the season for the Union, but it was not enough to overcome two second half penalty kick goals by Republic FC.

Following several early chances to start the match by Sacramento Republic FC, Monterey Bay F.C. found its first chance of the night in the 17th minute. At the end of a run down the left side of the pitch, Boone fired a shot on goal but it was saved by the goalkeeper. With four minutes to play in the first half, Republic FC sent a cross into the box from the left side, but it was cleared away in front of goal by Grant Robinson to keep Sacramento off the scoreboard. Then in the 45th minute of the match, Monterey Bay F.C. attacked down the left side with build up play between Walmer Martínez and Sam Gleadle. Gleadle's shot was blocked back to the feet of Chris Cortez, who's ensuing shot was blocked out for a corner and the sides went scoreless into the break.

In the 62nd minute of the second half, following a corner kick by Sacramento, the ball dropped down to Republic FC defender Jack Gurr. Gurr then rocketed a shot at goal, but a fingertip save by Dallas Jaye pushed the ball wide enough to deflect off of the inside of the far post, bounce back across the face of goal and out for a goal kick. Two minutes later, Jiro Barriga Toyama gained possession and pushed the ball up the left side of the pitch before crossing the ball into the box. The pass found the head of Hugh Roberts, but his header missed over the top of the crossbar and the scoreline remained 0-0.

In the 76th minute, Boone led Martínez into a dangerous position with a pass down the left flank. Martínez' cross into the box found Cortez, but the attempt was mistimed and the chance to take the lead missed by inches. Minutes later, Sacramento was awarded a penalty kick for a foul in the box, and Rodrigo Lopez buried the shot to give the home side the 1-0 lead. With a chance to equalize in the 83rd minute, Monterey Bay F.C. earned a corner, but the ensuing header by Cortez was saved by the goalkeeper. Four minutes later, the home side were awarded a second penalty and converted to double their lead, but the visitors would not go away quietly as the fight in the Union showed through again. In the first minute of added time, Boone pulled a goal back for Monterey Bay. His header off of a Robbie Crawford cross into the box cut the deficit in half. With one last chance for the Union to equalize in the 4th minute of added time, Cortez lined up for a free kick opportunity, but his grass-burning ball missed everyone on its way through the box and missed just wide of the left post, ending the match 2-1.

Man of the Match: Chase Boone's performance earns the forward his second consecutive man of the match. His headed goal in the 90+1 minute of the night was his third overall in the last two matches and gave late life to the Union.

Notes:

- Missing the match due to injury were Rafael Díaz (shoulder), Arun Basuljevic (hamstring) and Christian Volesky (chest).

- Dallas Jaye earned his first start in between the sticks for Monterey Bay F.C.

- Seku Conneh and Grant Robinson both left the match with injuries.

- Robbie Crawford made his debut for the Union as a second half substitute.

- Chase Boone scored his third goal in two matches with his 90+1' header.

Match: Sacramento Republic FC vs Monterey Bay F.C.

Date: April 2, 2022

Venue: Heart Health Park; Sacramento, California

Weather: Partly cloudy and 75 degrees

Attendance: 10,241

Scoring Summary: 1 2 F

Sacramento Republic FC 0 2 2

Monterey Bay F.C. 0 1 1

SAC: Rodrigo López (PK) 78'

SAC: Luther Archiméde (PK) 87'

MB: Chase Boone (Robbie Crawford) 90+1'

Lineups:

Sacramento Republic FC (4-5-1): Daniel Vitiello; Jack Gurr, Duke Lacroix (Ferrety Sousa 82'), Dan Casey, Lee Desmond; Matt LaGrassa, Keko (Emil Cuello 61'), Nick Ross, Luis Felipe (Zeiko Lewis 72'), Rodrigo Lopez; Douglas Martínez Jr. (Luther Archimede 61')

Subs not used: Carlos Saldaña, Conor Donovan, Rafael Jauregui

Monterey Bay F.C. (4-2-3-1): Dallas Jaye; Grant Robinson (Jiro Barriga Toyama 53'), Hugh Roberts, Kai Greene, Morey Doner; James Murphy, Mobi Fehr (Simon Dawkins 83'); Walmer Martínez, Chase Boone, Sam Gleadle (Robbie Crawford 54'); Seku Conneh (Chris Cortez 31')

Subs not used: Sam Strong, Adrian Rebollar, Jesse Maldonado

Stats Summary: SAC / MB

Shots: 11 / 9

Shots on Goal: 4 / 4

Saves: 3 / 2

Corner Kicks: 9 / 5

Fouls: 16 / 12

Misconduct Summary:

SAC: Matt LaGrassa (caution) 23'

MB: James Murphy (caution) 54'

SAC: Keko (caution) 58'

MB: Kai Greene (caution) 67'

MB: Morey Doner (caution) 77'

Officials:

Referee: Malik Badawi

Assistant Referees: Christian Clerc, Matthew Schwartz

4th Official: Robert Vincze

Sporting Director & Head Coach Frank Yallop

On the match:

"I think it was a tough one because we hung in there for 70 odd minutes. We had a great chance to score right before their first penalty kick, so we miss a great chance, then they go down and get a penalty and we're chasing the game from there. Our guys stuck with it though, Chase [Boone] scored late and Chris [Cortez] had a good free kick that nearly went in. It wasn't easy for them, we gave them a good game. We just have to play better, be better in certain moments. Morey [Doner] made a mistake for the first goal and he owned up to it and that's good, but we've just got to cut that sort of stuff out because it's cost us."

On his takeaways from the match:

"I thought we played quite well at times. I thought we created some good chances. Sacramento won their last home game, but I thought we deserved at least a draw tonight to be honest. I don't think they were a lot better than us. I felt that if we had just been better with our passing, we could've broken them down a little bit more. The result stands and it's disappointing, but we move on."

Midfielder James Murphy

On the result:

"It's a tough one to take at the end of the day. I thought we played pretty well for most of the game. We worked really hard for 90 minutes. In a game where two penalties go against you, it's a tough one to take for sure. I think we deserved more out of the game for our performance and for how hard we worked. This isn't an easy place to come and play. We could've taken a couple more chances ourselves, but again it's tough to take when there's two penalties called against you in the last 10 minutes or so. But now we pick ourselves up and we go again next weekend."

On the positives in the match:

"I think some of our overall play was really good, some of our interplay. We created some good chances, we got into some really good areas. It's a tough place to come and play, so to come here and really test a good team for 90 straight minutes is a positive. But at the end of the day we are here to take results, not just good performances, so this is going to be a tough one to take."

Goalkeeper Dallas Jaye

On the loss:

"It's a tough one, it's going to be a frustrating one when we watch it back because I think we had a lot of good moments. We had some opportunities where we could have scored when it was nil-nil and probably changed the game a little bit. Then we got caught in a few moments of whether it's a foul or not, and that's up to the referee, he makes his decisions. But one thing I do enjoy about this group is that even when we go down 2-0 on pens, it's frustrating, but we don't give up. We fight, and we've proved that in every game. This is a group that may not have gotten points today, but we're building towards something more."

On the busy week ahead:

"We're turning negatives into positives right now as a group. We have unfortunate injuries with Rafi [Díaz] and a couple other guys that went down tonight. We'll see what the prognosis is on those injuries, but you get guys like Jiro [Barriga Toyama] and Simon [Dawkins] and Robbie [Crawford] making his debut, myself making a debut, so there's guys starting to get minutes and everyone is going to be needed this week going into the Open Cup and into the game in El Paso on the weekend because we have a smaller roster. It's a full group effort right now and getting those guys minutes and action is always important early in the season. When we're looking back at all of this down the road, we're going to be happy that so many guys got opportunities early on to get their feet wet, be a part of the group and help us build."

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