Orlando City B Falls to FC Tucson

August 18, 2020 - United Soccer League One (USL1)
Orlando City B News Release

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (Aug. 18, 2020) - Orlando City B (1-2-1, 4 points) fell 4-1 to FC Tucson (2-3-0, 6 points) on Tuesday night to close out a two-game home stint at Osceola County Stadium at Osceola Heritage Park.

Tucson opened the scoring early, striking in the sixth minute off the foot of Azaad Liadi, but Orlando City B would answer quickly with Mateo Rodas converting from the penalty spot in the 18th minute for his first finish as a Lion.

The match wouldn't stay level for long however, with Tucson's Roberto Alarcon getting on the end of a ball from Shak Adams to give the visitors the lead once more in the 21st, and Liadi striking again to double the advantage five minutes later. Tucson added another in the 41st with Adams finding the back of the net to close out the scoring in the match.

Teams 1 2 F

Orlando City B 1 0 1

FC Tucson 4 0 4

Scoring Summary:

TUC - Azaad Liadi (Charlie Dennis) 6'

OCB - Mateo Rodas (PK) 18'

TUC - Roberto Alarcon (Shak Adams) 21'

TUC - Azaad Liadi (Shak Adams) 26'

TUC - Shak Adams (Roberto Alarcon) 41'

Misconduct Summary:

OCB - Julian Kennedy (Yellow Card) 29'

TUC - Adrián Valenzuela (Yellow Card) 46'

OCB - Mateo Rodas (Yellow Card) 90+1'

Orlando City B - GK Austin Aviza; D Mateo Rodas ©, Thomas Williams (Fablo Dos Santos 46'), Nick O'Callaghan, Michael Halliday; M Juan Pablo Monticelli, Raul Aguilera (Adam Ozeri 69'), Jose Quintero (Kenji Tanaka 46'); F Wilfredo Rivera (Theodore Ndje 87'), Moises Tablante, Julian Kennedy (Aleksandar Gluvacevic 46')

Unused Substitutes: GK Javier Otero; D Jonathan Rosales

FC Tucson - GK Carlos Merancio; D Derrick Silva, Niall Logue ©, Adrián Valenzuela, Esteban Calvo; M Raheem Sommersall, Shak Adams (Josh Coan 72'), Charlie Dennis (Erik Virgen 67'), Elivelton Oliveira (Ramone Howell 67'), Roberto Alarcon (Darryl Longdon 82'); F Azaad Liadi (Giovanni Godoy 82')

Unused Substitutes: GK Amal Knight; D Charlie Booth

Details of the Game:

Time: 7 p.m. ET

Date: August 18, 2020

Weather: Clear

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