Rey Ortiz Earns USL Championship Fans' Choice Goal of the Week
September 3, 2020 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Charlotte Independence News Release
CHARLOTTE - FC Cincinnati loanee Rey Ortiz claimed the USL Championship's Fans' Choice Goal of the Week award, with his long-range volley against North Carolina FC claiming 62 percent of the vote to sit ahead of Charleston Battery's Stavros Zarokostas on 33 percent.
The goal was Ortiz's first of his professional career and helped the Independence defeat North Carolina FC for the first time in USL Championship history.
USL Championship Fans' Choice Goal of the Week - Week 10
Neco Brett (BHM) - #CLTvBHM, 8/29/20: Brett's second standout finish of the night came off a brilliant piece of inventiveness by Bruno Lapa, whose scooped pass over the Independence back line set up the Jamaican for a fierce volleyed finish.
Aidan Daniels (COS) - #COSvNM, 8/29/20: Daniels produced another outstanding long-range finish against New Mexico, picking up possession on the left before cutting centrally and lacing a finish to the top-right corner of the net.
Stavros Zarokostas (CHS) - #CHSvTBR, 8/29/20: Zarokostas latched onto a brilliant pass by Angelo Kelly into the left channel and then eluded a pair of Rowdies defenders before firing a finish into the top-right corner for Charleston's game-winner.
Rey Ortiz (CLT) - #CLTvNM, 8/26/20: Ortiz controlled Dane Kelly's cross top the top of the penalty area perfectly with his first touch to set up a volleyed finish from 20 yards into the bottom-left corner of the net to give the Independence victory against their in-state rival.
Mauricio Cuevas (LA) - #LAvLV, 8/30/20: The 17-year-old Cuevas delivered a perfect free kick to the top-right corner from 25 yards for his third goal directly from a set piece this season to begin Los Dos' victory against Las Vegas.
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