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Rising Earns a Point on the Road against Las Vegas

August 23, 2020 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Phoenix Rising FC News Release


LAS VEGAS, Nevada (Saturday, August 22) - Phoenix Rising FC (6-1-2) earned a point on the road tonight at Cashman Field, thanks to goals from Rufat Dadashov, Junior Flemmings and Solomon Asante.

Phoenix took a 1-0 lead in just the fifth minute of the match when Darnell King pushed the ball up the right flank. King got the ball to Asante, who spun his defender around before delivering a cross in to the feet of target striker, Dadashov. Phoenix's No. 9 brought the ball down in a crowd of defenders and beat goalkeeper Edward Delgado low to his right side.

Vegas controlled the middle portion of the match and outshot Rising, 12-5. Despite the disadvantage, Phoenix's defense was able to block five shots and suppress the Vegas attack. Rising held the home side to zero shots on goal through the first 45 minutes.

Leading the league in goals heading into the match, Flemmings nearly made it 2-0 in the 42nd minute when King once again unlocked the Las Vegas defense with a long run up the center of the pitch. Flemmings recovered the ball near the left corner flag, cut back towards the middle and fired a shot that went inches wide of the post.

Just a minute later, Flemmings forced Delgado to make a kick-save at his front post to keep the deficit at a single goal.

Delgado started the second half where he left off, robbing Flemmings of a goal with a diving save to his left side in the 60th minute. Owusu-Ansah Kontoh helped to set up the chance for Phoenix, but Flemmings did the heavy lifting. The Jamaican turned his defender with a spin move to the inside that left his marker lying face-down on the pitch.

Flemmings scored his league-leading 10th goal of the season in the 68th minute when he beat two defenders to a loose ball and tapped it past them into space. The forward turned on the jets to put himself in-alone against Delgado. The goalkeeper charged off his line to cut down the angle, but Flemmings chipped a shot over the sprawling goalkeeper to make it 2-0.

Las Vegas pulled a goal back in the 80th minute when second-half substitute Yamikani Chester put a header past Rising FC goalkeeper Eric Dick. Rashawn Dally set up the chance with a strong run down the left flank. His centering pass skipped up, off Blake Frischknecht and popped up perfectly for Chester to flick a header on goal from short range.

Sam Stanton earned a penalty kick for Phoenix in the 89th minute when he and a Vegas defender came together awkwardly in the box. Asante stepped up to take the spot kick and beat Delgado, hard into the side netting to the right side of the goalkeeper to make it 3-1.

Vegas, once again made it a one-goal game deep into stoppage time when Jaiden Waggoner swung in a cross from the left flank. An attempted header from Vegas took a deflection and caught the knee of Rising defender AJ Cochran. Before the defender could react, the ball skipped past Dick and into the back of the net to make it 3-2.

More than double the amount of added extra time had passed when a long ball played in from a free kick at midfield was headed away by a Rising defender. The clearance attempt struck a Vegas player in the back of the head and landed at the feet of Blake Frischknecht. Frischknecht back-heeled a pass into a swarm of players at the back post and Vegas captain Ramon Martin Del Campo won the battle, knocking a shot into the back of the net to make it a 3-3 final.

Scoring Summary:

PHX - Rufat Dadashov (Solomon Asante) 5

PHX - Junior Flemmings 68

LV - Yamikani Chester 80

PHX - Solomon Asante (PK) 90

LV - Own Goal (AJ Cochran)

LV - Ramon Martin Del Campo (Blake Frischknecht) 90+9

Lineups:

Phoenix Rising FC - Eric Dick, Owusu-Ansah Kontoh, Corey Whelan (Joey Farrell 90+4), AJ Cochran, Darnell King, Jon Bakero (Jordan Schweitzer 69), Kevon Lambert, Sam Stanton (Jack Barmby 90+4), Junior Flemmings (Santi Moar 69), Rufat Dadashov, Solomon Asante (Logoas Kunga 90+3).

Substitutes not used: Zac Lubin, Joey Calistri.

Las Vegas Lights FC - Edward Delgado, Ramon Martin Del Campo, Johnny Fenwick, Mobi Fehr, Jordan Murrell, Junior Sandoval (Junior Burgos 71), Jose Carrera (Grant Robinson 72), Bryan de la Fuente (Brian Frischknecht 71), Seth Moses, Raul Mendiola (Yamikani Chester 32), Rashawn Dally (Jaiden Waggoner 83).

Substitutes not used: Thomas Olsen, Billingsey.

Misconduct Summary:

PHX - Darnell King (caution) 22

PHX - Owusu-Ansah Kontoh (caution) 59

PHX - Sam Stanton (caution) 74

LV - Seth Moses (caution) 84

Referees:

REF: Malik Badawi

AR1: Salma Perez

AR2: Matthew Schwartz

4TH: Alejandro Aguilera Jr

Weather: Clear, 100

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