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Roughnecks Home Saturday for Soccer Ball Night, Blood Drive

August 19, 2016 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
FC Tulsa News Release


SOCCER BALL GIVEAWAY / POST-GAME AUTOGRAPHS

Tulsa Roughnecks FC play their second match in three days when the third round of Oklahoma's Black Gold

SATURDAY'S MATCH PROMOTION

Saturday's match will feature special edition Roughnecks Soccer Balls for the first 1,000 fans, courtesy of Vatterott College, News On 6 and The Buzz Network. The full-size soccer balls are great for autographs and the Roughnecks players will be signing after the match. Fans will need to enter the stadium through either the Oil Derrick or Arvest Entrances to receive the soccer balls.

OBI BLOOD DRIVE

Fans are encouraged to stop by the stadium early on Saturday to participate in the Oklahoma Blood Institute Blood Drive. OBI will have their mobile units on-site at ONEOK Field from 1:30-6:30pm for fans to donate blood. All donors will receive two tickets to the match that night, two tickets to the Tulsa Zoo and a Tulsa Zoo T-Shirt. In addition, all donors will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win the use of a field-level suite for the match.

OKC ENERGY

*OKC will enter the match with only one defeat in its last 11 outings. Recently, the Energy are winless in their past four matches, but have gained three draws despite not scoring a goal in any of the four contests.

*Energy goalkeeper Cody Laurendi, who played for Austin last season, has a case for the USL Most Valuable Player Award. Laurendi leads all league keepers with a 0.63 goals against average. He has logged 10 shutouts in 19 appearances this season.

*Last season, strike Danni Konig was the offense for the Energy, accounting for 48% of the team's goals (21 of 44). This year, the scoring is much more balanced with no OKC player with more than three goals. Coy Craft, Michael Thomas and Wojciech Wojcik have all found the back of the net three times this season.

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*The Roughnecks come into Saturday's match having dropped a 5-0 decision to Rio Grande Valley Thursday night. All five goals came after the halftime break.

*Tulsa will look to get captain Sammy Ochoa involved. Ochoa has only one goal in the past four matches. For the season, he is fifth in the USL with 10 total goals.

*David Abidor is the only Roughnecks player to appear in all 23 matches this season. Abidor leads the team with 1,795 minutes played.

*Goalkeeper Hunter Harrison has yet to appear in match this year, but he was an unused substitute in Thursday's loss. He replaced Jake Feener who was injured during training this week.

IN ORANGE

The Roughnecks will be in their traditional orange kits for the match, while the Energy will be in their traveling blue tops.

BLACK GOLD CHARITY AUCTION SHOWDOWN

In celebration of the Black Gold Derby, the Tulsa Roughnecks FC and OKC Energy FC will be hosting a Roughnecks v. Energy Auction Showdown over the next two matches scheduled between the two sides. The matches are on August 20 in Tulsa and August 27 in Oklahoma City. The auction will give fans of both teams a chance to bid on exclusive autographed items (team signed ball and team signed home jersey) and a golf experience with two players from their respective teams.

The auction showdown will challenge fans of both teams to raise the most monies for the three items offered by their team. The team whose items raise the most money will take home all monies raised during the auction showdown.

Should the Roughnecks win all monies raised by both teams, the funds will benefit the '83 United Independent Supporters Association. '83 United will use the monies to 'Flip the Pitch' as they have partnered with the local YWCA to convert old unused baseball fields owned by the YWCA into newly refurbished soccer fields.

Should the Energy win all monies raised by both teams, the funds will benefit the OKC Sidekicks program. The program is a partnership between the Energy and Special Olympics Oklahoma athletes to provide support, mentoring and friendship to the Special Olympics athletes. This program offers Special Olympic Oklahoma athletes the chance to sign with the Energy for one year.

The auction will be run through the DASH app that fans of both teams will need to download and register on in order to be eligible for the auction. The auction showdown will kick off on Tuesday, August 16 at 9am.

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MARCH TO THE MATCH

At 7:15pm, fans are invited to participate in the March to the Match led by the Roustabouts. The March will begin at the Oil Derrick Entrance and conclude at The Rig, the seating section of the Roustabouts.

AFTER PARTIES AT LEFTY'S

After the match, fans are invited to join the players and coaches for the After Match Party at Lefty's on Greenwood, located across the street from ONEOK Field. The party is open to fans of all ages.

TICKETS

Tickets for the match are available online at TulsaRoughnecksFC.com, over the telephone at (918)744-5901 or in-person at the ONEOK Field Ticket Office.

THE BROADCAST

Fans in Tulsa can listen to the match live on AM 1300 with Jeremie Poplin and David Saunders calling the action. The pregame show will begin at 6:45PM.

The match will also be shown live online through the USL Match Center on YouTube.

YOUTH PACKAGES

NOW BOOKING YOUTH PACKAGES Learn how your team can participate in any of the amazing youth programs the Roughnecks offer throughout the season.

Green Country Chevy Ball KidsMcDonald's Starting XIWelcoming CrewRoughnecks Youth Soccer Camp

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