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San Antonio FC Earns 3-0 Shutout Victory over Tacoma Defiance

April 26, 2019 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
San Antonio FC News Release


SAN ANTONIO - San Antonio FC (3-4-1) earned a 3-0 win against Tacoma Defiance (2-7-0) at Toyota Field on Friday during the team's Noche de Celebración. A goal from forward Bradford Jamieson IV and a brace from midfielder Jack Barmby earned the club three points at home.

"I'm proud of the players and staff," SAFC Head Coach Darren Powell said. "We wanted to make sure we got back on the right track this evening after last week's score, and I felt we got off to a wonderful start and were able to maintain good professionalism to maintain the ball during the course of the game. Three points is what we were looking for, and we got them this evening."

SAFC opened the scoring in the ninth minute when midfielder Brian Gomez forced a turnover near the visitors' box, which Jamieson IV picked up and slotted back-post past goalkeeper Trey Muse for the 1-0 lead. The goal marks Jamieson's third of the season in the span of four matches.

The Alamo City club doubled its lead just 10 minutes later when defender Moises Hernandez found Barmby at the top of the box. The England native settled into space and fired from distance to make it 2-0. Barmby found his second goal of the night just five minutes later finding himself at the top of the box again following a one-two pass from Gomez, which he curled far-post to make it 3-0.

The match marked the first consecutive braces in franchise history after Gomez recorded one last Saturday at Real Monarchs SLC.

SAFC recorded its second clean sheet of the season after keeping Tacoma scoreless. Goalkeeper Matthew Cardone recorded five saves and three claims on the night, while defender Joshua Yaro led the back line with three tackles and four clearances.

San Antonio FC will return to USL Championship action as the club travels to face expansion side New Mexico United on Saturday, May 5 at 6 p.m. CT.

Scoring Summary:

SAFC: 1-0, Bradford Jamieson IV 9'

SAFC: 2-0, Jack Barmby (Moises Hernandez assist) 19'

SAFC: 3-0, Jack Barmby (Brian Gomez assist) 24'

Disciplinary Summary:

Tacoma: Yellow Card (Peter Kingston) 42'

SAFC: Red Card (Pascal Eboussi) 60'

SAFC: Yellow Card (Walter Restrepo) 69'

Attendance: 6,357

SAFC Starting XI: GK: Matthew Cardone; D: Eby Ackon, Joshua Yaro, Pascal Eboussi; M: Michael Lahoud (c), Kai Greene, Jack Barmby (Rafa Castillo 88'), Moises Hernandez; F: Bradford Jamieson IV (Billy Forbes 79'), Walter Restrepo (Cristian Parano 85'), Brian Gomez

Substitutions Not Used: Jonathan Viscosi, Jose Gallegos, Johnny Fenwick, Ever Guzman

Postgame Notes:

San Antonio FC earned their third straight home victory with a 3-0 win over the Tacoma Defiance...SAFC improves to 5-1-1 all-time against Tacoma and 3-0-1 at Toyota Field against the Sounders affiliate

San Antonio FC midfielder Jack Barmby recorded his first brace on the season bringing his goal tally to three in 2019...Barmby is now the joint-top scorer along with forward Ever Guzman and Bradford Jamieson IV...Barmby added a 90.0 percent passing accuracy and four chances created...the SWBC Man of the Match follows teammate Brian Gomez who recorded a brace last week...this marks the first time an SAFC player has recorded braces in back-to-back matches

SAFC forward Bradford Jamieson IV scored his third goal of the season...is now joint stop scorer with Jack Barmby and Ever Guzman...all of Jamieson IV's goals have opened the scoring in a match for SAFC

San Antonio FC goalkeeper Matthew Cardone secured his second clean sheet of the season and his third match of the season with at least five saves...Cardone has recorded at least five saves in consecutive matches, and now has recorded 21 on the season

SAFC midfielders Brian Gomez and Moises Hernandez both recorded assists in the match...marks Gomez's second assist of the season while Hernandez recorded his first in an SAFC kit

Tonight's win marks the first three-goal victory of the season for SAFC and marks the second match of the season that the club has put three in the net...SAFC previously recorded a three-goal victory in four other matches since the start of the 2016 season...the three first-half goals are also the most scored in a single half by SAFC this season

San Antonio FC recorded a passing accuracy of 82.7 percent out of 514 total passes...both numbers are season-highs for the club while Joshua Yaro (90.2 percent) and Jack Barmby (90.0 percent) led the way for SAFC.

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