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San Antonio FC Earns 3-1 Win on the Road against El Paso Locomotive FC

July 18, 2019 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
San Antonio FC News Release


EL PASO - San Antonio FC (6-8-5) beat El Paso Locomotive FC (7-5-7) 3-1 at Southwest University Park on Wednesday night. A brace from forward Frank Lopez in his club debut along with a goal from forward Bradford Jamieson IV earned the Alamo City club its first victory on the road.

"We felt that this has been a long time coming, to get our first three points on the road against a very well-coached and talented El Paso team," SAFC Head Coach Darren Powell said. "I'm extremely proud of the way our guys applied themselves tonight on both sides of the ball. They were very committed, organized, and disciplined, and when you play road games on tough environments you have to do that."

SAFC opened the scoring in the eighth minute of the match when midfielder Cristian Parano collected the ball at midfield and dribbled past a few defenders to get into the box. The Argentinian took a shot on target but the save was spilled by Locomotive FC goalkeeper Logan Ketterer, which Lopez pounced on and slotted into the back of the net to open his account for the Alamo City club.

The hosts equalized in the 28th minute when defender Andrew Fox found the ball inside the SAFC box following chaos after a corner and buried a shot past goalkeeper Matthew Cardone to make it 1-1.

Lopez then bagged his second goal of the night in the 45th minute after Jamieson IV played him in on goal with an aerial through-ball, which the Cuba native finessed past Ketterer to make it 2-1. Lopez's brace marks the first on a debut night for a San Antonio FC player since forward Jason Johnson achieved the feat in the club's inaugural match on April 3, 2016.

Following a short weather delay in the 50th minute, the Alamo City club extended its lead in the 52nd minute after resuming play when midfielder Billy Forbes dribbled past a Locomotive FC defender and into the box, from where he squared a pass to find Jamieson IV, who finished to give SAFC the 3-1 lead and score his fifth goal of the season.

San Antonio FC is now 2-0-1 when playing on Wednesday's this season and will return to USL Championship action on Saturday, July 20 as they visit Orange County SC.

Scoring Summary:

SAFC: 1-0, Frank Lopez 8'

El Paso: 1-1, Andrew Fox 28'

SAFC: 2-1, Frank Lopez (Bradford Jamieson IV assist) 45'

SAFC: 3-1, Bradford Jamieson IV (Billy Forbes assist) 52'

Disciplinary Summary:

El Paso: Yellow Card (Andrew Fox) 14'

SAFC: Yellow Card (Pascal Eboussi) 34'

El Paso: Yellow Card (Omar Salgado) 90'

Attendance: 6,128

SAFC Starting XI: GK: Matthew Cardone; D: Kai Greene, Joshua Yaro, Pascal Eboussi; M: Michael Lahoud, Pecka (c), Cristian Parano, Bradford Jamieson IV (Jack Barmby 58'); F: Billy Forbes, Walter Restrepo (Walter Restrepo 76'), Frank Lopez

Substitutions Not Used: Jonathan Viscosi Johnny Fenwick, Rocky Perez, Ever Guzman

Postgame Notes:

* San Antonio FC earned their first road win of the season, defeating El Paso 3-1...was the first road win for SAFC since 9/3/18 against Real Monarchs SLC...marks the first back-to-back wins for the club since April 13...marks the first time this season the club has scored three goals in consecutive league games

* SAFC forward Frank Lopez was named the SWBC Man of the Match against El Paso after scoring two goals and recording the third brace of the season (also Brian Gomez at Real Monarchs 4/20; Jack Barmby vs. Tacoma 4/26)...Lopez becomes the first SAFC player to record a brace in their club debut since Jason Johnson on 4/3/16 at Seattle - the first match in club history

* SAFC forward Bradford Jamieson IV scored one goal and recorded an assist in his 59 minutes on the field...the LA Galaxy player on loan also recorded a key pass in the match and is now tied for most goals on the team (five)

* SAFC midfielder Crisitan Parano recorded a 100 percent passing accuracy in 90 minutes, marking just the second time since 2017 a player has recorded that feat (also Charlie Ward at OKC 7/28/18...Parano also recorded three key passes on the night

* The San Antonio defense recorded 24 clearances on the night with defender Pascal Eboussi leading the way with 10...goalkeeper Matthew Cardone made two saves while Josh Yaro and Kai Greene added three tackles and two interceptions between each other

* SAFC midfielder Billy Forbes assisted the third goal for San Antonio FC, marking his third assist in his last four league matches...Forbes added two key passes and two shots on target

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