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Tacoma Defiance Drops Home Match to Real Monarchs SLC

September 18, 2019 - United Soccer League Championship (USL) - Tacoma Defiance News Release

Tacoma Defiance vs. Real Monarchs SLC
Tacoma Defiance vs. Real Monarchs SLC
(Tacoma Defiance, Credit: Charis Wilson / Sounders FC)

TACOMA, WASH. - Tacoma Defiance (5-18-5, 20 points) on Tuesday dropped a 4-1 decision to Real Monarchs SLC (12-9-7, 43 points) at a rainy Cheney Stadium. Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez scored the lone goal for Tacoma on an assist from Nick Hinds. Tacoma finished the contest with nine men after Ever Rubio and Danny Leyva each received multiple yellow cards. Maikel Chang recorded a brace for Real Monarchs while Kyle Coffee and Cristian Calix each added a goal for the visitors.

In the 60th minute, Tacoma scored its lone goal of the evening to pull the club within a goal at 2-1. Defender Nick Hinds sent a ball into the area with his left foot that Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez one-touched into the back of the net for his third goal in 13 games this season. The assist was the second of the season for Hinds, who is now tied with Azriel Gonzalez for the team lead.

Coffee got Real Monarchs on the board first with a goal in the 32nd minute. He found a loose ball in the area and slotted it past Tacoma goalkeeper Bryan Meredith to give the visitors a 1-0 lead. In the 55th minute, Chang scored his first of the evening when he found a free ball off a corner kick and buried it to make it a 2-0 advantage. Chang netted his 11th goal of the season when he converted a penalty kick in the 73rd minute to push the lead to 3-1. The fourth goal of the evening for Real Monarchs came off a short corner kick before Calix blasted a shot from outside the area for the game's final marker.

Tacoma was reduced to 10 men just before halftime when Ever Rubio received his second yellow card in the 44th minute. In the 64th minute, Danny Leyva was shown his second yellow of the evening to reduce the home side to nine men.

Six players under the age of 20 saw action for Tacoma tonight, including two First Team players in Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez and Danny Leyva.

Defiance next travels to take on Portland Timbers 2 on Friday, September 20 (7:30 p.m. PT / ESPN+).The club then returns home to face Tulsa Roughnecks FC on Saturday, September 28 (7:00 p.m. PT / ESPN+).

MATCH SUMMARY

Tacoma Defiance I 1-4 I Real Monarchs SLC

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Venue: Cheney Stadium I Tacoma, Washington

Referee: Mark Allatin

Assistants: Baboucarr Jallow, Christian Clerc

Fourth Official: Christopher Turner

Attendance: 2,016

SCORING SUMMARY

SLC - Kyle Coffee 32'

SLC - Maikel Chang 55'

TAC - Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez (Nick Hinds 60')

SLC - Maikel Chang (penalty) 73'

SLC - Cristian Calix (Luis Arriaga) 89'

MISCONDUCT SUMMARY

TAC - Danny Leyva (caution) 4'

TAC - Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez (caution) 4'

TAC - Ever Rubio (caution) 44'

TAC - Ever Rubio (ejection) 44'

SLC - Sam Brown (caution) 58'

SLC - Konrad Plewa (caution) 63'

TAC - Danny Leyva (ejection) 64'

SLC - Jack Blake (caution) 81'

TAC - Aleks Berkolds (caution) 90'+2'

SLC - Noah Powder (caution) 90'+2'

LINEUPS & STATS

TAC - Bryan Meredith; Sota Kitahara, Aleks Berkolds, Ever Rubio, Nick Hinds; Alex Roldan (Jesse Daley 61'), Danny Leyva; Shandon Hopeau, Danny Robles (Josh Atencio HT), Ethan Dobbelaere (Justin Dhillon 71'); Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez

Substitutes not used: Trey Muse, Ray Serrano, Alex Villanueva, Handwalla Bwana

Total shots: 12

Shots on goal: 3

Fouls: 6

Offside: 1

Corner-kicks: 3

Saves: 6

SLC - David Ochoa; James Moberg, Konrad Plewa, Kalen Ryden, Noah Powder; Sam Brown (Cristian Calix 85'), Jack Blake; Maikel Chang, Luis Arriaga, Luis Palma (Julien Vazquez 82'); Kyle Coffee (Damien German 89')

Substitutes not used: Evan Finney, Fertil Pierre, Juan Silva, Etoundi

Total shots: 24

Shots on goal: 11

Fouls: 12

Offside: 1

Corner-kicks: 6

Saves: 2

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