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Monterey Bay vs Lexington: match report

Monterey Bay hosted Lexington at Cardinale Stadium on Sunday 27 September 2026, in the USL Championship (round 1). Muhammad Hassan is the referee, averaging 5.0 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.7.

Result and scorers

Monterey Bay 2-3 Lexington. Goals: Nicolas Firmino 1' for Lexington; Zackery Farnsworth 5' for Monterey Bay; Phillip Goodrum 74' for Lexington; Marcus Epps 80' for Lexington; Diego Otoya 85' for Monterey Bay.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 1' Goal: Nicolas Firmino (Lexington)
  • 5' Goal: Zackery Farnsworth (Monterey Bay)
  • 23' Yellow card: Zackery Farnsworth (Monterey Bay)
  • 54' Yellow card: Joel Garcia Jr. (Monterey Bay)
  • 55' Yellow card: Kelsey Egwu (Monterey Bay)
  • 74' Goal: Phillip Goodrum (Lexington)
  • 80' Goal: Marcus Epps (Lexington)
  • 85' Goal: Diego Otoya (Monterey Bay)
  • 90' Red card: Kelsey Egwu (Monterey Bay)
  • 90' Yellow card: Fidel Barajas (Monterey Bay)
Match stats (contains the result)
52.5%Possession47.5%
7Shots17
3Shots on target8
4Corners13
17Fouls11
1Offsides0
5Saves1
3Yellow cards0
1Red cards0

Line-ups

Monterey Bay 4-4-2

Coach: Alex Covelo

  1. 98 Jacob Jackson GK
  2. 22 Joel Garcia DEF
  3. 25 Kelsey Egwu DEF
  4. 32 Zackery Farnsworth DEF
  5. 47 Quinton Elliot DEF
  6. 4 Nick Ross MID
  7. 14 Ryuga Nakamura MID
  8. 93 Judson MID
  9. 10 Facundo Canete MID
  10. 88 Sebastian Lletget MID
  11. 20 Ilijah Paul FWD

Bench

  • 15 Fidel Barajas FWD
  • 11 Wesley Leggett FWD
  • 21 Diego Otoya FWD
  • 30 Ballack Villasana MID
  • 31 Ciaran Dalton GK
  • 3 Stuart Ritchie DEF
  • 18 Belmar Joseph MID
  • 26 Julian Pakbaz MID

Lexington 4-2-3-1

Coach: Masaki Hemmi

  1. 17 Oliver Semmle GK
  2. 12 Xavier Zengue DEF
  3. 5 Kendall Burks DEF
  4. 23 Javain Brown DEF
  5. 2 Jacob Greene DEF
  6. 16 Blaine Ferri MID
  7. 6 Aaron Molloy MID
  8. 34 Malcolm Fry FWD
  9. 8 Nicolas Firmino MID
  10. 7 Marcus Epps FWD
  11. 9 Phillip Goodrum FWD

Bench

  • 27 Braudílio Rodrigues MID
  • 20 Milo Yosef FWD
  • 13 Macielo Tschantret MID
  • 19 Tarik Scott FWD
  • 31 Brooks Thompson GK
  • 21 Marqes Muir DEF
  • 98 Patrick Seagrist DEF
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 1 August 2026: Lexington 3-2 Monterey Bay
  • Friday 8 May 2026: Lexington 3-1 Monterey Bay
  • Sunday 8 June 2025: Monterey Bay 2-1 Lexington
  • Saturday 19 April 2025: Lexington 0-0 Monterey Bay