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New Mexico
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Sacramento
New Mexico vs Sacramento: match report
New Mexico United hosted Sacramento Republic FC at Isotopes Park on Sunday 27 September 2026, in the USL Championship (round 1). Rodrigo Albuquerque is the referee, averaging 4.3 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.7.
Result and scorers
New Mexico 2-3 Sacramento. Goals: Memo Rodríguez 12' (pen) for Sacramento; Memo Rodríguez 49' for Sacramento; Greg Hurst 73' for New Mexico; Kyle Edwards 78' for Sacramento; Luther Archimede 85' for New Mexico.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 12' Penalty: Memo Rodríguez (Sacramento)
- 45'+3' Yellow card: Greg Hurst (New Mexico)
- 45'+4' Yellow card: Cristian Nava (New Mexico)
- 49' Goal: Memo Rodríguez (Sacramento)
- 71' Yellow card: Memo Rodríguez (Sacramento)
- 73' Goal: Greg Hurst (New Mexico)
- 78' Goal: Kyle Edwards (Sacramento)
- 82' Yellow card: Luther Archimede (New Mexico)
- 85' Goal: Luther Archimede (New Mexico)
- 86' Yellow card: Daniel Crisostomo (Sacramento)
- 90'+3' Yellow card: Frederik Kleemann (Sacramento)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 71.8% | Possession | 28.2% |
| 17 | Shots | 16 |
| 6 | Shots on target | 7 |
| 4 | Corners | 2 |
| 13 | Fouls | 12 |
| 3 | Offsides | 4 |
| 4 | Saves | 4 |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
New Mexico 4-2-3-1
Coach: Dennis Sanchez
- 13 Kristopher Shakes GK
- 27 Maliek Howell DEF
- 4 Kipp Keller DEF
- 2 Niko Hämäläinen DEF
- 3 Chris Gloster DEF
- 15 Ousman Jabang MID
- 14 Charlie Dennis FWD
- 11 Cristian Nava FWD
- 21 Valentin Noël MID
- 31 Joseph Melto Quiah FWD
- 10 Greg Hurst FWD
Bench
- 28 Cullen Wilkerson MID
- 9 Justin Rennicks FWD
- 29 Luther Archimède FWD
- 6 Gedion Zelalem MID
- 8 Marlon Vargas MID
- 33 Andrew Pannenberg GK
- 24 Tyler Blackett DEF
Sacramento 4-4-2
Coach: Neill Collins
- 1 Danny Vitiello GK
- 2 Jack Gurr DEF
- 5 Jared Timmer DEF
- 4 Lee Desmond DEF
- 3 Ryan Spaulding DEF
- 19 Alfredo Midence MID
- 24 Pep Casas MID
- 27 Daniel Crisostomo MID
- 20 Blake Willey MID
- 8 Memo Rodríguez MID
- 26 Cal Jennings FWD
Bench
- 6 Freddy Kleemann DEF
- 15 Aaron Essel DEF
- 71 Kyle Edwards FWD
- 16 Tyler Wolff FWD
- 10 Arturo Rodríguez FWD
- 31 Jacob Randolph GK
- 22 Michelle Benítez DEF
- 21 Tim Leibold DEF
- 18 Mark-Anthony Kaye MID
- 11 Forster Ajago FWD
- 7 Mayele Malango FWD
Previous meetings
- Sunday 21 June 2026: Sacramento Republic FC 0-1 New Mexico United
- Sunday 31 August 2025: New Mexico United 0-2 Sacramento Republic FC
- Sunday 9 March 2025: Sacramento Republic FC 2-1 New Mexico United
- Monday 30 September 2024: Sacramento Republic FC 4-0 New Mexico United
- Thursday 19 September 2024: New Mexico United 3-1 Sacramento Republic FC