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Phoenix vs Las Vegas: match report

Phoenix Rising FC hosted Las Vegas Lights FC at Phoenix Rising Stadium at 38th St/Washington on Sunday 11 October 2026, in the USL Championship (round 1). Erick Lezama is the referee, averaging 4.2 yellow cards a game against a league average of 5.0.

Result and scorers

Phoenix 3-2 Las Vegas. Goals: Ihsan Sacko 24' for Phoenix; Gunnar Studenthofft 30' for Phoenix; Ihsan Sacko 45'+9' (pen) for Phoenix; Patrick Leal 77' for Las Vegas; Oalex Anderson 85' for Las Vegas. Attendance: 6,238.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 24' Goal: Ihsan Sacko (Phoenix)
  • 30' Goal: Gunnar Studenthofft (Phoenix)
  • 45'+8' Yellow card: Triston Henry (Las Vegas)
  • 45'+9' Penalty: Ihsan Sacko (Phoenix)
  • 59' Yellow card: Axel Essengue (Phoenix)
  • 77' Goal: Patrick Leal (Las Vegas)
  • 85' Goal: Oalex Anderson (Las Vegas)
  • 90'+4' Yellow card: Pape Boye (Phoenix)
  • 90'+6' Yellow card: Dominique Badji (Phoenix)
Match stats (contains the result)
33.5%Possession66.5%
15Shots9
5Shots on target3
8Corners7
22Fouls16
2Offsides3
1Saves2
3Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Phoenix 4-2-3-1

Coach: Pa-Modou Kah

  1. 14 Chituru Odunze GK
  2. 28 Kelvin Arase FWD
  3. 4 Pape Boye DEF
  4. 51 Ascel Essengue DEF
  5. 87 Daniel Flores DEF
  6. 13 Jean Moursou MID
  7. 17 John Scearce MID
  8. 7 Ihsan Sacko FWD
  9. 8 Diego Gómez MID
  10. 48 Tate Schmitt FWD
  11. 11 Gunnar Studenhofft FWD

Bench

  • 20 Luke Biasi DEF
  • 27 Conrad Ambursley FWD
  • 23 Dominique Badji FWD
  • 24 Adrián Pelayo DEF
  • 2 Collin Smith DEF
  • 1 Patrick Rakovsky GK
  • 47 Noah Cross DEF
  • 70 Juan Torres MID
  • 80 Alexander Balanzar FWD

Las Vegas 4-3-1-2

Coach: Devin Rensing

  1. 1 Triston Henry GK
  2. 6 Nykolas Sessock DEF
  3. 30 Benjamin Ofeimu DEF
  4. 33 Aarón Guillén DEF
  5. 81 Themi Antonoglou DEF
  6. 8 Kyle Scott MID
  7. 27 Giorgio Probo MID
  8. 18 Carson Locker MID
  9. 11 Christian Pinzón MID
  10. 25 Oalex Anderson FWD
  11. 14 Johnny Rodriguez FWD

Bench

  • 3 Nate Jones DEF
  • 9 Manuel Arteaga FWD
  • 17 Patrick Leal MID
  • 45 Blake Pope DEF
  • 13 Charlie Lanphier GK
  • 4 Callum Stretch DEF
  • 23 Marc Ybarra MID
Previous meetings
  • Sunday 2 August 2026: Las Vegas Lights FC 1-1 Phoenix Rising FC
  • Saturday 6 September 2025: Phoenix Rising FC 0-0 Las Vegas Lights FC
  • Thursday 29 May 2025: Las Vegas Lights FC 0-1 Phoenix Rising FC
  • Sunday 29 September 2024: Phoenix Rising FC 1-2 Las Vegas Lights FC
  • Sunday 2 June 2024: Las Vegas Lights FC 0-0 Phoenix Rising FC