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Phoenix Rising FC

3 — 2 Oct 11, 2026 · 07:30 AM IST

Las Vegas Lights FC

USL Championship · Round 1

Venue Phoenix Rising Stadium at 38th St/Washington, Phoenix, Arizona

Referee Erick Lezama

Attendance 6,238

Player of the Match Ihsan Sacko 8.9 83' played

Match Events

24' Home ⚽ Ihsan Sacko — 1-0

30' Home ⚽ Gunnar Studenhofft — 2-0

38' Home ↔ Luke Biasi → Daniel Flores

45 + 8' Away Triston Henry

45 + 9' Home ⚽ Ihsan Sacko — 3-0

HT

46' Home ↔ Conrad Ambursley → Kelvin Arase

46' Away ↔ Manuel Arteaga → Carson Locker

46' Away ↔ Nate Jones → Benjamin Ofeimu

59' Home Ascel Essengue

64' Home ↔ Dominique Badji → Gunnar Studenhofft

68' Away ↔ Patrick Leal → Kyle Scott

77' Away ⚽ Patrick Leal — 3-1

78' Away ↔ Blake Pope → Johnny Rodriguez

83' Home ↔ Adrián Pelayo → Ihsan Sacko

83' Home ↔ Collin Smith → Tate Schmitt

85' Away ⚽ Oalex Anderson — 3-2

90 + 4' Home Pape Boye

90 + 6' Home Dominique Badji

FT

Match Stats

34 66

Ball possession

15 9

Total shots

5 3

Shots on target

23 26

Touches in opposition box

5 2

Big chances

3 1

Big chances missed

182 (74%) 424 (85%)

Accurate passes

3 1

Yellow cards

8 7

Corners

Lineups

Phoenix Rising FC (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Pa-Modou Kah

Starting XI

14 Chituru Odunze 6.7

28 Kelvin Arase 6.5

4 Pape Boye 6.9

51 Ascel Essengue 6.8

87 Daniel Flores 6.8

13 Jean Moursou 7.5

17 John Scearce 7.1

7 Ihsan Sacko 8.9

8 Diego Gómez ↗ 7.4

48 Tate Schmitt 7.4

11 Gunnar Studenhofft 8.1

Substitutes

20 Luke Biasi 6.6

27 Conrad Ambursley 6.4

23 Dominique Badji 6.2

24 Adrián Pelayo

2 Collin Smith

1 Patrick Rakovsky

47 Noah Cross

70 Juan Torres ↗

80 Alexander Balanzar

Las Vegas Lights FC (4-3-1-2)

Coach: Devin Rensing

Starting XI

1 Triston Henry 5.4

6 Nykolas Sessock 6.9

30 Benjamin Ofeimu 6

33 Aarón Guillén 6.4

81 Themi Antonoglou 7.1

8 Kyle Scott 6.5

27 Giorgio Probo 7.2

18 Carson Locker 6.2

11 Christian Pinzón 6.7

25 Oalex Anderson 7.6

14 Johnny Rodriguez 6.1

Substitutes

3 Nate Jones 6.4

9 Manuel Arteaga 5.9

17 Patrick Leal 7.9

45 Blake Pope 6

13 Charlie Lanphier

4 Callum Stretch

23 Marc Ybarra