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2019 SPR SCHEDULE DATE
2019 RECORD: 3-14-6
2019 RECORD: 6-13-5
#BSTvSPR MATCH: DATE:
Rangers at Bethlehem Steel FC
Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019
KICKOFF:
5 PM CT
LOCATION:
Talen Energy Stadium (Chester, PA)
WATCH:
ESPN+
MATCH PREVIEW Two clubs in the bottom half of the USL Championship Eastern Conference standings will lock horns Sunday as the Swope Park Rangers (3-14-6, 15 points) visit Bethlehem Steel FC (6-13-5, 23 points) at Talen Energy Stadium. The Rangers are currently mired in a five-game losing streak, while Bethlehem are winless in four since knocking off two-time defending USL Cup champion Louisville City SC on July 20. Led by second-year head coach Paulo Nagamura, the Rangers took a 5-1 home loss to conference leaders New York Red Bulls II last Saturday. Wilson Harris equalized for SPR within the first 20 minutes, but a second yellow card to left back Alexsander gave the visitors a man advantage for the rest of the match.
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Under the guidance of fourth-year head coach Brendan Burke, Bethlehem suffered a 3-2 home defeat to Birmingham Legion FC last Sunday. Legion FC surged ahead 3-0 before the hosts responded midway through the second half, receiving goals form Michee Ngalina and Olivier Mbaizo.
TIME (CT)
at New York Red Bulls II 12:00 PITTSBURGH RIVERHOUNDS FC 4:00 BETHLEHEM STEEL FC 4:00 INDY ELEVEN 7:00 at Birmingham Legion FC 4:00 at Saint Louis FC 7:30 LOUISVILLE CITY FC 7:00 at Nashville SC 7:00 ATLANTA UNITED 2 4:00 MEMPHIS 901 FC 7:00 at Tampa Bay Rowdies 6:30 LOUDOUN UNITED FC 7:00 CHARLOTTE INDEPENDENCE 4:00 at North Carolina FC 4:00 at Charleston Battery 6:30 SAINT LOUIS FC 4:00 TAMPA BAY ROWDIES 4:00 HARTFORD ATHLETIC 7:00 at Ottawa Fury FC 6:00 NASHVILLE SC 7:00 at Pittsburgh Riverhounds FC 6:00 at Atlanta United 2 6:30 NEW YORK RED BULLS II 7:00 at Bethlehem Steel FC 5:00 at Memphis 901 FC 7:00 CHARLESTON BATTERY 7:00 NORTH CAROLINA FC 4:00 at Charlotte Independence 6:00 at Loudoun United FC 6:30 BIRMINGHAM LEGION FC 7:00 at Hartford Athletic 6:00 OTTAWA FURY FC 7:00 at Louisville City FC 6:00 at Indy Eleven 6:00
RESULT
L 1-3 T 2-2 L 3-4 L 1-3 T 0-0 L 1-3 W 3-2 L 1-5 T 1-1 T 2-2 L 0-1 L 2-3 T 0-0 L 0-2 T 1-1 W 2-1 L 1-3 W 4-3 L 0-4 L 0-2 L 2-3 L 1-2 L 1-5
SPR INJURY REPORT
OUT: M Camilo Benitez (hip)
OUT: D Camden Riley (ankle) OUT: GK Brooks Thompson (back)
Steel FC won a 4-3 thriller in the first meeting between the clubs on April 6, bagging a 93rd-minute winner courtesy of Sergio Santos at Children’s Mercy Park.
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as of 8/29/19