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2019 SPR SCHEDULE DATE
2019 RECORD: 3-16-7
2019 RECORD: 13-7-8
#SPRvNC MATCH: DATE:
Rangers vs. North Carolina FC
Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019
KICKOFF:
4 PM CT
LOCATION:
Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS)
WATCH:
ESPN+
MATCH PREVIEW The Swope Park Rangers (3-16-7, 16 points) and North Carolina FC (13-7-8, 47 points) will square off Saturday at world-class Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas, meeting for the second time this season as the 2019 USL Championship campaign rolls toward the fall. North Carolina FC claimed a 2-0 home victory in the first battle between the sides on June 15, receiving goals within the first 15 minutes from Yamikani Chester and Andre Fortune. Led by second-year head coach Paulo Nagamura, the Rangers scraped to a scoreless home draw against Charleston Battery on Wednesday to snap a seven-game losing skid and collect their first point since July 17. The hosts nearly found a breakthrough goal on multiple occasions, with Wilson Harris heading inches wide and Felipe Hernandez rattling the woodwork in the first half, but the club’s first clean sheet since June 8 was enough to register a point.
OPPONENT
Sat., March 9 Sat., March 23 Sat,. April 6 Mon., April 15 Sat., April 20 Sat., April 27 Mon., May 6 Sat., May 11 Sun., May 19 Wed., May 22 Sat., May 25 Wed., June 5 Sat., June 8 Sat., June 15 Sat., June 22 Sun., June 30 Sun., July 7 Wed., July 17 Sat., July 20 Sat., Aug. 3 Sat., Aug. 10 Fri., Aug. 16 Sat., Aug. 24 Sun., Sept. 1 Sat., Sept. 7 Wed., Sept. 11 Sat., Sept. 14 Sat., Sept. 21 Wed., Sept. 25 Mon., Sept. 30 Sat., Oct. 5 Tue., Oct. 8 Sat., Oct. 12 Wed., Oct. 16
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 L 0-2 L 2-4 T 0-0
SPR INJURY REPORT
OUT: D Camden Riley (ankle)
Led by veteran head coach and former U.S. Men’s National Team assistant Dave Sarachan, North Carolina FC are well on their way to a playoff appearance in their second USL Championship season. A recent blip has seen the side claim just one point from three matches, however, and the visitors will be eager to return to winning ways in Kansas City.
OUT: GK Brooks Thompson (back) QUESTIONABLE: F Ze Pedro (quad)
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as of 9/12/19