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USL RECORD: 4-2-3
USL RECORD: 1-3-5
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COMPETITION: Swope Park Rangers at Rio Grande Valley FC
DATE: Saturday, May 19, 2018 KICKOFF: 7:30 PM CT LOCATION: H-E-B Park (Edinburg, TX) REFEREE: Rosendo Mendoza ARS:Elton Garcia and Baltazar Peral Hana 4TH: Jessus Cancino WATCH: ESPN+
MATCH PREVIEW The Swope Park Rangers (4-2-3, 15 points) face Rio Grande Valley FC (1-3-5, 8 points) in Saturday’s match. The Rangers are coming off a 4-1 road loss to Real Monarchs on Wednesday, May 9 which snapped a fivegame unbeaten run. SPR had some time to revitalize and recalibrate this past week as this will be their first match since the May 9 loss. Kharlton Belmar scored the Rangers only goal against Real Monarchs in the eighth minute, bringing his goal total for this season to eight. SPR has an all-time record of 2-3-1 against RGV and are 0-1-1 at H-E-B Park since the stadium opened last year. The most recent match-up between SPR and RGV ended in a 2-2 draw on September 30, 2017. The Rangers were down by two goals, but a Kharlton Belmar second half stoppage time goal was the equalizer they needed to walk away with one point.
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TIME/RESULT
VENUE
Sat., March 17 Reno 1868 FC W 4-3 Greater Nevada Field Sat., March 24 Seattle (S2) W 4-2 SMS District Stadium Sat., March 31 Las Vegas L 2-1 Cashman Field Wed., April 4 Colorado Springs W 1-0 Children’s Mercy Park Sat., April 7 San Antonio FC D 1-1 Toyota Field Sat., April 21 Phoenix D 2-2 Rising Soccer Complex Sat., April 28 Saint Louis FC D 1-1 Children’s Mercy Park Sat., May 5 OKC Energy FC W 1-0 Taft Stadium Wed., May 9 Real Monarchs L 4-1 Zions Bank Stadium Sat., May 19 Rio Grande Valley 7:30 H-E-B Park Sat., May 26 Phoenix 4:00 Children’s Mercy Park Sat., June 2 Saint Louis FC 7:30 Toyota Stadium Sat., June 9 Colorado Springs 7:00 Weidner Field Wed., June 13 Real Monarchs 7:30 Children’s Mercy Park Sun., June 17 Fresno FC 8:00 Chukchansi Park Sun., June 24 Las Vegas 4:00 Children’s Mercy Park Thur., July 5 Seattle (S2) 9:00 Cheney Stadium Tues., July 10 Sacramento 7:30 Children’s Mercy Park Sat., July 14 Portland 9:00 Merlo Field Wed., July 18 Orange County 7:30 Children’s Mercy Park Sun., July 22 Rio Grande Valley 4:00 Children’s Mercy Park Wed., Aug. 1 LA Galaxy II 9:30 StubHub Center Sat., Aug. 4 Orange County 9:00 OC Great Park Sat., Aug. 11 Portland 7:30 Children’s Mercy Park Sun., Aug. 19 Reno 1868 FC 4:00 SMS District Stadium Sat., Aug. 25 San Antonio FC 7:30 Toyota Field Wed., Aug. 29 Tulsa 7:30 Children’s Mercy Park Sun., Sept. 2 OKC Energy FC 4:00 Children’s Mercy Park Sun., Sept. 9 Fresno FC 4:00 Children’s Mercy Park Sat., Sept. 15 Saint Louis FC 4:00 Children’s Mercy Park Wed., Sept. 19 San Antonio FC 7:30 Children’s Mercy Park Sat., Sept. 22 Tulsa 7:00 ONEOK Field Wed., Oct. 3 Sacramento 9:30 Papa Murphy’s Park Sun., Oct. 14 LA Galaxy II 4:00 Children’s Mercy Park
INJURY REPORT As of Thursday, May 17, 2018
OUT: Justin Bilyeu (torn meniscus) QUESTIONABLE: Darrin MacLeod (hamstring injury)