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USL RECORD: 4-2-4
USL RECORD: 6-2-3
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COMPETITION: Swope Park Rangers vs Phoenix Rising FC
DATE: Saturday, May 26, 2018 KICKOFF: 4:00 PM CT LOCATION: Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) REFEREE: Farhad Dadkho ARS: Christopher Slane and Tim Wagner 4TH: Mitchell Parkhill WATCH: ESPN+
MATCH PREVIEW The Swope Park Rangers (4-2-4, 16 points) will play their lone home match in a six-game span when they welcome Phoenix Rising FC (6-2-3, 21 points) to Children’s Mercy Park on Saturday afternoon looking for the team’s first win against the visitors. After taking four points from a three-game road trip, the Rangers return home to conclude the season series with Phoenix. The sides played to a 2-2 draw on April 21 in Arizona with Billy Forbes opening the scoring before two goals from Kharlton Belmar gave SPR the lead. However, Solomon Asante scored the equalizer in the 90th minute for the fourth draw in five all-time meetings between the Rangers and Rising FC. SPR’s unbeaten record at home (2-0-1) will be put to the test against a Phoenix team that is unbeaten on the road (4-0-1) this year. Both teams have been shut out only once in 2018 and feature players in pursuit of the USL Golden Boot. Belmar leads the league with eight goals in 2018, while Chris Cortez has six goals across all competitions (five in USL, one in U.S. Open Cup) for Phoenix.
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TIME/RESULT
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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 D 0-0 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 24, 2018
OUT: Justin Bilyeu (torn meniscus) QUESTIONABLE: Darrin MacLeod (hamstring injury)