Tucson, AZ (Oct. 2, 2021) - North Texas SC claims a 2-0 win over FC Tucson with goals from Kalil Elmedkhar and Imanol Almaguer on Saturday night at Kino North Stadium.
Game Summary
First Half:
- 10’ SHOT (NTX) – Nicky Hernandez back-heeled a pass to Kazu who took a shot towards goal, but his shot attempt was blocked by Wallis Lapsley.
- 18’ SHOT (NTX – Freddy Vargas attempted a shot from the outside of the box, but it went high over the goal.
- 33’ GOAL (NTX) – Nice link up play between Blaine Ferri and Kazu who set up Kalil Elmedkhar to strike it first time and open the scoring and give North Texas the 1-0 lead.
- 45’+2’ SHOT (NTX) – ElMedkhar’s cross fell to Kazu who had his shot attempt deflected out for a corner kick.
Second Half:
- 49’ SHOT (NTX) – Nicky Hernandez’ shot from the middle of the box was punched away by Wallis.
- 58’ SAVE (TUC) – Ferri’s cross was met by Lucas inside the box, and his headed attempt was caught in the end by Lapsley.
- 77’ GOAL (NTX) – Hernandez played a through ball into the path of Imanol Almnaguer who went up against Lapsley and slotted the ball past him to extend the lead to 2-0.
Lineups:
North Texas SC — Richard Sánchez; Derek Waldeck, Lucas, Mark Salas, Collin Smith; Imanol Almaguer (Alex Bruce – 90’), Blaine Ferri, Nicky Hernandez (Bernard Kamungo – 91’); Kazu (Mikey Maldonado – 71’), Freddy Vargas (Gibran Rayo – 46’), Kalil Elmedkhar (Devin Benton – 80’).
Substitutes not used — Colin Shutler, Rio Ramirez.
Tucson FC — Wallis Lapsley; Noah Franke, Luca Mastrantonio, Kaelon Fox, Maximiliano Schenfeld; Mohamed Kone (Danny Bedoya – 72’), Charlie Dennis (Manu Ferriol – 79’), Joao Delgado (Dakota Barnathan – 79’); Shak Adams (Kevin Rodríguez – 72’), Franco Pérez (Gio Calixtro – 64’), Deri Corfe.
Substitutes not used — Ryan Shellow, Alex Knox.
Scoring Summary:
NTX: Kalil Elmedkhar (Kazu) – 33’NTX: Imanol Almaguer (Nicky Hernandez) – 77’
Misconduct Summary:
NTX: Freddy Vargas (Caution) — 12’*
TUC:* Franco Pérez (Caution) — 22’*
NTX:* Nicky Hernandez (Caution) — 29’*
NTX:* Derek Waldeck (Caution) — 31’*
TUC:* Joao Delgado (Caution) — 36’*
NTX:* Collin Smith (Caution) — 86’*
TUC:* Maximiliano Schenfeld (Ejection) — 86’
Weather: Partly Cloudy, 82℉
Referee: Laura Rodriguez
Assistant Referees: Alicia Messer, Melissa Beck
4th Official: Benjamin Davis
