MATCH NOTES
- Herbert Endeley scored his third goal of the season
- Forward José Mulato registered his second brace of the year
- Tomas Pondeca scored his first professional goal
- MLS NEXT Pro Box Score
Arlington, TX (July 29, 2023) – North Texas SC (6-9-6, 25 points) crush Timbers2 (8-11-0, 24 points) 4-0 to end a seven-game winless streak on Saturday night at Choctaw Stadium.
FIRST WIN
Interim head coach John Gall earned his first win of the season as the head coach. Gall was appointed interim head coach on July 17. It is also North Texas’ first and only win for the month of July.
STREAK SNAPPED
With tonight’s 4-0 win over Timbers2, North Texas SC snapped a seven-game winless streak. The club held a 0-5-2 record in that stretch. The last time NTSC earned a win was against LAFC2 at Choctaw Stadium on June 4.
GOALS GALORE
The four-goal performance in tonight’s 4-0 win over Timbers2 marks the second time this season the club has scored four goals, doing so twice in home victories. North Texas was led by forward José Mulato (52’, 56’) who scored a brace, alongside goals from teammates Herbert Endeley (38’) and Tomas Pondeca (90' +1’).
UP NEXT
North Texas SC visits MNUFC2 on Saturday, August 5 at National Sports Center. The match kicks off at 7:00PM CT and will be streamed on MLSNEXTPro.com.
Lineups
North Texas SC — Antonio Carrera; Tyshawn Rose (Manuel Caicedo – 25’), Nolan Norris, Henri Santos, Yeicar Perlaza (Diego Pepi – 77’; Carl Sainté (Alejandro Araneda – 70’), André Costa, Diego García; Hope Avayevu (Tomas Pondeca – 70’), José Mulato (Pablo Torre – 70’), Herbert Endeley.
Substitutes not used — Michael Webber, Dylan Lacy, Jared Salazar, Nayrobi Vargas.
Timbers2 — Hunter Sulte; Jaden Jones-Riley, Keesean Ferdinand, Adrian Ortellano (Tyler Clegg –71’), Julian Bravo, Justin Rasmussen (Tega Ikoba – 62’); Noel Caliskan (Victor Enriquez – 71’), Victor Griffith, Diego Gutierrez (Ryan Zellefrow – 82’), Florián Monzón, Josh Penn (Blake Pope – 62’).
Substitutes not used — Ryan Bilichuk, Tristan Weber, Ian Shaul, Michael Dunne.
Scoring Summary:
NTX: Herbert Endeley (Carl Sainté) – 38’
NTX: José Mulato (Yeicar Perlaza) – 52’
NTX: José Mulato (Diego García) – 56’
NTX: Tomas Pondeca (Pablo Torre) – 90’+1’
Misconduct Summary:
NTX: Henri Santos (caution) — 33’
POR: Adrian Ortellano (caution) — 45’ +3’
POR: Florián Monzón (caution) — 72’
POR: Keesean Ferdinand (caution) — 81’
Weather: Sunny, 97°F
Attendance: 1,012
Post Game Quotes
Interim Head Coach John Gall
On tonight’s result…
“Tonight I saw a much hungrier team. Last week we played really well but didn’t quite get the result we wanted. This week the proof was in the pudding, a lot of the things we did in training came to fruition. A lot of credit goes to the boys, they’ve sacrificed and put themselves in great situations physically, so all credit goes to them tonight.”
On the style of play…
“The mantra and DNA of FC Dallas and North Texas is to be aggressive with and without the ball. We want to possess the ball as much as we can and recover the ball quickly to make things difficult for the opponent. Tonight we made it really difficult for the opponents, and we were able to get the goals. I’m really proud of the boys for doing the things we’re asking them to do. It’s not easy playing in 105-degree heat and making all those runs giving maximum effort. At the end of the day these are the principles we're all about at this club and we’ll continue to push forward toward the playoffs.”
On the new fans from El Classico…
“We appreciate all the fans that came out today, it worked out tremendously for us with the big game across the street. That game had a lot of stars and you’re also seeing a lot of future stars here as well at North Texas. The public should keep coming out and watching what we’re doing because we’re putting out a really exciting product. We want to do this for the community because this is a community club, and we want to make the fans happy. Hopefully the fans were happy with tonight’s result, and we really appreciate everyone that came out to support.”
