May 16, 2022 – United Soccer League Championship (USL) – Phoenix Rising FC News Release
Phoenix Rising FC battles the Tampa Bay Rowdies
(Phoenix Rising FC)
PHOENIX, Arizona – Phoenix Rising FC lost, 5-1, tonight to Tampa Bay at Wild Horse Pass.
Luis Seijas scored his team-leading fifth goal of the season in the loss. Phoenix travels to New Mexico next Saturday, May 21. That match is set to kick off at 6 p.m. on Bally Sports Arizona and ESPN+. Rising’s next home match is set for Saturday, June 4.
Phoenix took a 1-0 lead in the 15th minute tonight when Joey Calistri gathered a loose ball on the left flank and chipped it up the sideline for Santi Moar. Moar ran at goal and poked a short pass through to Arturo Rodriguez, who had made a run down the left side of the box. The midfielder took a touch before setting the table for Luis Seijas to finish off the chance in the center of the six-yard box.
Tampa fired back in the 24th minute after Rising turned the ball over in its own end. Leo Fernandes and Jake LaCava combined nicely at the top of the box to spring the latter in on goal. LaCava took and touch and fired a waist-high shot between Rising goalkeeper Ben Lundt and the near post to make it 1-1.
Rodriguez had a great chance created by more interplay between Flood and Moar on the left flank in the 33rd minute. Phoenix’s No. 10 volleyed the shot on goal from close range, but his first touch shot went directly at Tampa goalkeeper CJ Cochran, who made the save.
Tampa took a 2-1 lead in the 36th minute when the Rowdies won the ball and played three crisp passes through midfield. Lewis Hamilton found the ball in space. He picked up his head and played a ball in-behind Rising’s back line for Dayonn Harris. The winger arrived at the perfect time to chip a shot over the head of Lundt and make it 2-1 in favor of Tampa Bay.
The Rowdies Jake Areman increased the lead to 3-1 just before halftime when a promising play up the right flank for Rising was cut off and turned into a…
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