September 16, 2022 – United Soccer League Championship (USL) – Hartford Athletic News Release
Date: Saturday, September 17th, 2022
Time: 7:00 PM ET
Location: Trinity Health Stadium, Hartford, CT
Tickets: HERE
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Local TV: WCTX MyTV9
Streaming: ESPN+ or hartfordathletic.com/watch
HARTFORD ATHLETIC (8-15-6) vs Las Vegas Lights FC (10-11-7)
Hartford Athletic are at home for the second week in a row, aiming to complete a three-game winning streak and extend their undefeated streak to five games.
LAST TIME OUT
Hartford Athletic are coming off an impressive 3-2 win over FC Tulsa last Saturday night. In Tab Ramos’s debut as Head Coach, the Green and Blue came out of the gate on fire. They dominated the game’s opening minutes, generating four corner kicks and scoring three goals before the 25-minute mark. In the ninth minute, Tulu received a perfect low cross from Danny Barrera and tapped in the opening goal past Tulsa’s Austin Wormell. The Tulsa keeper mistakenly punched the ball into his own net seven minutes later on a Hartford corner kick, giving Hartford a 2-0 lead. The icing on the cake for the home side was a highlight-reel goal from Prince Saydee in the 24th minute. The left-footed striker cut inside the top of Tulsa’s box and lofted a pristine shot passed Wormell, uncontested. Tulsa scored two goals late in the 90th minute and at the 90+4:16′ mark, spoiling an otherwise stellar performance by the Green and Blue.
A SIGN OF GOOD THINGS TO COME
It has been a difficult second half of the season for Hartford Athletic, having gone without a full-time head coach from the halfway point (June 25th) until September 1st. A club that has now had four head coaches over four seasons, the signing of Tab Ramos brought a hope for steadiness for a club that has lacked consistency. Hartford’s first performance under Ramos last Saturday certainly provided a breath of fresh air and a sign that good things are coming to the club, as it was arguably the best they’ve looked all season. Post game, Coach Ramos said, “We’ve got to keep grinding and growing. I give the players a lot of credit because they’ve taken in a lot of information this week. If we’re going to build something bigger down the road, we’ve got to keep throwing everything at (the players).”
A PERFORMANCE FIT FOR A PRINCE
With his highlight-reel goal last Saturday, Prince Saydee joined three teammates as a co-goal scoring leader this season. Saydee was an attacking threat throughout the…