June 25, 2024 – United Soccer League One (USL1)
Lexington Sporting Club News Release
Lexington SC forward Nico Brown (77) fights for a header vs. Spokane Velocity FC
(Lexington Sporting Club, Credit: Jacob Bramley)
Quick Kicks From the Match
POSTGAME QUOTE SHEET
Lexington SC vs. Spokane Velocity FC // June 23, 2024 // One Spokane Stadium
USL League One matchday 8
Goalkeeper Amal Knight
On earning a point in league play and the team’s confidence:
“We’ve been inconsistent most of the season unfortunately and that’s football sometimes. We
had a good week of training coming into this game, the team’s mentality has been top class
because we know we’re a solid group and we’ve just found it difficult to get results unfortunately,
so coming here to Spokane and getting a point on the road is a positive for us, hopefully we can
go on a serious run in the league and move up in the standings and pick up some momentum
because this is a very talented group.”
On his impressive saves throughout the contest:
“As a goalkeeper your job is to just try and keep the ball out of the goal at all cost and, for me,
I’m just trying to do my job as best as possible for the team. It’s just business as usual and trying
to make important saves to keep the team in the game at all times. Some of the saves were
pretty nice, but it’s just more about the team at this moment and getting positive results.”
On the team’s resilience playing a man down:
“It’s always difficult playing with a player down away from home where they have the home
crowd advantage. So to come away with a point in a tough environment, we did well and I’m
happy for the entire staff and team. We really fought until the last minute and we got a
well-earned point. The mentality of the team has been on point leading up to the game so
everyone knew what had to be done: players throwing their bodies on the line to block shots,
players just making clean aggressive tackles. It’s a well deserved point and we’ll take it as we
look forward to going on a run and picking up more favorable results.”
Nico Brown
“It was a hard fought match between two strong sides. We treated it as the start of a new
season after our break the last couple of weeks. I think we came out with a togetherness and a
certain grit that was hard to break down until the second half, but we’re taking positives away
from the match. A point on the road in this league isn’t an easy feat and we look to build on it
next week against Greenville.”
On scoring the…