Monterey Bay Earns Point at Home in Scoreless Draw vs FC Tulsa

July 13, 2024 – United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Monterey Bay FC News Release

SEASIDE, California – Monterey Bay F.C. (7-8-5, 26 points) earned a point at home with a scoreless draw against FC Tulsa (4-6-6, 18 points) at Cardinale Stadium on Ag & Country Night. Antony Siaha earned his fifth clean sheet of the season (the Club’s sixth) with a four-save performance.

Monterey Bay was active in the attacking half right out of the gates. In just the second minute, Chuy Enríquez whipped a ball back towards the top of the box from the endline to Ousseni Bouda in loads of space, but Bouda’s overhead kick missed over the crossbar. In the 16th minute, Alex Dixon found himself behind the FC Tulsa back line, but his shot across the goalkeeper just missed the far post. Bouda latched onto a ball in the 24th minute and played Adrian Rebollar into the box on the left side, but his shot was caught by the goalkeeper at the near post. Chaos ensued in the 43rd minute when the visitors jumped out on a dangerous counter. Antony Siaha rushed out of goal to make the initial stop at the top of the box, but the second ball fell to FC Tulsa. With Diogo Pacheco in possession, the forward looked to push the ball around Siaha, but Siaha managed to disrupt his run just enough with an outstretched arm. Instead of shooting, Pacheco laid it off to Phillip Goodrum, but his shot was cleared off the line by Alex Lara at the near post. The scramble continued with a soft clearance by Walmer Martínez giving possession right back to Tulsa once again, allowing for another shot by Goodrum, but once again his shot was saved – this time by Siaha, who managed to recover back to his position in between the posts, and Kai Greene cleared it away once and for all to send the sides scoreless into the halftime break.

In the 74th minute, Monterey Bay looked likely to score the opener when Bouda played a brilliant ball across the pitch to Dixon on the right side of the box, but the FC Tulsa goalkeeper met him at the ball and cleared it away. FC Tulsa came close to scoring in the 78th minute, but the shot by Stefan Stojanovic from inside the box was parried away by Siaha. In the 80th minute, Bouda fired a laser on frame from just outside the six-yard box on the left side, but his shot was blocked out for a fruitless corner. FC Tulsa earned a header inside the box in the 87th minute, but it was saved by Siaha. Tristan Trager was taken down inside the box, forcing the referee to point to the spot and…