August 15, 2024 – United Soccer League One (USL1)
Lexington Sporting Club News Release
Lexington SC midfielder Ates Diouf
(Lexington Sporting Club, Credit: Bethany Blair)
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Lexington Sporting Club is set to hit the road to face off against CV Fuego FC in USL League One action. The contest is set to take place at 11 p.m. ET from Fresno State Soccer Stadium in Fresno, Cal.
Lexington SC (2-6-4, 10 points) is coming off a penalty kick victory over One Knoxville SC in the USL Jagermeister Cup. The win marked the first over Knox and the third consecutive point-bearing result in a row for the Greens. Amal Knight earned his fifth shut-out of the season in the result.
CV Fuego FC (3-7-2, 11 points) will enter the match off a home loss against Union Omaha, also in the USL Jagermeister Cup. The loss snapped a two-match winning streak for Fuego FC as it sought to turn things around in year one under Jermaine Jones.
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GAME NOTES
Lexington SC will be facing off with CV Fuego FC for the fifth time in club history. Both clubs currently hold a 1-1-2 record against the other, though Lexington SC was triumphant on penalty kicks in one of those draws, a USL Jagermeister Cup fixture from earlier this season (May 11). In that last meeting of the pair, Cameron Lancaster and Ates Diouf found the net in the 2-2 draw before Jorge Corrales scored the winning penalty kick.
Lexington SC has a new man in charge for the 2024 season with Darren Powell taking the reins for the club from interim head coach Nacho Novo. Sam Stockley, the club’s first gaffer, remains in his sporting director role, overseeing all men’s and boy’s soccer with the club.
The trip to California will mark the third time the Greens have ventured to Fresno, but just the second time this season the Greens will venture out into the far west. LSC traveled to Spokane (Washington) on June 23 for the first trip. The Greens still have a trip to Colorado later this season.
Multiple current Greens have scored against CV Fuego in the past. Nico Brown, Tate Robertson, and Cameron Lancaster have all scored at least once versus Fuego FC, but it’s Ates Diouf who stands above the rest, having logged FOUR goals against Fuego including a brace in a 2-2 draw on September 10, 2023.
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