TUKWILA, WASH. – Tacoma Defiance (3-1-0, 9 points) defeated LAFC2 (2-1-1, 8 points) 2-0 Sunday night at Starfire Stadium. Yu Tsukanome and Chris Aquino scored for Defiance, who moves up to second place in the Pacific Division with the result.
Tacoma jumped on the board first in the 20th minute. Kalani Kossa-Rienzi played long ball to Tsukanome at the top of the area, who took a touch to beat the diving goalkeeper before slotting a low shot into the back of the net. Aquino put the game away in second-half stoppage with a long-range, curling effort for his first goal of the season.
Following tonight’s match, Tacoma hits the road to take on North Texas SC on Sunday, April 14 at Choctaw Stadium (5:30 p.m. PT / MLSNEXTPro.com).
MATCH SUMMARY
Tacoma Defiance 2 – LAFC2 0
Sunday, April 7, 2024
Venue: Starfire Stadium
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
Assistants: Melissa Beck, Conrado Garcia
Fourth official: Jaclyn Metz
Weather: 54 degrees and mostly cloudy
SCORING SUMMARY
TAC – Yu Tsukanome (Kalani Kossa-Rienzi) 20’
TAC – Chris Aquino (Snyder Brunell) 90+1’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
TAC – Faysal Bettache (caution) 13’
TAC – Frank Daroma (caution) 16’
LAFC – Tamir Ratovitz (caution) 44’
LAFC – Javen Romero (caution) 64’
LAFC – Thabo Nare (catuion) 90+4’
LINEUPS & STATS
Tacoma Defiance – Jacob Castro; Kalani Kossa-Rienzi, Stuart Hawkins, Jonathan Bell (Antino Lopez 65’), Travian Sousa; Frank Daroma, Sota Kitahara; Paul Rothrock (Sebastian Gomez 65’), Faysal Bettache – captain (Snyder Brunell 81’), Yu Tsukanome (Chris Aquino 76’); Osaze De Rosario (Gio Miglietti 65’)
Substitutes not used: Lars Helleren, Owen O’Malley, Elias Katsaros, Burke Fahling
Total shots: 9
Shots on goal: 6
Fouls: 15
Offside: 3
Corner-kicks: 4
Saves: 5
LAFC2 – David Ochoa; Shakir Nixon, Javen Romero, Thabo Nare, Luca Bombino; Diego Rosales, Tommy Musto (Decarlo Guerra 75’), Tamir Ratovitz (Matias Wanchope 75’); Bajung Darobe (Aidan Martin 69’), Leonardo Flores, Matthew Evans
Substitutes not used: Dylan Ryan Glowaski, Adrian Sanders, James Lane, Javier Hernandez
Total shots: 12
Shots on goal: 5
Fouls: 17
Offside: 5
Corner-kicks: 10
Saves: 4
