SACRAMENTO, CA– The Tulsa Roughnecks traveled to Sacramento to take on Sacramento Republic FC on Saturday, June 22nd at Papa Murphy’s Park. The Tulsa Roughnecks were looking to grab points away from home for the fifth time this season.
The match began with each side looking to establish themselves. In the eighth minute, Sacramento Republic FC won a corner. Villyan Bijev put the cross in deep into the box towards the back post and Mitchell Taintor put his head on the end of it into the bottom corner of the goal. Just before the half, Jordan McCrary got ahold of the ball on the outside of the box and cut a cross towards the penalty spot as Cameron Iwasa was there to put it across the face of the goal and into the bottom corner. The half ended at 2-0 to Sacramento.
The second half began quickly with Sacramento Republic FC extending the lead in the 48th minute. Cameron Iwasa forced a turnover in the Tulsa Roughnecks half and played a through ball to Stefano Bonomo who tucked it away on his first touch, making it 3-0. In the 70th minute, Sacramento Republic FC picked up a free kick in the Tulsa Roughnecks FC half. Villyan Bijev put a cross into the box and Cameron Iwasa got his head on it to get his second of the night. Sam Werner delivered a cross into the box that Stefano Bonomo got on the end of to take the lead to 5 in the 74th minute. In the 80th minute, Sam Werner picked the ball up on the right side of the Tulsa Roughnecks half and took it down the outside to cut inside near the corner of the six-yard box and tucked in the sixth goal of the match. The match soon ended at 6-0 to Sacramento Republic FC.
The Tulsa Roughnecks are back at home next week for a match at ONEOK Field on Saturday, June 29th against Real Monarchs.
LINEUPS:
Tulsa Roughnecks- Mason Stajduhar, Matt Sheldon (Mompremier 58’), Cyprian Hedrick, Mallan Roberts (Gonzalez 70’), Luca Lobo, Anthony Legendre, AJ Ajeakwa (Reyes 74’), Jeff Adai, Christhian Altamirano, Rodrigo Da Costa, Janu Silva.
Substitutes not used- Andrew McRae, Toby Uzo
Sacramento Republic FC- Josh Cohen, Jordan McCrary, Shannon Gomez (Aleman 77’), Charalampos Chantzopoulos, Mitchell Taintor (Mahoney 82’), Ray Saari, Sam Werner, Jaime Villareal, Cameron Iwasa, Villyan Bijev, Stefano Bonomo (Barahona 77’).
Substitutes not used- Rafael Diaz, Drew Skundrich, Tyler Blackwood, Dekel Keinan.
SCORING SUMMARY
Tulsa Roughnecks- N/A
Sacramento Republic FC- Taintor 8’, Iwasa 43’, Bonomo 48’, Iwasa 70’, Bonomo 74’, Werner 80’
Weather: Sunny, 86°
