TULSA – It was a disappointing preseason debut for FC Tulsa as it fell to MLS' Houston Dynamo FC 3-0 at Ellis Field in College Station, Texas on Wednesday afternoon. Two hard luck first half goals and a third against the run of play early in the second half were more than enough for Houston to slide past Tulsa in a steady rain.
“I think we had moments," said FC Tulsa head coach Michael Nsien after the match. "The game is about finding consistency. We had a couple moments in the first half, and I thought we came out in the second half and showed a little bit better character. I think the important part was trying to find our style of play against a team that was comfortable moving the ball around. We were just trying to establish a good rhythm. We had good moments, but of course we have to push forward and find more consistency.”
Neither Jorge Corrales nor Joaquín Rivas was available for FC Tulsa as both are competing for their national teams this week in World Cup qualifying. Corrales will start for Cuba tonight against Guatemala at 7 p.m. while Rivas and El Salvador will play Thursday against Grenada at 9:25 p.m.
Many of the offseason additions for FC Tulsa made their preseason debuts in the match on Wednesday. Goalkeeper Daniel Gagliardi earned the start in net while defender Mo Jadama, midfielder Lucas Coutinho and forward Jerome Kiesewetter also appeared in the XI. Defender Leo Folla joined the fray as a 70' minute sub to make his preseason debut as well. Keeper Austin Wormell and midfielder Tony Mota came on in the 74' minute.
GOALS
15' HOU – Maximiliano Urruti
34' HOU – Tyler Pasher
57' HOU – Matías Vera
UP NEXT
FC Tulsa will be right back at it tomorrow afternoon in Frisco, Texas against North Texas SC of ULS League One. Kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. CT
TULSA – It was a disappointing preseason debut for FC Tulsa as it fell to MLS’ Houston Dynamo FC 3-0 at Ellis Field in College Station, Texas on Wednesday afternoon. Two hard luck first half goals and a third against the run of play early in the second half were more than enough for Houston to slide past Tulsa in a steady rain.
“I think we had moments,” said FC Tulsa head coach Michael Nsien after the match. “The game is about finding consistency. We had a couple moments in the first half, and I thought we came out in the second half and showed a little bit better character. I think the important part was trying to find our style of play against a team that was comfortable moving the ball around. We were just trying to establish a good rhythm. We had good moments, but of course we have to push forward and find more consistency.”
Neither Jorge Corrales nor Joaquín Rivas was available for FC Tulsa as both are competing for their national teams this week in World Cup qualifying. Corrales will start for Cuba tonight against Guatemala at 7 p.m. while Rivas and El Salvador will play Thursday against Grenada at 9:25 p.m.
Many of the offseason additions for FC Tulsa made their preseason debuts in the match on Wednesday. Goalkeeper Daniel Gagliardi earned the start in net while defender Mo Jadama, midfielder Lucas Coutinho and forward Jerome Kiesewetter also appeared in the XI. Defender Leo Folla joined the fray as a 70′ minute sub to make his preseason debut as well. Keeper Austin Wormell and midfielder Tony Mota came on in the 74′ minute.
GOALS
15′ HOU – Maximiliano Urruti
34′ HOU – Tyler Pasher
57′ HOU – Matías Vera
UP NEXT
FC Tulsa will be right back at it tomorrow afternoon in Frisco, Texas against North Texas SC of ULS League One. Kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. CT