LA Galaxy II (6-7-8, 26 points) secured all three points with a 3-1 victory over Tulsa Roughnecks FC (4-10-6, 18 points) on Wednesday night at ONEOK Field in Tulsa, Okla.
Tulsa Roughnecks FC were first to the scoreboard, capitalizing on a mistake from Los Dos goalkeeper Eric Lopez in the third minute. Tulsa’s Fredlin Mompremier laid one off to Rodrigo da Costa after pulling Lopez out of position, creating enough space for da Costa to find the back of the net.
However, LA Galaxy II began their comeback in the 27th minute. LA Galaxy Boys’ Academy product Jorge Hernandez provided a great ball from far post that Nate Shultz headed home, recording his first goal of the season, as well as his first goal with LA Galaxy II. The two sides entered halftime level with one goal apiece.
Los Dos continued to hold on to the lead for the remainder of the match, tallying two more goals before the final whistle. The visiting side’s second goal came in the 54th minute when Augustine Williams headed a Jose Hernandez free kick from a wide position in the box.
In the 69th minute, Tulsa found themselves down by a goal and a man after defender Matt Rogers was sent off on a straight red for challenge from behind on clear breakaway produced by Galaxy’s Carlos Harvey. A few minutes later, LA Galaxy II sealed their victory with a third goal from Jorge Hernandez, who also assisted his sides’ first goal of the evening.
Scoring Summary:
TUL – Rodrigo da Costa (Assisted by Fredlin Mompremier) 3’
LA – Nate Shultz (Assisted by Jorge Hernandez) 27’
LA – Augustine Williams (Assisted by Jose Hernandez) 54’
LA – Jorge Hernandez (Assisted by Lucas Gonzalez) 75’
Misconduct Summary:
LA – Mauricio Cuevas (Caution) 66’
LA – Adrian Vera (Caution) 68’
TUL – Matt Rogers (Ejection) 69’
LA – Eric Lopez (Caution) 85’
Lineups:
LA Galaxy II: Eric Lopez; Justin Fiddes (Adam Saldana 56’), Michael Gallagher ©, Omar Ontiveros, Mauricio Cuevas; Jorge Hernandez, Carlos Harvey, Nate Shultz; Jose Hernandez (Lucas Gonzalez 74’), Augustine Williams, Adrian Vera (Ernesto Walker 80’)
Substitutions not used: Luke Pruter, Nestor Molina, Marcus Ferkranus, Nick DePuy
TOTAL SHOTS: 17; SHOTS ON GOAL: 8; FOULS: 14; OFFSIDE: 3; CORNER KICKS: 6; SAVES: 3.
Tulsa Roughnecks FC: Mason Stajduhar; Matthew Sheldon (Luca Lobo 66’), Cyprian Hedrick, Mallan Roberts; Brayan Reyes (Janu Silva 62’), Matt Rogers, Jeff Addai, Cristhian Altamirano, Calvin Rezende; Rodrigo da Costa, Fredlin Mompremier (AJ Ajeakwa 77’)
Substitution not used: Tobenna Uzo, Walid Yacoubou, Manny Gonzalez, Andrew MacRae
TOTAL SHOTS: 9; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; FOULS: 17; OFFSIDE: 3; CORNER KICKS: 6; SAVES: 5.
Referee: Kevin Broadley
Assistant Referees: Truman Berghall, Matt Trotter
Fourth Official: Michael Cap
Attendance: 1,857
NOTES:
- LA Galaxy II (6-7-8, 26 points) secured all three points with a 3-1 victory over Tulsa Roughnecks FC (4-10-6, 18 points) on Wednesday night at ONEOK Field in Tulsa, Okla.
- Nate Shultz scored his first goal on the season, as well his first goal since joining LA Galaxy II.
- Augustine Williams recorded his fourth goal on the season.
- Jorge Hernandez recorded his first goal on the season for LA Galaxy II.
- Kai Koreniuk leads the team in goals (5).
- Jorge Hernandez earned his third assist of the year on Shultz’s goal.
- LA Galaxy II are now 3-4-3 away from home in 2019.
- Kai Koreniuk leads the team in goals (5).
- Brian Iloski leads the team in assists this year (4).
- LA Galaxy II finished the 2018 USL Championship season with a 7-6-4 home record and a 3-11-3 away record.
- Next up, LA Galaxy II face Portland Timbers 2 at 6 p.m. PT on Sunday, July 28 at Providence Park in Portland.
