San Antonio 2–1 Phoenix Rising

USL Championship 2026 Group Stage · 8 Mar 2026

San Antonio vs Phoenix Rising in the USL Championship 2026.

At Toyota Field.

Referee: B. Stevis.

San Antonio beat Phoenix Rising 2–1. J. Hernandez opened the scoring for San Antonio after 6 minutes. A. Crognale made it 2–0 after 49 minutes, and that was the winner.

Goalscorers

• San Antonio: J. Hernandez 6', A. Crognale 49'
• Phoenix Rising: JP Scearce 54' (pen)

San Antonio starting lineup

• 98 J. Batrouni
• 13 A. Ward
• 21 A. Crognale
• 3 M. Taintor
• 17 D. Barbir
• 55 D. Erofeev
• 15 M. Maldonado
• 4 N. Blanco
• 19 C. Parano
• 9 S. Patino
• 10 J. Hernandez

Phoenix Rising starting lineup

• 14 C. Odunze
• 2 C. Smith
• 24 A. Pelayo
• 5 R. Czichos
• 20 L. Biasi
• 17 JP Scearce
• 13 J. Moursou
• 10 H. Avayevu
• 7 I. Sacko
• 45 A. Capetillo
• 22 D. Johnson

Match events

• 6′ San Antonio: Normal Goal, J. Hernandez, C. Parano
• 9′ Phoenix Rising: Yellow Card, J. Moursou
• 34′ San Antonio: Yellow Card, A. Crognale
• 46′ Phoenix Rising: Substitution, C. Dennis, A. Capetillo
• 49′ San Antonio: Normal Goal, A. Crognale, C. Parano
• 53′ San Antonio: Yellow Card, A. Ward
• 54′ Phoenix Rising: Penalty, JP Scearce
• 59′ Phoenix Rising: Yellow Card, L. Biasi
• 61′ San Antonio: Yellow Card, J. Hernandez
• 69′ San Antonio: Substitution, D. Pacheco, S. Patino
• 69′ San Antonio: Substitution, C. Calov, D. Erofeev
• 74′ Phoenix Rising: Substitution, G. Studenhofft, D. Johnson
• 74′ Phoenix Rising: Substitution, D. Gomez, J. Moursou
• 81′ San Antonio: Substitution, C. Sorto, C. Parano
• 86′ Phoenix Rising: Substitution, A. Vukovic, A. Pelayo
• 86′ Phoenix Rising: Substitution, J. Irwin, H. Avayevu
• 89′ Phoenix Rising: Yellow Card, C. Dennis
• 90+4′ Phoenix Rising: Yellow Card, J. Irwin