Lexington 3–1 Monterey Bay

USL Championship 2026 Group Stage · 8 May 2026

Lexington vs Monterey Bay in the USL Championship 2026.

At Toyota Stadium.

Referee: G. Flores.

Lexington beat Monterey Bay 3–1. Nick Firmino opened the scoring for Lexington after 26 minutes. Nick Firmino made it 2–0 after 31 minutes, and that was the winner.

Goalscorers

• Lexington: Nick Firmino 26', Nick Firmino 31', P. Goodrum 56'
• Monterey Bay: S. Lletget 64'

Lexington starting lineup

• 17 O. Semmle
• 12 X. Zengue
• 5 K. Burks
• 4 A. Ordonez
• 23 J. Brown
• 16 B. Ferri
• 6 A. Molloy
• 30 L. Blessing
• 8 Nick Firmino
• 7 M. Epps
• 9 P. Goodrum

Monterey Bay starting lineup

• 1 F. Delgado
• 5 N. Gordon
• 25 K. Egwu
• 32 Z. Farnsworth
• 3 S. Ritchie
• 4 N. Ross
• 18 J. Belmar
• 17 O. Glasgow
• 23 E. Blancas
• 19 C. Nadje
• 20 I. Paul

Match events

• 26′ Lexington: Normal Goal, Nick Firmino, A. Ordonez
• 31′ Lexington: Normal Goal, Nick Firmino, M. Epps
• 38′ Monterey Bay: Yellow Card, Z. Farnsworth
• 53′ Monterey Bay: Yellow Card, C. Nadje
• 56′ Lexington: Normal Goal, P. Goodrum, A. Molloy
• 59′ Monterey Bay: Substitution, L. Malesevic, S. Ritchie
• 59′ Monterey Bay: Substitution, S. Lletget, E. Blancas
• 59′ Monterey Bay: Substitution, R. Nakamura, J. Belmar
• 62′ Lexington: Substitution, T. Scott, L. Blessing
• 64′ Monterey Bay: Normal Goal, S. Lletget, C. Nadje
• 75′ Monterey Bay: Yellow Card, K. Egwu
• 76′ Lexington: Substitution, J. Lewis, M. Epps
• 76′ Monterey Bay: Substitution, G. Lomtadze, N. Ross
• 76′ Monterey Bay: Substitution, W. Leggett, C. Nadje
• 88′ Lexington: Yellow Card, T. Scott

Lexington before this match

• at Las Vegas Lights 1–2 (Las Vegas Lights) · Group Stage, 3 May 2026
• at Orange County SC 0–0 (Orange County SC) · Group Stage, 19 Apr 2026
• vs Rhode Island 1–3 (Rhode Island) · Group Stage, 11 Apr 2026
• at Colorado Springs 1–1 (Colorado Springs) · Group Stage, 4 Apr 2026
• at San Antonio 0–2 (San Antonio) · Group Stage, 29 Mar 2026

Monterey Bay before this match

• vs FC Tulsa 1–2 (FC Tulsa) · Group Stage, 3 May 2026
• at Colorado Springs 1–4 (Colorado Springs) · Group Stage, 18 Apr 2026
• at Indy Eleven 1–3 (Indy Eleven) · Group Stage, 11 Apr 2026
• vs San Antonio 0–0 (San Antonio) · Group Stage, 5 Apr 2026
• at Las Vegas Lights 0–1 (Las Vegas Lights) · Group Stage, 29 Mar 2026