Monterey Bay 2–5 New Mexico United

USL Championship 2026 Group Stage · 9 Aug 2026

Monterey Bay vs New Mexico United in the USL Championship 2026.

At Cardinale Stadium.

Referee: M. Verso.

New Mexico United beat Monterey Bay 5–2. V. Noel opened the scoring for New Mexico United after 6 minutes. V. Noel made it 2–3 after 77 minutes, and that was the winner.

Goalscorers

• Monterey Bay: R. Nakamura 31', S. Lletget 55'
• New Mexico United: V. Noel 6', G. Hurst 74', V. Noel 77', D. Harris 86', N. Reid-Stephen 90+1'

Monterey Bay starting lineup

• 31 C. Dalton
• 47 Q. Elliot
• 25 K. Egwu
• 32 Z. Farnsworth
• 17 O. Glasgow
• 4 N. Ross
• 14 R. Nakamura
• 11 W. Leggett
• 88 S. Lletget
• 16 Jacob Montes
• 20 I. Paul

New Mexico United starting lineup

• 13 K. Shakes
• 17 J. LaCava
• 4 K. Keller
• 2 N. Hamalainen
• 3 C. Gloster
• 15 O. Jabang
• 19 Z. Bailey
• 11 C. Nava
• 21 V. Noel
• 31 J. Melto Quiah
• 10 G. Hurst

Match events

• 6′ New Mexico United: Normal Goal, V. Noel, C. Gloster
• 17′ New Mexico United: Yellow Card, O. Jabang
• 31′ Monterey Bay: Normal Goal, R. Nakamura, Jacob Montes
• 39′ Monterey Bay: Yellow Card, Q. Elliot
• 44′ New Mexico United: Yellow Card, C. Nava
• 46′ New Mexico United: Substitution, N. Reid-Stephen, C. Nava
• 55′ Monterey Bay: Normal Goal, S. Lletget, O. Glasgow
• 63′ New Mexico United: Substitution, T. Blackett, C. Gloster
• 63′ New Mexico United: Substitution, C. Wilkerson, J. LaCava
• 63′ New Mexico United: Substitution, D. Harris, J. Melto Quiah
• 65′ Monterey Bay: Substitution, F. Barajas, Jacob Montes
• 74′ New Mexico United: Normal Goal, G. Hurst, V. Noel
• 75′ Monterey Bay: Substitution, J. Garcia, Q. Elliot
• 75′ Monterey Bay: Substitution, D. Otoya, W. Leggett
• 77′ New Mexico United: Normal Goal, V. Noel, O. Jabang
• 86′ New Mexico United: Normal Goal, D. Harris, N. Hamalainen
• 88′ Monterey Bay: Substitution, S. Ritchie, O. Glasgow
• 88′ Monterey Bay: Substitution, E. Blancas, R. Nakamura
• 90′ New Mexico United: Substitution, J. Rennicks, G. Hurst
• 90′ New Mexico United: Normal Goal, N. Reid-Stephen, D. Harris

Monterey Bay before this match

• at El Paso Locomotive 0–1 (El Paso Locomotive) · Group Stage, 6 Aug 2026
• at Lexington 2–3 (Lexington) · Group Stage, 1 Aug 2026
• vs Orange County SC 1–2 (Orange County SC) · Group Stage, 26 Jul 2026
• at Phoenix Rising 2–3 (Phoenix Rising) · Group Stage, 19 Jul 2026
• at San Antonio 0–0 (San Antonio) · Group Stage, 5 Jul 2026

New Mexico United before this match

• vs Colorado Springs 1–0 (Colorado Springs) · Group Stage, 2 Aug 2026
• at Lexington 4–1 (Lexington) · Group Stage, 15 Jul 2026
• vs Oakland Roots 2–1 (Oakland Roots) · Group Stage, 5 Jul 2026
• at Sacramento Republic 1–0 (Sacramento Republic) · Group Stage, 21 Jun 2026
• vs Orange County SC 1–1 (Orange County SC) · Group Stage, 14 Jun 2026