Ventura County 2–0 Real Monarchs

MLS Next Pro 2026 Group Stage · 13 Apr 2026

Ventura County vs Real Monarchs in the MLS Next Pro 2026.

At Dignity Health Sports Park.

Ventura County beat Real Monarchs 2–0. Pepe opened the scoring for Ventura County after 49 minutes, and that goal decided it.

Goalscorers

• Ventura County: Pepe 49', J. Placias 80' (pen)

Real Monarchs starting lineup

• 99 R. Alphin
• 41 G. Villa
• 55 G. Calderon
• 67 W. Charpie
• 77 R. Mesalles
• 47 F. Ewald
• 38 A. Riquelme
• 61 I. Amparo
• 40 O. Marquez
• 30 O. Anderson
• 16 T. Wolff

Ventura County starting lineup

• 41 S. Conlon
• 73 E. Martinez
• 64 Pepe
• 60 S. Hernandez
• 88 M. Vanney
• 66 M. Tsakiris
• 47 A. Vilamitjana
• 76 T. Elgersma
• 45 V. Garcia
• 57 J. Placias
• 49 D. Vanney

Match events

• 39′ Real Monarchs: Red Card, G. Calderon
• 49′ Ventura County: Normal Goal, Pepe, V. Garcia
• 60′ Ventura County: Yellow Card, E. Martinez
• 62′ Ventura County: Substitution, G. Arnold, M. Tsakiris
• 62′ Real Monarchs: Substitution, L. O'Gara, O. Anderson
• 62′ Real Monarchs: Substitution, Lineker Rodrigues, T. Wolff
• 73′ Real Monarchs: Substitution, J. Ottley, O. Marquez
• 73′ Real Monarchs: Substitution, D. Kropp, W. Charpie
• 79′ Real Monarchs: Yellow Card, R. Alphin
• 80′ Ventura County: Substitution, E. Preston, V. Garcia
• 80′ Ventura County: Penalty, J. Placias
• 86′ Real Monarchs: Substitution, V. Parker, G. Villa
• 90+3′ Ventura County: Substitution, A. Medina, J. Placias

Ventura County before this match

• at Tacoma Defiance 1–0 (Tacoma Defiance) · Group Stage, 30 Mar 2026
• vs St. Louis City II 2–3 (St. Louis City II) · Group Stage, 16 Mar 2026
• vs Vancouver Whitecaps II 4–2 (Vancouver Whitecaps II) · Group Stage, 2 Mar 2026

Real Monarchs before this match

• vs Vancouver Whitecaps II 3–2 (Vancouver Whitecaps II) · Group Stage, 22 Mar 2026
• at Sporting KC II 5–0 (Sporting KC II) · Group Stage, 9 Mar 2026