Ventura County 6–1 North Texas

MLS Next Pro 2026 Group Stage · 1 Aug 2026

Ventura County vs North Texas in the MLS Next Pro 2026.

At Dignity Health Sports Park.

Ventura County beat North Texas 6–1. J. Placias opened the scoring for Ventura County after 11 minutes. E. Preston made it 2–0 after 15 minutes, and that was the winner.

Goalscorers

• Ventura County: J. Placias 11', E. Preston 15', J. Placias 40', E. Preston 52', A. Villatoro 86', L. Muller 90'
• North Texas: N. Simmonds 51'

North Texas starting lineup

• 13 E. Dymora
• 29 E. Newman
• 26 S. Starnes
• 22 Alvaro Augusto
• 53 L. Vejrostek
• 23 S. Sedeh
• 18 T. Ospina
• 19 M. Luccin
• 15 R. Louis
• 16 N. Simmonds
• 10 E. Nys

Ventura County starting lineup

• 41 S. Conlon
• 88 M. Vanney
• 60 S. Hernandez
• 73 E. Martinez
• 50 R. Dalgado
• 45 V. Garcia
• 90 B. Phan
• 80 J. Djieze
• 68 L. Muller
• 95 E. Preston
• 57 J. Placias

Match events

• 11′ Ventura County: Normal Goal, J. Placias, E. Preston
• 15′ Ventura County: Normal Goal, E. Preston, R. Dalgado
• 40′ Ventura County: Normal Goal, J. Placias, E. Preston
• 46′ North Texas: Substitution, L. Goncalves, L. Vejrostek
• 46′ North Texas: Substitution, N. James, S. Sedeh
• 51′ North Texas: Normal Goal, N. Simmonds, S. Starnes
• 52′ Ventura County: Normal Goal, E. Preston, J. Placias
• 61′ North Texas: Yellow Card, M. Luccin
• 63′ Ventura County: Substitution, Pepe, V. Garcia
• 77′ Ventura County: Substitution, M. McLean, J. Djieze
• 79′ Ventura County: Substitution, A. Villatoro, E. Preston
• 81′ North Texas: Yellow Card, Alvaro Augusto
• 86′ Ventura County: Normal Goal, A. Villatoro
• 87′ North Texas: Substitution, D. Kimbrough, N. Simmonds
• 87′ North Texas: Substitution, L. Martins, T. Ospina
• 87′ North Texas: Substitution, B. Flowers, R. Louis
• 90′ Ventura County: Normal Goal, L. Muller, A. Villatoro

Ventura County before this match

• vs The Town 3–0 (The Town) · Group Stage, 26 Jul 2026
• vs Los Angeles FC II 2–0 (Los Angeles FC II) · Group Stage, 19 Jul 2026
• at Vancouver Whitecaps II 2–3 (Vancouver Whitecaps II) · Group Stage, 8 Jul 2026
• vs Real Monarchs 3–1 (Real Monarchs) · Group Stage, 28 Jun 2026
• vs Houston Dynamo FC II 3–1 (Houston Dynamo FC II) · Group Stage, 7 Jun 2026

North Texas before this match

• at The Town 1–0 (The Town) · Group Stage, 19 Jul 2026
• at Colorado Rapids II 0–1 (Colorado Rapids II) · Group Stage, 12 Jul 2026
• vs St. Louis City II 3–0 (St. Louis City II) · Group Stage, 5 Jul 2026
• at St. Louis City II 0–2 (St. Louis City II) · Group Stage, 30 May 2026
• vs Sporting KC II 5–1 (Sporting KC II) · Group Stage, 17 May 2026