Ventura County 3–0 Tacoma Defiance

MLS Next Pro 2026 Group Stage · 14 Sep 2026

Ventura County vs Tacoma Defiance in the MLS Next Pro 2026.

At Dignity Health Sports Park.

Ventura County beat Tacoma Defiance 3–0. J. Placias opened the scoring for Ventura County after 56 minutes, and that goal decided it.

Goalscorers

• Ventura County: J. Placias 56', D. Ittycheria 61', E. Preston 80'

Match events

• 14′ Tacoma Defiance: Yellow Card, A. Lopez
• 20′ Ventura County: Yellow Card, V. Garcia
• 46′ Tacoma Defiance: Substitution, E. Carli, C. Clark
• 56′ Ventura County: Normal Goal, J. Placias, V. Garcia
• 61′ Ventura County: Normal Goal, D. Ittycheria, R. Dalgado
• 62′ Tacoma Defiance: Substitution, J. Winslow, R. Sailor
• 67′ Tacoma Defiance: Substitution, C. Phoenix, R. Jauregui
• 67′ Tacoma Defiance: Substitution, M. Bell, D. Brown
• 69′ Ventura County: Substitution, E. Preston, V. Garcia
• 69′ Ventura County: Substitution, A. Vilamitjana, G. Arnold
• 69′ Ventura County: Substitution, B. Phan, J. Djieze
• 80′ Ventura County: Normal Goal, E. Preston, L. Muller
• 82′ Ventura County: Substitution, E. Martinez, D. Ittycheria
• 82′ Tacoma Defiance: Substitution, O. Hassan, C. Gaffney
• 88′ Ventura County: Substitution, P. Bank, R. Dalgado

Ventura County before this match

• at The Town 3–1 (The Town) · Group Stage, 10 Sep 2026
• at Colorado Rapids II 3–2 (Colorado Rapids II) · Group Stage, 29 Aug 2026
• at Houston Dynamo FC II 2–0 (Houston Dynamo FC II) · Group Stage, 14 Aug 2026
• vs North Texas 6–1 (North Texas) · Group Stage, 1 Aug 2026
• vs The Town 3–0 (The Town) · Group Stage, 26 Jul 2026

Tacoma Defiance before this match

• at The Town 2–1 (The Town) · Group Stage, 6 Sep 2026
• at Real Monarchs 0–3 (Real Monarchs) · Group Stage, 31 Aug 2026
• vs Sporting KC II 4–0 (Sporting KC II) · Group Stage, 25 Aug 2026
• at Los Angeles FC II 3–4 (Los Angeles FC II) · Group Stage, 17 Aug 2026
• at North Texas 1–3 (North Texas) · Group Stage, 9 Aug 2026