Las Vegas plays at Phoenix in a United Soccer League regular-season match at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Casino Arizona Field in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Sammy Ochoa and Victor Rojas scored goals, propelling the Lights FC to 2-0 second-round victory over Cal FC on Tuesday night at Cashman Field.
Irvin Parra scored twice to lead the Lights FC to a 3-0 victory over the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC in a United Soccer League match Saturday at Cashman Field.
This is the Lights’ second home game in a row in a stretch where they play eight home matches in 11 dates.
It was only the third time in the history of the European Cup that a team came from three goals down after the first leg of a semifinal and progressed to the final.
The Lights are coming off a 0-0 draw Monday at the LA Galaxy II.
The Lights FC ranks fourth among 35 United Soccer League clubs with average attendance of 8,308 — about 1,400 fewer than the Aviators are drawing in their new stadium.
The Lights are coming off their biggest victory of the season, a 5-0 home win over Tacoma Defiance last Saturday.
MLS commissioner Don Garber said Las Vegas was a candidate for the league’s 30th team, but all indications are the city’s hope for a first division soccer team are slim.
Sacramento and St. Louis have been invited to submit formal bids for franchises as Major League Soccer’s Board of Governors formally unveiled plans Thursday to expand to 30 teams.
The FC Lights will play host to a second-round match in the U.S. Open Cup, the United Soccer League team announced Wednesday.
The Las Vegas Lights host the Tacoma Defiance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Cashman Field.
The Lights won for the first time this season last Saturday, defeating Real Monarchs FC 1-0.
The winless Lights have lost two consecutive matches and are tied for the worst record in the USL Western Conference after three matches.
Las Vegas Lights FC were defeated 3-1 by Portland Timbers 2 in a United Soccer League game during which the local side allowed an outrageous bicycle kick by Portland’s Dairon Asprilla in the 74th minute.
