Technical director Jose Luis Sanchez Sola and coach Isidro Sanchez were both suspended by the United Soccer League for Monday’s game at Real Monarchs SLC and any additional punishment will be announced this week.
Ben Gotz
Golden Knights backup reporter
Email: bgotz@reviewjournal.com
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Ben Gotz came to the Review-Journal in May 2016 after graduating from the University of Minnesota. He covers the Lights FC, high school sports and anything else sports-related that comes into town. He also hosts segments in the video studio on soccer and high school sports. Before coming to Las Vegas, he wrote about college hockey, college football and high school sports during stops at the Star Tribune, Pioneer Press and Minnesota Daily back home in Minnesota.
The Lights played shorthanded for all but 18 minutes on Monday but still came away with a point during the first Monarchs match at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman, Utah.
Ricardo Ferrino flew to Mexico after his team’s first loss of the season to get married on Saturday, but he will be back in time for the Lights’ 6 p.m. game Monday at Real Monarchs SLC.
The Lights lost to San Antonio FC 3-1 at Cashman Field on Saturday in front of an announced crowd of 8,025 in a game that was stopped for seven minutes in the second half because fans threw objects onto the field.
Review-Journal reporter Ben Gotz talks about the Lights FC’s game against San Antonio FC on Friday and its unusual schedule to start the season.
The Las Vegas native was taken No. 3 overall by Los Angeles FC in the Major League Soccer SuperDraft in January.
The Lights striker has started the season in a slump, with no goals or assists in the team’s first four matches.
The Lights are in a three-way tie for the most yellow cards in the United Soccer League with 18 despite also being tied for the fewest matches played.
The forward played parts of three seasons for the Sharks before getting picked up by the Golden Knights on waivers in December.
The MSOP will hold its championships from Oct. 24-31 in Las Vegas with hundreds of thousands of dollars up for grabs.
Review-Journal reporter Ben Gotz talks about the Lights FC’s second bye in three weeks and its growing yellow card total.
Season-ticket holders get first dibs on seeing the Lights’ first game in the tournament at 7:30 p.m. May 16 at UNLV’s Peter Johann Soccer Field.
Of the Lights’ seven goals so far this season, only one has come during the run of play.
The Lights scored in the second minute but their offense fizzled from there in front of 8,167 fans at Cashman Field on Saturday.
The Lights announced a partnership with Nuwu Cannabis Marketplace on Friday to become the first professional sports team in the U.S. to have a marijuana dispensary as a sponsor.
