New Mexico United vs Las Vegas Lights FC, 2026 USL Championship, Regular Season

· USL Championship
New Mexico United
  • 32': Niall Reid-Stephen
  • 53': Ousman Jabang
  • 73': Zico Bailey
FT
3 - 1
Las Vegas Lights FC
  • 40': Oalex Anderson

About

New Mexico United are hosting Las Vegas Lights FC at Isotopes Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, starting on . The match is a part of the USL Championship.

Match Commentary

  • 31': Carson Locker (Las Vegas Lights FC) Yellow Card at 31'
  • 32': Niall Reid-Stephen (New Mexico United) Goal at 32'
  • 40': Oalex Anderson (Las Vegas Lights FC) Goal at 40'
  • 45': Chris Gloster (New Mexico United) Substitution at 45'
  • 53': Ousman Jabang (New Mexico United) Goal at 53'
  • 61': Manuel Arteaga (Las Vegas Lights FC) Substitution at 61'
  • 67': Gedion Zelalem (New Mexico United) Substitution at 67'
  • 67': Justin Rennicks (New Mexico United) Substitution at 67'
  • 68': Zico Bailey (New Mexico United) Yellow Card at 68'
  • 73': Zico Bailey (New Mexico United) Goal at 73'
  • 75': Will Seymore (New Mexico United) Substitution at 75'
  • 75': Cullen Wilkerson (New Mexico United) Substitution at 75'
  • 77': Ben Mines (Las Vegas Lights FC) Substitution at 77'
  • 77': Nighte Pickering (Las Vegas Lights FC) Substitution at 77'
  • 77': Giorgio Probo (Las Vegas Lights FC) Yellow Card at 77'
  • 79': Manuel Arteaga (Las Vegas Lights FC) Yellow Card at 79'
  • 82': JahLane Forbes (Las Vegas Lights FC) Substitution at 82'
  • 82': Benjamin Ofeimu (Las Vegas Lights FC) Substitution at 82'
  • 90'+2': Gedion Zelalem (New Mexico United) Yellow Card at 92'

Statistics

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10 Fouls 9
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 0
5 Corner Kicks 5
4 Saves 3
40.2 Possession 59.8
13 SHOTS 18
4 ON GOAL 7
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
0 Accurate Passes 0
0 Passes 0
0.0 Pass Completion % 0.0
0 Accurate Crosses 0
0 Crosses 0
0.0 Cross % 0.0
0 Long Balls 0
0 Accurate Long Balls 0
0.0 Long Balls % 0.0
2 Blocked Shots 6
0 Effective Tackles 0
0 Tackles 0
0.0 Tackle % 0.0
0 Interceptions 0
0 Effective Clearances 0
0 Clearances 0

Game Information

Competition: USL Championship

Venue: Isotopes Park
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Attendance: 8,655

USL Championship Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 San Antonio FC 12 +4 21
2 Orange County SC 11 +4 19
3 FC Tulsa 10 +4 16
4 Phoenix Rising FC 11 +3 16
Full Standings

Line-Ups

NMU New Mexico United (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
56 Raiko Arozarena (GK)
4 Kipp Keller
27 Maliek Howell
2 Niko Hamalainen
17 Jake LaCava
21 Valentin Noël
19 Zico Bailey Yellow Card
15 Ousman Jabang
10 Greg Hurst
5 Dayonn Harris
7 Niall Reid-Stephen
New Mexico United Substitutes:
Taren Wente, Cullen Wilkerson, Luther Archimede, Will Seymore, Grady Gilchrist, Justin Rennicks, Kristopher Shakes, Chris Gloster, Gedion Zelalem.

LVL Las Vegas Lights FC (4-1-4-1)

No. Name
13 Charlie Lanphier (GK)
33 Aaron Guillen
3 Nathaniel Jones
27 Giorgio Probo Yellow Card
81 Themi Antonoglou
45 Blake Pope
18 Carson Locker Yellow Card
43 Abraham Okyere
25 Oalex Anderson
11 Christian Pinzon
14 Johnny Rodriguez
Las Vegas Lights FC Substitutes:
Ben Mines, Carver Miller, Handwalla Bwana, Nighte Pickering, JahLane Forbes, Benjamin Ofeimu, Manuel Arteaga, Kyle Scott.

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