COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC and Tulsa Roughnecks FC meet on Friday night at Weidner Field with the Roughnecks looking for a second consecutive road victory, and the Switchbacks aiming to bounce back from defeat in their last outing. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. MT.
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Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC news and notes
Current record: 2-2-3, 9pts
The Switchbacks fell 3-2 against Seattle Sounders FC 2 on Saturday evening at Weidner Field as Felix Chenkam scored twice for the visitors.
Colorado Springs was reduced to 10 men in the 18th minute when Pascal Eboussi was sent off. The Cameroonian will serve a one-game suspension in Friday’s game.
The Switchbacks are 1-1-1 on home turf so far this season, after having gone 10-2-3 at Weidner Field during the 2016 USL regular season.
Colorado Springs has conceded nine goals over its past four games, during which span the side is 1-2-1.
Tulsa Roughnecks FC news and notes
Current record: 2-2-0, 6pts
The Roughnecks took a 1-0 victory against Rio Grande Valley FC in their last outing as Jaime Ayala scored the only goal of the game at H-E-B Park.
Goalkeeper Fabian Cerda made his debut for the Roughnecks against the Toros, and recorded a pair of saves to earn the shutout.
Tulsa will be without defender Jorge Corrales for Friday’s contest after he was issued a one-game suspension by the Independent Disciplinary Panel for a challenge against RGVFC.
The Roughnecks will return home to ONEOK Field to host Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 next Thursday night, the first in a stretch of two games in three days for the side on home turf.
Series Notes
Squads
Colorado Springs – GK: John Berner, Justin Luthy, Dan Jackson, Moise Pouaty; D: Josh Phillips, Jack Jones, Josh Suggs, Davy Armstrong, Diego Gutierrez, Sean McFarlane, Kortne Ford, Conner Bevans, Jordan Burt; M: Luke Vercollone, Eddy Prugh, Rony Argueta, Jake Cawsey, Sam Hamilton, Ricardo Perez, Chris James, Taesong Kim; F: Jun Gyeong Park, Masta Kacher, Kevaughn Frater, Aaron King, Shane Malcolm
Tulsa – GK: Donovan Ricketts, Bryan Byars, Fabian Cerda; D: Paris Gee, Modou Jadama, Bradley Bourgeois, Francisco Ugarte, Kosuke Kimura, Matej Dekovic; M: Joey Calistri, Collin Fernandez, Joaquin Rivas, Brady Ballew, Jaime Ayala; F: Juan Caffa, Cristian Mata, Ian Svantesson, Pavel Kondrakhin
Discipline
Colorado Springs – Suspended: Pascal Eboussi
Tulsa – Suspended: Jorge Corrales
Officials
REF: GREG DOPKA
AR1: Devin Wagner
AR2: Jason Hampton
4TH: Justin Fillmore
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Twitter social handles
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC – @SwitchbacksFC
Tulsa Roughnecks FC – @RoughnecksFC
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