SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Sacramento Republic FC will try to rebound from only its second home loss of the season when it plays host to the Swope Park Rangers on Wednesday night at Papa Murphy’s Park in a contest that could play a role in top-four positioning for the 2017 USL Cup Playoffs. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. PT.

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Sacramento Republic FC news and notes

• Current record: 10-7-4, 34pts

• Sacramento suffered a 2-1 defeat against regional rival Reno 1868 FC on Saturday night in front of a sellout crowd of 11,569 fans at Papa Murphy’s Park.

• Recent signing Hayden Partain opened the scoring for Sacramento, but Reno rallied for two first-half goals to claim the regular-season series between the teams.

• Republic FC will be without midfielder Jeremy Hall and defender Chris Christian for the contest as both serve suspensions for caution accumulation.

• Sacramento defender James Kiffe is sixth in the USL with 48 tackles won this season at a success rate of 76.19 percent.

Swope Park Rangers news and notes

• Current record: 12-5-5, 41pts

• The Rangers rallied to earn a 2-2 draw with Western Conference-leader Real Monarchs SLC on Friday night after trailing by two goals at the halftime break.

• Nansel Selbol and Kharlton Belmar both found the net in the comeback draw, which saw the side remain 11 points behind the Monarchs in third place in the Western Conference.

• Swope Park is winless in its last four contests (0-1-3), but has gone 5-0-2 in its last seven road outings.

• Defender Amer Didic earned his first call-up to the Canada Men’s National Team on Sunday for the country’s exhibition against Jamaica next month at BMO Field in Toronto.

Series Notes

• Swope Park took a 1-0 victory when the teams first met on April 15 this season, the first win in two meetings between the teams.

Squads

• Sacramento – GK: Dominik Jakubek, Evan Newton; D: Peter McGlynn, Carlos Rodriguez, James Kiffe, Emrah Klimenta, Elliott Hord; M: Agustin Cazarez, Gabe Gissie, Lamin Suma, Adam Moffatt, Tyler Blackwood, Roberto Hategan, Hayden Partain, Quincy Butler; F: Wilson Kneeshaw, Harry Williams, Sammy Ochoa, Trevin Caesar, Christian Chaney, Matthew Wiesenfarth

• Swope Park – GK: David Greczek, Darrin MacLeod, Adrian Zendejas; D: Amer Didic, Parker Maher, Oumar Ballo, Liam Doyle, Joe Amico, Colton Storm, Erik Palmer-Brown, Tyler Pasher, Dakota Barnathan, Will Little; M: Felipe Hernandez, Lebo Moloto, Daniel Salloi, Christian Duke, Robert Mirosavic, Kevin Oliveira, Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal; F: Cameron Iwasa, Soony Saad, Mark Anthony Gonzalez, Kharlton Belmar, Nansel Selbol, Diego Rubio, Max Rugova

Discipline

• Sacramento – Suspended: Chris Christian, Jeremy Hall

• Swope Park – Accumulation warning: Liam Doyle

Officials

• REF: MICHAEL ZAPATA

• AR1: Eric Ehrhardt

• AR2: Sarah Cortez

• 4TH: Alex Marquand-Willse

Game hashtag:

• #SACvSPR

Twitter social handles

• Sacramento Republic FC – @SacRepublicFC

• Swope Park Rangers – @SwopeRangers