EDINBURG, Texas – Reno 1868 FC can secure a place in the USL Cup Playoffs in its first year of existence with a win against Rio Grande Valley FC on Saturday night at H-E-B Park as the Toros look to jumpstart their dying hopes of a place in the postseason after a dramatic late defeat last weekend. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. CT.

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Rio Grande Valley FC news and notes

• Current record: 7-13-7, 28pts

• Rio Grande Valley suffered a frustrating 2-1 loss to Sacramento Republic FC on Saturday in its last outing as it dropped further back in the race for the USL Cup Playoffs.

• RGVFC opened the scoring in the 69th minute through Kyle Murphy but conceded twice in the final 20 minutes, including a stoppage-time winner for Republic FC that gave the visitors all three points.

• The Toros have now gone six matches without a win which sees the club sitting six points out of the top eight in the Western Conference with only five games remaining.

• RGVFC has scored only 32 goals in 27 games this season, and has failed to score more than one goal in each of its last six matches .

Reno 1868 FC news and notes

• Current record: 14-5-7, 49pts

• 1868 FC can seal a place in the 2017 USL Cup Playoffs with a win on Saturday night, joining Real Monarchs SLC and San Antonio FC in the Western Conference field.

• Reno saw its six-game winning streak come to an end last Saturday night as it played to a 1-1 draw with Seattle Sounders FC 2 at Starfire Stadium.

• Brian Brown scored the equalizer for Reno in the 38th minute after the side had conceded early against S2, but despite finishing with a 5-3 advantage in shots on goal the visitors were unable to earn all three points.

• Reno forward Dane Kelly is looking to get back on a scoring track with the Jamaican forward currently sitting without a goal since Aug. 19 against Sacramento Republic FC. Kelly is tied in the race for the USL Golden Boot with Charlotte Independence forward Enzo Martinez on 16 goals this season.

• 1868 FC needs two goals to surpass the New York Red Bulls II's USL regular-season record of 61 goals.

Series Notes

• Reno has won the only prior meeting between these two teams, claiming a 3-2 win on June 7 at Greater Nevada Field.

Squads

• Rio Grande Valley – GK: Marco Carducci, Borja Angoitia, Calle Brown, Michael Kirk; D: Kai Greene, Victor Garza, Robby Sagel, Ivan Magalhaes, Justin Bilyeu, Leo Ayala, Kevin Garcia, Taylor Hunter, Juan Garcia, Camilo Botero; M: Eric Bird, T.J. Casner, Emilio Garcia, Todd Wharton, Christian Lucatero, Memo Rodriguez, Jose Escalante, Nicolas Perea, Joe Holland; F: Ruben Luna, Kyle Murphy, Francisco Pungo, Greg Sutton

• Reno – GK: Russ Klaybough, Matt Bersano, Andrew Tarbell; D: Thomas Janjigian, Jimmy Ockford, Brent Richards, Brenton Griffiths, Jordan Murrell, Kip Colvey; M: Junior Burgos, Fatai Alashe, Marc Pelosi, Chris Wehan, Lindo Mfeka, Matt LaGrassa, Seth Casiple, Luis Felipe Fernandes, Nick von Niederhausern, Anibal Echeverria, Jackson Yueill, Darwin Espinal, Jordan Roberts; F: Antoine Hoppenot, Dane Kelly, Boxi Yomba, Mackenzie Pridham, Brian Brown

Discipline

• Rio Grande Valley – None

• Reno – Accumulation Warning: Jimmy Ockford

Officials

• REF: WILLIAM HALE

• AR1: Cody Rowden

• AR2: Jorge Perez

• 4TH: Arturo Ibarra

Game hashtag:

• #RGVvRNO

Twitter social handles

• Rio Grande Valley FC – @RGVFC

• Reno 1868 FC – @Reno1868FC