San Antonio FC Tops Oakland Roots SC 3-0 to Advance to Western Conference Final
October 29, 2022 – United Soccer League Championship (USL) – San Antonio FC News Release
SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio FC topped Oakland Roots SC tonight 3-0 to advance to the USL Championship Western Conference Final. Leading the offensive charge was Santiago Patiño with his second-career playoff brace. The Conference Final will be played next Sunday, November 6, at 7:30 p.m. CT at Toyota Field.
San Antonio scored quickly to start the match, with Samuel Adeniran striking in a pass from Patiño in the second minute to make it an early 1-0 lead.
The duo would connect again in the 75th minute, this time with Patiño scoring on a feed from Adeniran to make it 2-0 SAFC with just a quarter of an hour to play. Then again in the 90th minute, Patiño scored on a ball from Justin Dhillon to finish the scoring at 3-0.
The goals, Patiño’s fourth and fifth in the playoffs for San Antonio, extend his club record for career postseason goals with five. Patiño as also now recorded a brace in each of the last two postseasons.
With the win, SAFC advances to the Western Conference Final for just the second time in club history. San Antonio will host the match on Sunday, Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. CT, against the winner of tomorrow’s match between Sacramento Republic FC and Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC. Tickets for the match will go on sale tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. CT at SanAntonioFC.com or the SAFC app.
Scoring Summary:
SAFC: 1-0, Samuel Adeniran (Assisted by Santiago Patiño) 2′
SAFC: 2-0, Santiago Patiño (Assisted by Samuel Adeniran) 75′
SAFC: 3-0, Santiago Patiño (Assisted by Justin Dhillon) 90′
Disciplinary Summary:
SAFC: Yellow Card (Jasser Khmiri) 20′
OAK: Yellow Card (Daniel Barbir) 52′
SAFC: Yellow Card (Fabien Garcia) 56′
OAK: Yellow Card (Jonathan Rodriguez) 78′
OAK: Yellow Card (Edgardo Rito) 89′
OAK: Yellow Card (Jose Hernandez) 89′
Attendance: 8,208
SAFC Starting XI: GK: Jordan Farr; D: Jasser Khmiri, Fabien Garcia, Mitchell Taintor, Connor Maloney, Shannon Gomez; M: Cristian Parano (Justin Dhillon 59′), PC (captain) (Carter Manley 8′), Jordy Delem; F: Santiago Patiño, Samuel Adeniran (Ignacio Bailone 79′)
Substitutions not used: Grant Makela, Elliot Collier, David Loera, Jack Lynn
Postgame Notes:
SAFC advances to the Western Conference Final for the second year in a row and the second time in club history.
Santiago Patiño extended his club record for career playoff goals, now leading with five.
Patiño accounted for each score tonight, tallying an assist on Samuel Adeniran’s goal in the 2nd minute.
Adeniran’s goal was his 11th of the year, and his first career postseason goal in the USL Championship.
Jordan Farr kept a clean sheet for the 16th time this season, and his second shutout in the playoffs with SAFC.
SAFC moves to 25-0-5 when scoring this season, and 22-0-1 when scoring first.
Quotes:
Head Coach Alen Marcina
(On the win…)
“I think what’s most important is going back to the western conference final. First time in club history to do it back to back. And what’s most import, and I’m most proud of, is we get to do it in front of the best fans in the league. Our fans. We’re ecstatic. We’re ecstatic as a collective that we get this opportunity. To play again.”
Forward Santiago Patiño
(On what went right for him…)
“I think … I don’t believe I had the best first half but I kept pushing because these games are go home or win. So just keep going, keep trying, keep fighting for the team, and you know the opportunities came and I was able to finish … I think Alen has made me grow a lot. As a soccer player, as a person, I’ve grown a lot on the mentality side, and with the confidence he gives me – I just go out and live my own.”
Goalkeeper Jordan Farr
(On the win…)
“I think – someone mentioned the stat about the first seed having issues in the playoffs. Maybe someone’s thinking ‘oh it feels good to get the first one out of the way’ for me we were only thinking about this game and now we’re only thinking about the next game. It feels really good, it felt good to have a pretty much dominant performance all the way around. Things obviously can go different in a playoff game but I think it’s our mentality that pushes us through these tight moments.”
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