LEXINGTON, Ky. – Lexington Sporting Club will host its second consecutive home game at Toyota Stadium Saturday against South Georgia Tormenta FC. The match marks Lexington’s fourth fixture of the season.
Lexington SC (0-2-1, 1 point) is in search of its first competitive win of the season after earning its first point of the season in last week’s home opener against Forward Madison FC.
Tormenta FC (2-2-0, 6 points) stands as the reigning USL League One champions, outlasting the Chattanooga Red Wolves in the final in Statesboro, Ga. The club finished the 2022 regular season 12-9-9 (45 points), third on the table.
Tickets to the match are available here.
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MATCH NOTES
Entering the 2023 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, Tormenta FC defeated USL Championship squad Rio Grande Valley FC 2-1 in Statesboro to advance into the third round.
The club has seen three different players score four goals in league play, with Mukwelle Akale scoring the club’s first two goals of the season and Jackson Khoury and Pedro Fonseca adding one each in the club’s win over Greenville Triumph SC.
Lexington SC has had two players, Don Smart and Khalid Balogun, score goals in league play.
The 0-0 draw against Forward Madison last Saturday marked Lexington SC’s first point and first shutout in Club history. Goalkeeper Austin Causey earned his first clean sheet, as well.
Left back Terique Mohammed was placed on the USL League One Team of the Week Bench for his performance against the Flamingos.
About Lexington Sporting Club
Lexington Sporting Club is a U.S. Soccer professional soccer club competing in USL League One (U.S. Soccer third division men’s professional soccer). Launching its inaugural professional season in 2023, the men’s first team is the pinnacle of the soccer ecosystem in Lexington that features more than 1,400 players within its youth and academy systems, a pre-professional women’s team beginning in 2023 in the USL W League and is in the process of building the club’s formal stadium, performance center and training fields.