Rony Argueta scored a superb goal to give the Switchbacks the lead just after halftime last Thursday against Orange County SC, before OC recovered to win 2-1 at Weidner Field on Independence Day in front of a record crowd. “We’ve been training well,” said Argueta on Tuesday afternoon at the Pride Soccer complex in eastern Colorado Springs. “We’re looking to build off what we did well in the game against OC where we were good in the attack, but we’ve got to be more clinical in front of goal. Our final product has to improve and we need to find a way to get the ball in the net when we have good chances. We’ve been getting a lot of information in training and we need to take it into Saturday and get a result.”

“There’s no secret formula for us right now – we’re having our growing pains and we just have to keep working to get more disciplined,” said Shane Malcolm. “Nothing is promised. We all need to play our role and build off each other.”

Former Air Force Academy Falcons Tucker Bone and Austin Dewing were introduced as second half substitutes against Orange County on Independence Day, with both impressing Interim Head Coach Wolde Harris. “They added energy and they reacted really well,” said Harris. “They did what we wanted and needed. They both have a really good work ethic and we’re just looking right now to slowly integrate them into the team. Both had good opportunities to score last week and they gave us something in the attack.”