TULSA, Okla. – Without a win in almost two months, Friday night’s game against Arizona United SC may have marked the midway point of the season for Tulsa Roughnecks FC, but it also represented a must-win if the side was to hope to contend for the playoffs at the end of the season.

Thanks to local standouts Cristian Mata and Bryce Taylor, the Roughnecks claimed their third win of the season with a 3-2 victory in the USL Game of the Week on ESPN3 on ONEOK Field.

“Coming in, we knew we needed a result, and tonight, we battled it out,” Mata said following the game. “I felt we came out big in the first 30, it was just about finishing it off, and I thought we did that. We had a really good week of training, a tough week of training, and me and Sammy [Ochoa] showed a good start and hopefully we can continue on that.”