"Last game it took us a long time to score and we were a little insecure about pushing the game," said Lights FC manager Eric Wynalda. "Tonight, we scored early and we got ahead of them."

Getting ahead is one thing, keep going is another and that's what Lights FC did shortly after the second half kicked off by pushing the pace. A cross from Kevin Garcia Lopez was deflected by a Tacoma defender and ended right in front of Tabort Etaka Preston who netted his second goal of the match in the 51st minute.

Las Vegas native Matt Thomas subbed into the game in the first half to replace the injured Christian Torres, with the Palo Verde High School grad capitalizing on his minutes on the field by serving a pass with pinpoint precision to Irvin Parra who with a header completed the second hat trick in team history and sealed the win for Lights FC 5-0. Irvin did this against the team he returned to the United States of America with after 6 years of playing in Germany.

"It was a little emotional, but sometimes you have to do what you got to do," stated Parra. "I had to do my job and that is to put the ball in the back of the net."

Irvin had his family in the stands at Cashman Field, including his father who gave him encouraging words after he scored a penalty kick against San Antonio in Lights FC's defeat in the Alamo City. "When I scored my penalty kick in San Antonio, even though we lost, my dad told me that as long as the first one goes in ... then the rest of them are going to come", said Parra. "And he's right, my dad is the one guy who knows who I am. Him being here meant the world to me, so I already knew what I had to do. I had to prove it to him, not anybody else, but to him."