Arizona United Arizona United Soccer Club shutout Harrisburg City Islanders

HARRISBURG, Pa. (Saturday, May 10, 2014) - Arizona United Soccer Club forward Brandon Swartzendruber converted an early penalty kick as Arizona United SC claimed its first road win and earned its first clean sheet in club history on Saturday night in a 1-0 victory over the Harrisburg City Islanders at the Skyline Sports Complex. Swartzendruber, who had scored the first goal in club history at home on April 19, became the first Arizona United SC player to score on the road.

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The goal came in the 19th minute when newly acquired right back Jalen Robinson, on loan from D.C. United, smashed a header forward on the right side. The ball bounced into Harrisburg’s half when Swartzendruber played to Kadeem Dacres, who then turned and charged at Harrisburg’s net. Swartzendruber continued his run along the left side and collected a through ball from Dacres. He held up near the left corner of the box and lifted the ball over the Harrisburg defense. Dacres ran up and chested the ball before he was taken down in the penalty area by Colin Zizzi. Swartzendruber stepped up and calmly fired a low shot into the right corner to put Arizona United SC on top.

Arizona United SC continued to assert its dominance for the duration of the first half, and almost doubled its lead on a Matt Kassel shot in the 22nd minute that just went over the crossbar, and a Schillo Tshuma shot from the right-wing that was saved in the 31st minute.

The second half became the Evan Newton show, as the Arizona United SC goalkeeper ran off his line multiple times and deterred a few Harrisburg chances. The first was in the 50th minute when a Harrisburg ball was played over the top. Morgan Langley ran to the spot and had his shot deflected out by Newton who ran off his line and made himself big. In the 65th minute Langley again beat the final Arizona United SC defender, and before he could touch the ball on the edge of the Arizona United SC box, Newton ran out and cleared the chance. Newton punched out a dangerous free kick in the 70th minute and made his final save in the 90th minute on a shot from distance.

Arizona United SC will take a break from the USL PRO season and will kick off its first foray into the US Open Cup on Tuesday, May 13, against USL Premier Development League’s Portland Timbers U-23s. The US Open Cup is the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in the U.S., and it is open to all United States Soccer Federation affiliated teams, from amateur adult club teams to the professional clubs.

Arizona United SC will then return home and host USL PRO division leaders Orlando City on Saturday, May 17.

-Arizona United Soccer Club Match Report-



Match: Arizona United Soccer Club vs. Harrisburg City Islanders

Date: May 10th, 2014

Competition: USL PRO

Venue: Skyline Sports Complex

Kickoff: 4:00 PM PST

Weather: Rain, and 63 degrees Click Here: Extended Box Score Scoring Summary 1 2 F Arizona United Soccer Club 1 0 1 Harrisburg City Islanders 0 0 0

Scoring Summary:

AZ– Brandon Swartzendruber – 19th minute



Misconduct Summary:

HAR - Yann Ekra (Yellow) – 31st minute

HAR - Colin Zizzi (Yellow) – 31st minute

HAR – Matt Kassel (Yellow) – 31st minute

Lineups:

Arizona United: Evan Newton, Jalen Robinson (Devon Grousis – 80), Tyler Ruthven, Bryan Gallego, Scott Morrison, Joey Dillon, Matt Kassel (Daniel Antunez – 74), Paolo DelPiccolo (Charles Renken – 63), Schillo Tshuma, Brandon Swartzendruber (Joseph Toby – 70), Kadeem Dacres (Jon Okafor – 56)

Harrisburg City Islanders: Nicholas Noble, Raphael Cox, Matthew Bahner, Richie Marquez, Colin Zizzi (Jamiel Hardware – 81), Jason Pelletier, Niel Shaffer, Yann Ekra (Luan Silva – 45), Morgan Langley (James Mclaughlin – 74), Clesio Bauque (Robbie Derschang), Edon Amoral (Garrett Pettis – 70)