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| Arizona United's Scott Morrison bends a ball around the LA Galaxy II wall to kick the equalizing goal in the 75th minute. |
Arizona United Soccer Club is slowing getting back into the points. After a strong start to the season for an expansion club that saw them accumulating 10 points in their first six games, the team experienced a drought following its first road trip that saw the team playing three games in five days—two games in the East and a U.S. Open Cup game in the West.
After a three-game scoreless streak, Arizona finally got back on the board in a regular season game against Sacramento Republic. While they did not win the game, winning just one point in the soccer table scoring system that grants three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss, a sense of relief was felt when London Woodberry scored a goal in the 67th minute. Sacramento went on to tie the score late in the game, but Arizona gained a point in the victory.
United let an opportunity slip through their fingers when the Dayton Dutch Lions came to town on June 11. Dayton was a team on the skids and a game Arizona should have won, but Arizona let Dayton build their confidence during the game and Arizona fell to Dayton 2-1. More points lost.
Arizona rebounded a few days later when the Rochester Rhinos came to town. Unlike Dayton, Rochester had found a winning way in their previous games. Though not a stunning offensive performance, Arizona received the benefit of a handball by a Rochester player and Jonathan Top converted the subsequent penalty kick for the only score of the game and three points added to the Arizona United table.
One more point was added this past week as Arizona tied LA Galaxy II 1-1 in a game played at Peoria Sports Complex on Saturday.
Arizona fell behind early when former Phoenix FC player Travis Bowen score for ‘Los Dos’ following a nifty back heel pass from Jack McBean.
United struggled to find the net in open play getting just one shot on goal early that was saved by LA goal keeper Cody Laurendi.
Arizona’s luck changed late in the game a handball was called against Galaxy II just outside the 18-yard box. Scott Morrison set up to take the free kick and curled a shot in to the far post just past the outstretched hand of Laurendi.
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| LA Galaxy II goal keeper Cody Laurendi reaches for a ball kicked by Arizona United's Scott Morrison. Arizona was awarded a free kick after a handball was called against a Galaxy II player just outside the penalty area. |
The draw gave Arizona five points in the last four games. The team now has 15 points and are 13 games into the 28 game regular season.
Ten of the teams 15 remaining games are road games with the team needing to take two more trips to the East to play Wilmington, Charleston and Pittsburgh.
Only one team in Arizona’s remaining schedule sit below United in the standings—Pittsburgh.
Below is a list of Arizona’s remaining home games:
June 28 vs Orange County
July 19 vs Orange County
August 2 vs Sacramento
August 16 vs Pittsburgh
August 22 vs OKC Energy FC
Tickets are available at ArizonaUnited.com.
All games are also streamed live on the team’s YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/ArizonaUnitedSoccer.
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