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Recap: Rangers boast best record in USL with third straight win to open 2017 season

(April 15, 2017) – Three matches. Three wins. The Swope Park Rangers are the only perfect team in the USL after a 1-0 victory over Sacramento Republic FC on Saturday at Children’s Mercy Victory Field in Swope Soccer Village.

Mark Anthony Gonzalez, the team’s leading scorer in 2016, scored the game-winning goal in the 70th minute of his season debut to extend the club’s regular season winning streak to seven games, second longest in USL history.

USL Winning Streaks (regular season)
8 games: Orlando City SC (2014)
7 games: Swope Park Rangers (2016-17)
7 games: Orlando City SC (2011-12)
7 games: New York Red Bulls II (2016)

The reigning USL Western Conference champions have also now won eight consecutive home matches when including postseason competition, which ranks third best in the USL’s all-time record book.