The Swope Park Rangers (14-11-8, 7th place) fell to Sacramento Republic FC (17-7-8, 3rd place) on Wednesday night at Papa Murphy’s Park in Sacramento. Tyler Blackwood would score the lone goal for the Rangers in the 31st minute.
In the seventh minute, Sporting KC loanee Kharlton Belmar would take a ball from Sporting KC loanee Wan Kuzain, but it would go to the left of the goal. Sacramento’s Cameron Iwasa would head a ball in the 10th minute, but it would miss just to the right of the goal.
Blackwood would nearly net in a ball from Hadji Barry in the 13th minute, but it would deflect off a Sacramento defender.