Match Day Information
Location: Toyota Stadium, Georgetown, KY
Reported attendance: 3,029
Weather: partly cloudy, 55F
Match Notes – Lexington SC
Formation: 4-2-2
Absent from the roster: Erick Ceja Gonzalez (undisclosed), Pierre Mané (eligibility), Kimball Jackson (undisclosed), Soso Kim (undisclosed)
Coach Sam Stockley made three adjustments from the week three loss against NCFC. Ates Diouf started up front alongside Khalid Balogun. Cesar Murillo made his regular season debut at center-back, replacing Franky Martinez. Charlie Machell and Phila Dlamini Mfanafkile swapped places in the center midfield.
Murillo was a late signing as a free agent on March 15th. The USL League One veteran defender played for Forward Madison in 2022, Greenville Triumph in 2020 and 2021, and North Texas SC in 2019.
Notable on the bench: Stockley only made two substitutions, sending Drew Patterson and Will Baynham into the match in the 88th minute.
Midfielder Don Smart did not appear, after returning from a red card suspension.
Diouf led the match with five shots, one on target.
Yellow cards: Machell (60′), Balogun (68′)
Lexington SC Substitutions
IN: FW Will Baynam 88’
OUT: MF Tate Robertson
IN: FW Drew Patterson 88’
OUT: FW Khalid Balogun
Match Notes – Forward Madison
Formation: 3-5-2
Absent from the roster: Julio Benitez, Nazeem Bartman (undisclosed)
Coach Matt Glaeser switched from a 4-4-2 to a 3-5-2, allowing Derek Gebhard and Stephen Payne some more flexibility in the attack.
Francis Jno-Baptiste made his club debut, replacing Mauro Cichero in the 88th minute.
Notable on the bench: in addition to Jno-Baptiste, Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu replaced Jayden Onen in the 76th minute. Sam Brotherton, Eric Conerty, Robert Screen and Tino Vásquez did not appear.
Yellow cards: Mesias (48′), Osmond (65′), Cichero (71′)
Forward Madison Substitutions
IN: MF Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu 76′
OUT: FW Jayden Onen
IN: FW Francis Jno-Baptiste 88′
OUT: MF Mauro Cichero