🇯🇲Kevon Lambert, the longest tenured player in Phoenix Rising history, is finally a USL Championship title winner after 6 years!
#IgnitePhoenix
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#USLplayoffs
“All good things must come to an end.”
It’s bittersweet to announce that my time at
@AZSports
/
@KTAR923
has come to an end after five years.
I will be moving on to
@DiscountTire
as a marketing and social media copywriter.
However, I will still be covering
@PHXRisingFC
.
.
@SunDevilHoops
head coach
@BobbyHurley11
said he scooped up 50 tickets for Saturday’s game vs. No. 5 Arizona at DFA:
“I don’t know if I have that many friends to give them to. I’m gonna find 50 people and put a gold shirt/jersey on them. It’s gonna be an exciting environment.”
Man this
#Dbacks
outfield is competitive, with three guys who started the year with the big league club all going yard for Triple-A Reno tonight.
Alek Thomas:
Phoenix is getting a new professional women’s soccer team when the USL Super League kicks off in 2024.
Led by Phoenix Rising’s ownership group, local businesswomen & community leaders, the team will play at PRFC’s new stadium location on 38th & Washington streets.
#RisingAsOne
Due to San Antonio’s 5-1 loss away to Tacoma on Friday night,
@PHXRisingFC
is the first team in the league to clinch a playoff spot. The club still has 9 games left. That’s over 1/4 of the season (26%).
#UpRising
FINAL WHISTLE!
PHOENIX RISING WINS IT 3-1!
The club sets the all-time USL Championship single-season records for points (78) and wins (24).
#PHXvOKC
| 3-1 | FT
#UpRising
Multiple sources have informed us that Isaiah Kaakoush will sign a professional contract with a USL club
The contract will be announced soon by the club ⏳
I’m picking the Eagles to win
#SuperBowlLVII
based purely on this all-business, no BS interview with backup QB Gardner Minshew:
“Not much nightlife this week, man. We got some other sh*t — other stuff to do you know, so I think not as much nightlife this time.”
Back-to-back singles by Josh Rojas and Ketel Marte with two outs have
#Dbacks
Christian Walker at the plate with an opportunity to walk it off.
6-6 | B9
STREAK OVER
Phoenix Rising wins its first
#USLplayoffs
match in 90 minutes since the 2018 Western Conference Final and is headed to the USL Championship Final for the 3rd in club history!
#SACvPHX
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#IgnitePhoenix
UNBELIEVABLE.
@PHXRisingFC
down 2-0 in the 2nd half makes the comeback to win it 3-2 and extend its USL Championship record(s) to 12 consecutive wins and 6 straight on the road!
#LAvPHX
| 2-3 | FT
#UpRising
This is probably the best video you'll find of
#SDLoyal
manager Landon Donovan's discussion with Phoenix Rising manager Rick Schantz (the match announcers' audio has been removed).
#SDvPHX
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#RisingTogether
First time at Arizona State’s Mullett Arena and I’m blown away. This place really lives up to the hype and we’re still an hour away from puck drop.
#Yotes
Phoenix Rising manager Juan Guerra still dreams of lifting the cup at home:
“I have many dreams. Tonight, one of them came through. That’s another dream, not just for me, but also for a lot of people. We should try to make that happen.”
#CHSvPHX
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#IgnitePhoenix
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#USLplayoffs
.
@PHXRisingFC
's 16-game win streak is the longest in US professional soccer history and started back on May 10, which means the club hasn't lost in nearly 4 months.
My story on how life has changed since Phoenix Rising's last loss on May 4 on
@AZSports
:
.
@PHXRisingFC
’s Kevon Lambert (
@k_lmbrt27
) set the record straight today on how to correctly pronounce his first name. Kev-Un with a “U” instead of an “I” or “O” was the general consensus.
@ZLubin28
with a cameo.
#UpRising
.
@PHXRisingFC
beat Tulsa 1-0 Saturday night, its 11th in a row to break the all-time USL record. The club is now the outright leader atop the league standings in points and wins.
#UpRising
#TULvPHX
My full recap on
@AZSports
:
FINAL WHISTLE!
@PHXRisingFC
down 2-1 with 20 minutes left comes back to win it 4-2!
USL records:
✅16 straight league wins
✅7 straight road wins
#TACvPHX
| 2-4 |
#UpRising
In addition to the John Stenberg flu game is what Panos Armenakas played through during the
#USLplayoffs
:
@panaldinho10
suffered a severe ankle injury at OC that required him to play on pain killers to make it through. If it was the regular season, he would’ve easily missed 2-3
This man
@j0hnstenberg
was sicker than sick all week. Finally ate food yesterday. Didn’t touch a ball. Goes and suffers for us for 90 minutes. Absolute mountain of a man.
Final whistle! Phoenix Rising wins!
Streaks extended:
13-0-0 on $1 beer night
14-match win streak (USL record)
15-match unbeaten at home streak
#PHXvRNO
| 4-2 | FT
#UpRising
BREAKING: Phoenix Rising announces it will allow fewer than 1,000 season-ticket members to attend Sept. 11's match vs. Las Vegas at Casino Arizona Field.
#RisingTogether
FINAL WHISTLE!
Phoenix Rising wins it 1-0!
✅19 wins in a row
⬆️(USL, US pro soccer AND Arizona pro sports record)
✅9 road wins in a row (USL record)
Good to see Woz get a clean sheet.
#LVvPHX
| 0-1 | FT
#UpRising
So
@AodhanQuinn
, why
@PHXRisingFC
?
“I think that’s pretty obvious: It’s the best club in
#USL
I think, especially the West... I really want to win a USL Championship before I’m done playing & I think PHX gives me the best opportunity"
My story👇🏼
@AZSports
That'll do it!
@PHXRisingFC
defeats OKC Energy FC, 4-1!
7 wins in a row. 1st place in the Western Conference. Most goals scored in USL Championship (41). Best goal difference in the league (+26).
Oh, and Rising was down a man for over 60 minutes.
#OKCvPHX
| 1-4 | FT
#UpRising
The
#Dbacks
have now blown 21 of 50 save opportunities this season. And at 9 games out of a Wild Card spot, that means cleaning up just half of those would put the Diamondbacks in the playoffs. Think about that for a second. October baseball is that close to returning to Arizona.
Here is the full video clip of new
#ASU
offensive analyst Brian Billick telling former Sun Devils TE Todd Heap “some people go to college, some people go to Arizona State, I understand” in 2001 with the Baltimore Ravens.
#ForksUp
🎥 Hard Knocks (29:39):
.
@PHXRisingFC
is headed to its 2nd Western Conference Final in 3 years after advancing on pens over Reno 1868 FC on Saturday night thanks to Zac Lubin's Man of the Match performance after an early howler.
#RNOvPHX
|
#RisingTogether
My story on
@AZSports
:
Shoutout to
@PHXRisingFC
captain Darnell King (
@21ddking
) for exemplifying why he was chosen to wear the armband. What you may not know is that he does group/individual training with PRFC youth, including my niece. Thank you for being a role model for these kids🙏🏼🙌🏼
#RisingAsOne
Phoenix Rising manager Rick Schantz said after training on Tuesday that forward Jason Johnson will be available for selection for Saturday’s match against San Antonio.
#UpRising
BREAKING: Manager Juan Guerra has officially left Phoenix Rising to become an assistant coach with MLS side Houston Dynamo, who met the terms of a buyout clause in his contract to finalize the deal.
#TodosRojos
Anybody else find it odd that I had to ask a pretty prominent Valley sports bar to put the
#Dbacks
game on? Especially when one TV was showing Mr. 3000 the movie on MLB Network and two more were showing Chive TV.
WOW. What a story. Seven months after two blood clots were found in his heart that ended his 2021 USL Championship season, New Mexico United forward Devon Sandoval is back with his hometown club👏🏼👏🏼
#SomosUnidos
The Return of The King.
@Big_Dev49
is officially back in ⚫️&🟡 after overcoming a heart condition that threatened to end his playing career. We talk a lot about New Mexican grit, determination, and resilience — Dev is the embodiment of that. Welcome back, legend.
#SomosUnidos
.
@PHXRisingFC
beat El Paso 2-1 Saturday to extend its USL-record win streak to 13. PHX also had a tifo for El Paso in honor of last week's shooting, a 1st-class showing of the power of sport bringing us together.
#PHXvELP
#UpRising
My recap on
@AZSports
:
.
@PHXRisingFC
clinched the USL regular-season title on Saturday night after coming back from a 2-0 deficit to tie New Mexico 2-2 via Joey Calistri's brace and screamer in the 90th minute.
#RisingToGreatness
#NMvPHX
My recap on
@AZSports
:
Per source, discussions are already underway that could potentially bring a second
#USL
Championship club to the Valley as early as 2022, as multiple USL franchises have put their licenses up for sale.
Mike Hazen’s first priority in the offseason has to be the backend of the bullpen. The
#Dbacks
have everything else in place to compete for a playoff spot in 2023.
.
@PHXRisingFC
is 2 points away from clinching a playoff spot after Tuesday’s late 4-2 comeback win over Tacoma.
PHX has won 48 points over the 16-game win streak. Only 2 other teams in USL have more than 48 all year. 0 in the West.
My recap on
@AZSports
:
Congrats to Sam Doerr, the new VP of Innovation and Strategy of the Arizona Coyotes.
I want to thank you for your professionalism in our partnership. It was a pleasure working with you. You will be missed.
#RisingAsOne
.
@PHXRisingFC
proved both the local and national pundits wrong on Friday night with a 2-1 come-from-behind win over Sacramento Republic FC. Not sure why you would pick PHX to lose on $1 beer night though.🤔🤷♂️
#PHXvSAC
#UpRising
My full recap on
@AZSports
:
“Believe until the last second. Because at the end of the day, you’re gonna get what you want. Because you are special. And this club is special. Because you are different. And this city is different. BECAUSE WE ARE F*CKING PHOENIX!” -
@DarekFormella10
#IgnitePhoenix