MATCH RECAP: Tacoma Defiance Falls 3-2 to North Texas SC on Sunday Night at Starfire Stadium | Tacoma Defiance

TUKWILA, WASH. – Tacoma Defiance fell 3-2 to North Texas SC on Sunday night at Starfire Stadium. Yu Tsukanome’s league-leading ninth goal in MLS NEXT Pro and a strike by Kaito Yamada were not enough to overcome three goals from the Texas side as Defiance dropped the home result. Hervé Diese’s side now faces Minnesota United FC 2 on Saturday, May 31 at Starfire Stadium (7:00 p.m. PT / MLSNEXTPro.com)

Tacoma Defiance 2 – North Texas SC 3

Referee: Justin St. Pierre

Assistants: Hunter Zachwieja, Andrew Hanks

Fourth official: Yannick Rothfuss

Weather: 66 degrees and cloudy

NTX – Sam Sarver (Anthony Ramírez) 19’

TAC – Yu Tsukanome (Sebastian Gomez, Snyder Brunell) 25’

NTX – Faisu Sangare 74’

NTX – Sam Sarver (penalty) 77’

TAC – Kaito Yamada 79’

NTX – Ian Charles (caution) 17’

NTX – Álvaro Augusto (caution) 43’

TAC – Danny Leyva (caution) 45’+3’

TAC – Peter Kingston (caution) 84’

NTX – Faisu Sangare (caution) 88′

Tacoma Defiance – Jacob Castro; Charlie Gaffney, Kaito Yamada, Stuart Hawkins (Leo Burney HT), Travian Sousa; Snyder Brunell (Peter Kingston 57’), Danny Leyva (Cristian Dodzi 61’); Sebastian Gomez, Yu Tsukanome, Edson Carli (Jackson Khoury HT); Osaze De Rosario (Georgi Minoungou HT)

Substitutes not used: Lars Helleren, Joonmo Kang, Damien Alvarez, Birame Diaw

North Texas SC – Nicolás Arango; Joshua Torquato, Mohamed Cisset, Álvaro Augusto, Ian Charles; Diego García, Aaron Essel; Jaidyn Contreras (Daniel Baran 85’), Anthony Ramírez (Caleb Swann 85’), Sam Sarver; Faisu Sangare

Substitutes not used: Alejandro Urzua, Leonardo Orejarena, Isaiah Kaakoush, JT Harms, James Bulkeley