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<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOFF AN UNBEATEN MONTH OF JULY, THREE WINS AND A DRAW. WE\u2019RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT, SO WE\u2019RE JUST LOOKING FOR THAT FINAL PIECE TO REALLY PUSH ON AND BE ONE OF THE TOP TEAMS IN THE USL. NOW. SACRAMENTO SHIFTS THEIR FOCUS TO A TOUGH WESTERN CONFERENCE BATTLE WITH SAN ANTONIO. YOU KNOW, IT\u2019S A TEAM THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS. IT\u2019S A TEAM THAT OBVIOUSLY DOES WELL AT HOME AS WELL WITH THEIR FANS. AND YOU KNOW WE\u2019RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. JUST THREE POINTS SEPARATE THE TWO TEAMS IN THE STANDINGS SAN ANTONIO IN SECOND. SACRAMENTO IN FOURTH. YOU LOSE A GAME YOU COULD FALL TO A YOU WIN A GAME. OBVIOUSLY WE COULD GO UP TO SECOND I BELIEVE. AND MAYBE A POINT OR TWO BEHIND FIRST PLACE. BUT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT GAME I\u2019VE EVER BEEN PART OF A LEAGUE WHERE YOU LOSE ONE AND IT FEELS LIKE, DISASTROUS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STANDINGS, YOU WIN ONE, YOU FEEL GREAT. YOU KNOW, WE\u2019RE GOING TO HAVE TO STAY PRETTY LEVEL HEADED ABOUT THAT. WE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. ALWAYS A DIFFICULT TEAM IN TERMS OF PHYSICALITY. AND LIKE I SAID, THE CONDITIONS THERE CAN BE DIFFICULT WITH THE HUMIDITY AND THE HEAT. SO AGAIN, IT\u2019S A BATTLE BETWEEN SECOND AND FOURTH PLACE IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE. THE REPUBLIC HEAD TO SAN ANTONIO THIS SATURDAY WITH A 6 P.M. KICKOFF AT HEART HEALTH PARK. MICHELLE DAPPER KCRA THREE SPORTS. THANK YOU MICHELLE. GOOD STUFF OUT THERE. ALSO HEADING INTO THIS WEEKEND\u2019S PLAY, THE SACRAMENTO REPUBLIC FC. THEY ARE IN FOURTH PLACE IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE. THEY ARE FIVE POINTS BACK OF FIRST PLACE FC TULSA. THE TOP EIGHT TEAMS IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE QUALIFY FOR THE PLAYOFFS. SACRAMENTO HAS 14 REGUL\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Sacramento Republic FC gears up for crucial away match against San Antonio<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 9:36 PM PDT Jul 31, 2025\n\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\tEditorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\tSacramento Republic is preparing for a crucial Western Conference away match against San Antonio after a successful July, which included three wins and a draw. Defender Lee Desmond said the team is “doing a lot of things right.” “So we’re just looking for that final piece to really push on and be one of the top teams in the USL,” he said. Captain Rodrigo “RoRo” L\u00f3pez described San Antonio as “a team that is very dangerous,” noting their strong performance at home with the support of their fans. “And, you know, we’re looking forward to it,” L\u00f3pez said.With just three points separating the two teams in the standings, San Antonio is currently in second place, while Sacramento is in fourth.”You lose a game, you could fall to eight. You win a game. Obviously, we could go up to second,\u201d L\u00f3pez said. The match is set to take place Saturday in San Antonio with a 6 p.m. kickoff.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Sacramento Republic is preparing for a crucial Western Conference away match against San Antonio after a successful July, which included three wins and a draw. <\/p>\n Defender Lee Desmond said the team is “doing a lot of things right.” <\/p>\n “So we’re just looking for that final piece to really push on and be one of the top teams in the USL,” he said. <\/p>\n Captain Rodrigo “RoRo” L\u00f3pez described San Antonio as “a team that is very dangerous,” noting their strong performance at home with the support of their fans. <\/p>\n “And, you know, we’re looking forward to it,” L\u00f3pez said.<\/p>\n With just three points separating the two teams in the standings, San Antonio is currently in second place, while Sacramento is in fourth.<\/p>\n “You lose a game, you could fall to eight. You win a game. Obviously, we could go up to second,\u201d L\u00f3pez said. <\/p>\n The match is set to take place Saturday in San Antonio with a 6 p.m. kickoff.<\/p>\n See more coverage of top California stories here<\/strong><\/a> | Download our app<\/strong><\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/strong><\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OFF AN UNBEATEN MONTH OF JULY, THREE WINS AND A DRAW. WE\u2019RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":109683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,69865,69860,69866,69863,69864,316,4814,198,51365,69862,69861,69859,7202,7203,221,40251,3007,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-109682","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-captain-rodrigo","10":"tag-crucial-away-match","11":"tag-crucial-western-conference","12":"tag-defender-lee-desmond","13":"tag-draw","14":"tag-home","15":"tag-lopez","16":"tag-match","17":"tag-more-coverage","18":"tag-roro","19":"tag-sac-republic-fc-gear","20":"tag-sacramento-republic","21":"tag-san-antonio","22":"tag-sanantonio","23":"tag-soccer","24":"tag-subscribe","25":"tag-team","26":"tag-texas","27":"tag-tx","28":"tag-united-states","29":"tag-united-states-of-america","30":"tag-unitedstates","31":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","32":"tag-us","33":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114952372618500920","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}