The hosts jumped out to an early lead in the 12th minute, when Cristian Parano created a yard of space along the ride side of the penalty area and whipped a ball across the six-yard box that found Rafa Castillo for the tap-in.

SAFC doubled their lead in the 26th minute, after Parano picked up a turnover in midfield, found Frank Lopez behind the OKC defense, and Lopez was able to beat Laurendi from just inside the top of the box.

San Antonio extended the lead in the 48th minute. Castillo delivered a dangerous, in-swinging free kick from the right wing that was met by the head of Atiba Harris, but unfortunately, the ball ended up in the back of the OKC net.

Deshorn Brown handed the Greens a lifeline in the 77th minute after being fouled in the penalty area. The striker then stepped up to convert the penalty to the top left corner for his 13th goal of the season.

Jon Brown came inches away from making it a one-goal game in the 82nd minute. His curling free kick had SAFC goalkeeper Matt Cardone beat, but it smacked against the post and away to safety.

Energy FC return home to host Sacramento Republic FC next Sunday, September 22. Kickoff for that fixture is set for 6 p.m at Taft Stadium.

This Post-Match Report is presented by Southern Nazarene University. Learn more about SNU’s MASMA program here.

Scoring Summary:

SA: 1-0: Castillo, 12’

SA: 2-0: Lopez, 26’

SA: 3-0: Harris (OG), 48’

OKC: 3-1: D. Brown, 77’

Disciplinary Summary:

OKC: Yellow Card (Watson, 36’)

OKC: Yellow Card (Ibeagha, 44’)

OKC: Yellow Card (Gordon, 78’)

SA: Yellow Card (Pecka, 81’)

OKC: Yellow Card (Harris, 90’)

San Antonio Starting XI: GK: Matthew Cardone; D: Kai Greene, Joshua Yaro, Eby Ackon; M: Michael Lahoud, Pecka (c), Rafa Castillo (Ryan Roushandel, 60’), Cristian Parano; F: Walter Restrepo, Frank Lopez (Tony Taylor, 76’), Brian Gomez

Subs Not Used: Jonathan Viscosi, Pascal Eboussi, Johnny Fenwick, Ever Guzman

OKC Starting XI: GK: Cody Laurendi; D: Mekeil Williams, Atiba Harris (c), Christian Ibeagha, Kyle Hyland (Cordell Cato, 46’); M: Callum Ross, Je-Vaughn Watson, F: Jon Brown, Omar Gordon, Deshorn Brown, Christian Eissele (Derek Gebhard, 71’)

Subs Not Used: Bryan Byars, Max Gunderson