“Anibal Godoy opens the scoring for San Diego after a spell of pressure following Cedric Bakambu's introduction.”
Pivotal“Marcus Ingvartsen fires home a third for San Diego, assisted by Anders Dreyer, seemingly putting the game beyond Austin.”
Pivotal“Brandon Vazquez heads home from Ervin Torres' assist, giving Austin a lifeline and sparking the comeback.”
Pivotal“Christian Ramirez completes his brace and Austin's remarkable comeback, heading in from Jon Gallagher's assist to make it 3-3.”
Pivotal
Austin
San Diego
Outstanding performance
Austin•AttackerSan Diego dominated the opening hour, controlling 59% possession and turning a comfortable lead into what looked like a routine away win through Anibal Godoy, an unfortunate Mikkel Desler own goal, and a well-taken Marcus Ingvartsen strike assisted by Anders Dreyer. Austin managed just 41% possession and looked toothless until Brandon Vazquez's headed goal in the 73rd minute sparked belief, and substitute-fueled changes paid off as Christian Ramirez struck twice in the closing stages to complete an extraordinary comeback. Austin's four big chances created compared to San Diego's two tell the story of the second-half turnaround, with the hosts far more clinical in the final third once they found their rhythm. For San Diego, this will feel like two points lost given their first-hour control, while Austin will take real confidence from showing the character to fight back from three goals down against a strong side.
Anders Dreyer takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Bryan Zamblé is on, and Anibal Godoy is off.
Shot taken by Alejandro Alvarado Jr with his right foot, but it misses the target.
Dagur Dan Thorhallsson takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Shot by Alejandro Alvarado Jr. with his right foot is saved.
Kieran Sargeant takes a left-footed shot, but it's blocked.
Dagur Dan Thorhallsson is on, and Oscar Verhoeven is off.
Alejandro Alvarado Jr. replaces Ian Murphy.
Christian RamirezYellow CardChristian Ramirez receives a yellow card.
Christian RamirezChristian Ramirez takes a shot with his right foot and scores.
assist: Jon Gallagher
Goal! Christian Ramirez scores to make it 3-3, assisted by Jon Gallagher.
Christian Ramirez takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Offside.
Christian RamirezChristian Ramirez takes a shot with his head and scores a goal.
Jon Bell takes a left-footed shot but misses.
assist: Jon Bell
Goal! Christian Ramirez scores to make it 2-3, assisted by Jon Bell.
Brandon VazquezShot - Brandon Vazquez Head Shot Goal
assist: Ervin Torres
Goal! Brandon Vazquez scores to make it 1-3, assisted by Ervin Torres.
Facundo Torres takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Jorge Alastuey comes on for Besard Sabovic.
Ilie Sanchez Farres comes on for Oleksandr Svatok.
Marcus IngvartsenShot by Marcus Ingvartsen with his left foot results in a goal.
assist: Anders Dreyer
Goal! Marcus Ingvartsen scores to make it 3-0, assisted by Anders Dreyer.
Own goal by Mikkel Desler makes it 0-2.
Mikkel DeslerShot by Mikkel Desler results in an own goal.
Goal! The score is now 0-2.
Cedric Bakambu attempts a header but misses the shot.
Aníbal GodoyAnibal Godoy scores with a right-footed shot.
Marcus Ingvartsen takes a shot with his head, but it's blocked.
Goal! Anibal Godoy scores to make it 0-1.
Marcus Ingvartsen takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Anders Dreyer takes a left-footed shot, but it's saved.
Cedric Bakambu comes on for David Vazquez.
The first half ends with a score of 0-0.
Oleksandr Svatok is on, and Zan Kolmanic is off.
Facundo Torres takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Facundo Torres takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Brandon Vazquez takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Brendan Hines-Ike takes a shot but misses.
Corner awarded.
Zan Kolmanic takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Jon Bell takes a shot with his head but misses.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Brandon Vazquez takes a shot with his right foot, but it is saved.
Corner awarded.
Kick-off! The referee is Jon Freemon.
How entertaining was this match?
Austin's franchise-record-tying unbeaten run meets a San Diego side desperate to snap a four-game winless slide, with just one point separating these two Western Conference rivals near the playoff line. Add in a lopsided 5-0 season-opening result and this Q2 Stadium rematch has real edge to it.
