Despite an offensive lead, Tucson conceded a penalty in the first half and left the USL League One street game against the Richmond Kickers 1-0.
Emiliano Terzaghi scored in the 19th minute for Richmond (5-5-5). Terzaghi drew a contested penalty in the box, setting up the chance.
Tucson (4-6-4) dropped his second straight match despite having a 30-9 lead in shots, including 8-2 in shots on target. Tucson also had an edge of 18-3 on shots in the box and 10-3 on corners. The club also had 66.8% possession.
Richmond’s Akira Fitzgerald made eight saves to keep the shut-out. Wallis Lapsley, who leads the USL League One in parades, has been asked to make only one parade.
The best opportunity to level the game for Tucson came in the 64th minute, when Charlie Dennis had two shots on goal in the penalty area. Maxi Schenfeld’s shot went under the crossbar, but was knocked away.
The game led former Tucson FC coach Darren Sawatzky (8-11-9 in 2019) at the helm of Richmond and 2017 FC Tucson manager Jon Pearlman as interim coach at the helm of the club.
Tucson FC return home next Saturday against North Texas SC. The game starts at 7 p.m. in the Nordstadion cinema.
Compiled from a press release.
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