One would have understood if Loudoun United were able to sneak three points from Saturday night’s opponent. Sacramento Republic played last week in Louisville before training for their ultimately unsuccessful US Open Cup Final with Orlando City SC. But Sacramento showed why they got to the Final, thumping Loudoun 3-0 in front of 9,824 fans at Sacramento’s Heart Health Park.
While Matai Akinmboni made his pro starting debut with D.C. United. Kristian Fletcher, Jeremy Garay, Jacob Greene, Gaoussou Samaké started for Loudoun. Academy players Gavin Turner, Isaac Espinal, Abdellatif Aboukoura and Dane Jacomen comprised the bench with Jonathan Benteke, Skage Simonson and Zoumana Diarra as the bench lacked any true defenders.