Fort Worth Vaqueros open 2018 with road win at Houston Regals

Vaqueros winger Jamie Lovegrove suffered a busted and bloody nose but still gutted out a goal and an assist to pace the Vaqueros to a 2-0 road victory.

The 2018 season opener featured a solid performance for the Vaqueros (1-0, 3 points) against a gritty Houston Regals (0-1, 0 points) side.

"The boys played well tonight," Lovegrove said. "We held together as a team and were able to collect both the victory and the shutout, so we'll take that to start the year."

Fort Worth opened the scoring in the 8th minute as outside back Rio Ramirez found Lovegrove up the line. Lovegrove then connected with first-year forward Kalle Sone for the cool finish to put the Vaqueros up 1-0 early.

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