There was some hope that the players returning from winning the GA Cup would help stop the Tacoma Defiance’s current slide with both their skill, confidence and swagger that can come from a successful tournament run. That hope never materialized and the Defiance looked just as lost and demoralized as they have since the start of this road trip. San Antonio FC put the screws to a Tacoma side adrift early and often to win 3-0.
Despite starting off on the back foot, the Defiance fashioned the game’s first chance of any venom on a corner in the 8’.