Level on points in the eighth and final playoff spot in the USL’s Western Conference with eight weekends remaining in the regular season, the Swope Park Rangers (9-9-7, 34 points) and San Antonio FC (9-8-7, 34 points) will meet at 7:30 p.m. CT on Saturday at Toyota Field in a Texas-sized showdown.
The two sides each finished in the top four of the Western Conference a year ago and played to a 1-1 draw in this year’s only previous meeting back in April as Kharlton Belmar scored his fifth of nine goals on the campaign. SPR and San Antonio will now meet twice in the month ahead with Saturday’s road test followed by a rematch at Children’s Mercy Park on September 19 as SPR aims to improve the club’s 3-1-3 record in the all-time series.