With top scorers out, Lights lose 5th straight

The Lights’ losing streak reached 5 games aft a 3-1 nonaccomplishment to Sacramento Republic connected Sunday night.

The Lights, missing their apical 3 extremity scorers against Sacramento, person 1 triumph successful their past 11 outings. They besides are winless against Sacramento, losing each of their 4 meetings.

The Lights were capable to onslaught aboriginal successful beforehand of their location fans, scoring the game’s opening extremity successful the 12th infinitesimal disconnected the close ft of Christopher Jamie. It was the 17-year-old’s archetypal nonrecreational extremity and the effect of a adjacent ain extremity by Sacramento.

It was each Sacramento from there, arsenic the nine was capable to enactment unneurotic 3 consecutive goals successful the 2nd half.

First, an ain extremity from Lights midfielder Frank Daroma tied the lucifer astatine 1-1 successful the 56th minute.

Then successful the 73rd minute, Luis Fernandes scored from extracurricular the punishment country to enactment Sacramento up 2-1.

Julian Chaves past took a changeable from extracurricular the punishment country that recovered the backmost of the nett successful the 88th minute, capping Sacramento’s ascendant 2nd half.

The Lights (5-15-2) haven’t won a lucifer since July 27.

The nine returns to enactment Wednesday for a location clash against Oakland Roots SC.

They’ll past deed the roadworthy Saturday for a gathering with Orange County SC.

Contact Aidan Subira astatine asubira@reviewjournal.com.