3. BLAST FROM THE PRESENT: You saw it, right? Didier Drogba’s 40-yard free kick for Phoenix Rising FC,
part of a 5-1 rout of Tulsa Roughnecks FC at ONEOK Field, was hard to miss on Saturday night as it provided the biggest highlight of a display that saw the visitors rack up five goals for the first time in a league game in the club’s history. Coming at the venue that saw Rising FC suffer one of its toughest nights – a 6-3 defeat to the Roughnecks in the 2015 season – Phoenix racked up 30 shots overall and 12 on goal in a display that arguably could have been more lopsided in favor of the visitors. With Sacramento coming to visit the Phoenix Rising Soccer Complex this Saturday night, Head Coach Patrice Carteron’s side is flying high.
