Tulsa Athletic at Reign FK
Saturday, May 8 at 7 p.m.
OKWU Soccer Field – Bartlesville, Oklahoma
$5 general admission
Livestream: HERE
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. – Tulsa Athletic goes on the road for the second straight contest when the green and yellow go to Reign FK on Saturday (May 8) for a 7 p.m. Heartland Conference match at OKWU Soccer Field. Live video streaming will be available for the road contest.
Tulsa Athletic opened the 2021 campaign with a 3-3 draw at Arkansas Wolves on Saturday, May 1 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Aboubakr Diallo, Alex Harris and Joe Garcia tallied goals for Tulsa Athletic in the first contest of the season. The green and yellow are on an 11-match unbeaten streak in Heartland Conference regular season play dating back to the beginning of the 2019 season.
In its first-ever NPSL game, Reign FK played to a 1-1 draw against OKC 1889 in Bartlesville on May 1. Reign FK scored early on a goal from Jesus Ramirez, but OKC 1889 evened the score right at the end of the 90 minutes for the 1-1 final.
Tulsa Athletic returns a strong core of players from the 2019 Heartland Conference champion and South Regional finalist team with 11 players back from that 2019 squad. 2019 leading scorer Joe Garcia is back in the midfield after tallying eight goals in the 2019 season. Garcia played every minute of 14 games in the midfield during the season. Aboubakr Diallo added five goals as he returns for the 2021 season after playing in all 14 games in the 2019 campaign as a forward. Other returning goalscorers from the 2019 squad include Santiago Riveros (three goals), Alex Harris (two goals), Joe Ruiz (two goals) and Aaron Ugbah (two goals).
Goalkeeper Bryson Reed is back after 13 starts in 2019. Returners from the 2019 defense include Ruiz, Jamie Gilbert and Javier Reyes. Lucca Rodrigues played with Tulsa Athletic in 2018, and he is back for the 2021 season.
Tulsa Athletic, Reign FK, OKC 1889 and Arkansas Wolves all sit at one point in the league standings after one week of Heartland Conference play. Dallas City FC and Demize NPSL are yet to start Heartland Conference action.
Saturday’s game at Reign FK is the second straight road game for Tulsa Athletic as they begin the season with four of its first five contests on the road.
This is the first-ever meeting between Tulsa Athletic and Reign FK. Reign FK is in its first year in the NPSL and Heartland Conference.
Tulsa Athletic and Reign FK will play at OKWU Soccer Field at 1775 Silver Lake Rd., Bartlesville, OK 74006. A watch party for the game will be held at The Hunt Club at 224 N Main St., Tulsa, OK 74103. The live steam for the contest is available HERE.
