TUKWILA, WASH. – Tacoma Defiance defeated Spokane Velocity 2-1 on Wednesday night at Starfire Stadium in the Second Round of the 2025 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Joonmo Kang opened the scoring for Defiance in the third minute of the match, with Spokane’s Luis Gil leveling the match late in regulation, sending the game to extra time. Sounders FC Academy midfielder Edson Carli bagged the game-winning strike in the 100th minute, putting Tacoma through into the Third Round of the competition. Defiance’s opponent for the Third Round will be determined via a draw taking place tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. PT.
Tacoma now returns to MLS NEXT Pro play with a home match against Whitecaps FC 2 on Sunday, April 6 at Starfire Stadium (7:00 p.m. PT / Apple TV).
MATCH SUMMARY
Tacoma Defiance 2 – Spokane Velocity 1
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Venue: Starfire Stadium
Referee: Christopher Calderson
Assistants: Aidan Atkins, Kody Chanthavong
Fourth official: Julian Tafolla
Weather: 51 degrees and party sunny
SCORING SUMMARY
TAC – Joonmo Kang (Osaze De Rosario) 3’
SPO – Luis Gil (Nil Vinyals) 79’
TAC – Edson Carli 100’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
SPO – Mark Hernandez Pineda (caution) 17’
TAC – Stuart Hawkins (caution) 30’
SPO – Bryce Meredith (caution) 40’
SPO – Camron Miller (caution) 61’
LINEUPS & STATS
Tacoma Defiance – Jacob Castro; Cody Baker (Leo Burney 91’), Kaito Yamada, Stuart Hawkins, Travian Sousa; Snyder Brunell – captain (Danny Robles 91’), Peter Kingston, Joonmo Kang (Jackson Khoury 62’), Yu Tsukanome (Charlie Gaffney 91’), Sebastian Gomez (Birame Diaw 116’); Osaze De Rosario (Edson Carli HT)
Substitutes not used: Lars Helleren
Spokane Velocity – Ryan Bilichuk; Ismalia Jome – captain, Marcelo Lage (David Garcia 116’), Javier Martin Gil, Camron Miller; Masango Akale (Derek Waldeck 77’), Jack Denton (Luis Gil 63’), Mark Hernandez Pineda (Shavon John-Brown 77’), Bryce Meredith (Collin Fernandez 63’), Nil Vinyals (Andre Lewis 88’); Anuar Pelaez
Substitutes not used: Carlos Merancio
