Colorado Springs currently sit in 7th spot in the USL Western Conference table. They have 34 points from 26 games – Rising have the same number but have played three games less.
The Switchbacks haven’t managed to pick up a win in their last three games (1D, 2L).
The two sides last met in July at Rising Soccer Complex, where a Jason Johnson brace saw Phoenix come back from behind to take three points.
The Switchbacks recently announced a new partnership with a local youth club that will see the establishment of a PDL side in southern Colorado.
Today’s match is between the two teams with the lowest passing accuracy in the Western Conference (COS 71%, PHX 75%).
Colorado Springs are one of the dirtier teams in the Western Conference, having conceded the second-highest number of fouls (COS 377, PHX 267).
Kevaughn Frater is the Switchbacks’ top scorer. The Jamaican, currently on loan from Harbour View, has 8 goals to his name, including one against Rising.
Tobenna Uzo, the younger brother of Rising’s Uchenna, is in the Colorado Springs squad. The forward was recently named the #9 prospect in the PDL, having scored 13 goals for Myrtle Beach.
