Phoenix Rising FC 0, Orange County 0

Phoenix Rising FC and Orange County SC played to an entertaining 0-0 draw on Wednesday night in the United Soccer League’s Game of the Week. In the 4th minute, it was Canadian spark plug Alessandro Riggi getting on the end of a long, switching ball from Shaun Wright-Phillips. In the 7th, Frank Olijve sent a […]
Drogba Drops Galaxy II; Orange County SC Grab Draw At The Death

USL is now in the business end of the season, with teams fighting to get into the playoff reckoning or jockeying for position in the Top 8. LA Galaxy II were on a four-game unbeaten streak heading into Saturday’s game at home against Phoenix Rising FC. Then Didier Drogba happened. The 39-year-old legend torched Galaxy […]
Exclusive: Phoenix Rising Outlines Details of Shovel-Ready MLS Stadium Plan

Much has been made of the contentious race to secure one of the next four expansion slots into Major League Soccer. Since the league’s January 31st application deadline, the fate of each of the 12 applicant cities have risen and fallen primarily on the bidding owners’ ability to deliver the number-one item on the MLS […]
Too Little, Too Late: OKC Energy FC 3, Phoenix Rising FC 2

Phoenix Rising FC ran out a very different lineup in the rematch against OKC Energy FC Tuesday night in Oklahoma, and indeed reaped a different result. This time it was OKC claiming victory, and Phoenix wondering what to do next. Blair Gavin, Uchenna Uzo, and Carl Woszczynski, mainstays of the 2016 Arizona United squad, each […]
LA Galaxy II aim to continue momentum as they host Phoenix Rising FC

Orange County SC have yet another bye week this weekend in regular season play, but USL is returning to Southern California this weekend. LA Galaxy II look like they have perhaps turned a corner the past two games, and return from their road trip with a home date on Saturday against Phoenix Rising FC. It’s […]
Texas Toast: San Antonio FC rides its speed to 1-0 win over Phoenix Rising

It was never going to be easy, but Phoenix Rising FC may wonder if they let a point slip away in San Antonio Saturday night, as the home team San Antonio FC took a 1-0 win. SAFC was the stronger team throughout, but the match overall lacked much excitement, and if not for a single […]
A Tall Task: Phoenix Rising visits Undefeated San Antonio FC

Fresh off a convincing US Open Cup Second-Round victory at PDL side Fresno Fuego, Phoenix Rising FC travels now to undefeated, USL-leading San Antonio FC. The task waiting in the Alamo City was already as tall as Texas cotton, but with the recent loss of integral starters Luke Rooney and Alessandro Riggi to injury, Phoenix […]
Victory at a Cost: Phoenix Rising defeats OKC Energy 2-1 but loses Rooney, Riggi

It came down to the wire and possibly cost two important players, but Phoenix Rising FC got back in the win column Saturday night in front of 6,291 at Phoenix Rising Soccer Complex, defeating OKC Energy FC 2-1. Phoenix would dominate possession in the first half, and pressured relentlessly, but was unable to string together […]
Wrong Side of History: Phoenix falls 4-0 in Reno’s first-ever win

As expected, there was no sign of Didier Drogba in the Phoenix Rising FC lineup, and unfortunately for the hosts, the game’s biggest star wore the uniform of Reno 1868 FC, as Phoenix fell to the visitors 4-0. Reno’s win was the first in club history. The home side got off to a disastrous start, […]
Phoenix Rising Introduces Drogba, Beats Swope Park 4-3

The buzz at Phoenix Rising Soccer Complex Sunday night revolved largely around the introduction of Didier Drogba to the local faithful, but the heroes of the evening were on the field, as Phoenix Rising FC recorded a 4-3 win over Swope Park Rangers. A third-straight sellout, the match attendance was announced as a new club […]
Why Drogba Matters: A Brief History of the USL in Phoenix

Scarcely anyone in the footballing world has not heard that one of the game’s most influential living legends, Didier Drogba, has joined the United Soccer League’s Phoenix Rising FC as a player and investor. The benefits to both Drogba and the club are many and varied, and have little to do with the immediate effect […]
Phoenix Rising 2, LA Galaxy II 1

Phoenix Rising FC notched its first win of 2017 Saturday night, defeating LA Galaxy II by a score of 2-1. An announced crowd of 6,330 saw Rising come back from 1-0 down in the second half, behind a brace from midfielder Luke Rooney. Alessandro Riggi, so active in his previous substitute appearances, got the start […]
Phoenix Rising FC Faces Rival LA Galaxy II

In search of their first points of 2017 after a 2-0 defeat in Salt Lake City last weekend, Phoenix Rising FC will be happy to return to the desert, where they will take on LA Galaxy II this Saturday. “Los Dos”, as the USL side of the LA Galaxy are known, have a new look […]
No Fooling: Phoenix Rising Falls to Real Monarchs, 2-0

Burned on the right side a week ago in in the season opener, Phoenix Rising FC suffered the same fate Saturday in Sandy, UT, where they had no answer for goals from Chandler Hoffman and Omar Holness in a 2-0 loss to Real Monarchs SLC. Real dominated possession early, showing plenty of the same offensive […]
Phoenix Rising Heads to Utah to Face Real Monarchs SLC

Hoping to rebound from a season-opening loss to Toronto FC II, Phoenix Rising FC travels to the Salt Lake City area this weekend to face retooled Real Monarchs SLC. Phoenix leads the all-time series between these two teams, four wins to three, but this isn’t your big brother’s Monarchs. Hired just this past December to […]
A Mixed Bag: Toronto FC II 1, Phoenix Rising FC 0

Only a handful of months have passed since Arizona United SC became Phoenix Rising FC, ushering in the next chapter of soccer in the Valley of the Sun, but for those who have watched its ups and downs through the years, Saturday night felt like a long time coming. Phoenix fell to Toronto FC II […]