FC Tulsa battled back for a dramatic 1\u20131 draw against El Paso Locomotive FC on Saturday night in the final road game of the regular season. The draw extended FC Tulsa\u2019s record-breaking points tally to 54 points on the season<\/p>\n
El Paso was able to break the scoreless tie in the 24th\u00a0minute. On a corner kick, midfielder Gabriel Torres blistered a shot at the back post for the goal and the 1-0 lead for the Locomotive.<\/p>\n
The score would hold until the 92nd\u00a0minute, when Stefan Luki\u0107 would find the back of the net in the top-right corner on a free kick to knot the game up at 1-1. The Tulsa defense would hold on for the final four minutes of stoppage time to earn the hard-fought point in the final regular season road trip.<\/p>\n
Player & Coach Reactions<\/p>\n
FC Tulsa Head Coach Luke Spencer<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought it was a good performance tonight at a difficult place to play. I thought we needed to finish the chances that we created in order to get more of the game. Regardless, I’m proud of the resilience we showed in coming back.\u201d<\/p>\n
Midfielder Giordano Colli<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to keep the energy high and go into the playoffs in good form. With our first playoff game at home, we want to create a great vibe for our fans and set ourselves up for a strong playoff campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n
Midfielder Stefan Lukic<\/p>\n
\u201cScoring that goal came at a crucial moment when the team needed it, and I\u2019m happy I was the one to step up and do what was needed for the team. That\u2019s my role\u2014to step up when the team counts on me.\u201d<\/p>\n
What’s Next?<\/p>\n
FC Tulsa returns to ONEOK Field for its regular-season finale on Saturday, October 25, as it hosts the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC at 7 pm. It’s also Fan Appreciation Night with the team, which includes fireworks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FC Tulsa battled back for a dramatic 1\u20131 draw against El Paso Locomotive FC on Saturday night in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[9633,138,140,9632,139,9631,9626,9629,9628,9630,9627],"class_list":["post-10974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-colorado-springs-switchbacks-fc","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-locomotive-fc","tag-el-paso-news","tag-fc-tulsa","tag-gabriel-torres","tag-giordano-colli","tag-luke-spencer","tag-oneok-field","tag-stefan-lukic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}