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San Antonio FC lively but lacks clinical touch in loss to Tulsa

Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 1d

Similar to last week, SAFC wasn't lifeless but couldn't find the finishes it needed Saturday, falling 2-0 away to FC Tulsa. With two more matches in the next seven days, SAFC still has work to do to secure a playoff berth. #Defend210 #TULvSA bluishmoonblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/11/f...

Image: FC Tulsa San Antonio FC fought but couldn’t finish on Saturday night, losing 2-0 away to FC Tulsa. Having lost two matches in a row, SAFC risks falling into a scrap for playoff places …

Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 1d

Tulsa 2-0 SAFC (FT)
Plenty of chances for both sides tonight, but Tulsa was the only one to take a few and clinched first place in the West because of it. SAFC now at risk of falling into a nasty scrap just to make the playoffs 🙃 #Defend210 #TULvSA

Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 1d

Tulsa 2-0 SAFC (75')
A well-executed set piece for Tulsa and it adds an insurance goal, wonder if it knows about that Sacramento loss...that's what happens when you take your chances, SAFC has a front row seat 😌 #TULvSA

Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 1d

A couple dangerous scrambles in front of the Tulsa goal over the last 10 minutes, but neither time could SAFC poke it past Deric... 😌 #TULvSA

Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 1d

This result doesn't directly affect SAFC, but it does have ramifications for #TULvSA ...Sacramento's loss means FC Tulsa can cement first place in the Western Conference tonight if it wins - and it currently is 😏

Hartford Athletic @hfdathletic.bsky.social · 1d

THIS ONE WAS FOR YOU HARTFORD ❤️

Preview: FC Tulsa v. San Antonio FC

Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 1d

Darn, it came up and went away too fast for me to get a picture...but rest assured, I got my mom a birthday shoutout on the videoboard at #TULvSA 🥳🎂

Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 1d

Tulsa 1-0 SAFC (HT)
Not like SAFC was lifeless in that first half, but it lacked quality at both ends, missing a couple of its own chances and seeing a couple more saved while letting Tulsa's passing carve it open a couple times, once for a goal. #TULvSA

Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 1d

OOP...Tulsa plays a couple square balls across the box and should have doubled the score there, shot goes over the bar though and lets SAFC off 😌 #TULvSA

Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 1d

SAFC with a shot off the crossbar...just a liiiiittle more accuracy this year would make a rather big difference, it's hit the frame of the goal a few times now this season 😌 #TULvSA

Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 1d

In case anybody was curious, according to Tulsa's match preview, it's undefeated this year when scoring first with 11 wins and three draws #TULvSA

Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 1d

Tulsa 1-0 SAFC (8')
Short pass played into the middle of the box for Calheira, he turns and fires past Richard Sanchez to put the hosts ahead...well then 🙃 #TULvSA

Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 1d

A couple good early chances from set pieces for SAFC, a free kick and two corners, but ultimately not able to get it past goalkeeper Tyler Deric 🤷‍♂️ #TULvSA

Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 1d

Friendly reminder that, even though baseball stadiums are far from perfect, particularly when it comes to the playability of the pitch, at least some of them have good sightlines from the press box 😌 #TULvSA

View from the press box at ONEOK Field just before a USL Championship match between FC Tulsa and San Antonio FC on Oct. 11, 2025

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Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 2d

San Antonio FC could clinch a playoff spot after falling short last week, albeit depending on other results, but it'll have to face a dangerous FC Tulsa side looking to continue its impressive season in front of its home fans. #Defend210 #TULvSA bluishmoonblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/f...

Image: Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC San Antonio FC will seek to secure its playoff place at the second time of asking this weekend on the road against a high-flying FC Tulsa side. After starting…

Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 1d

Despite all the absences, SAFC does manage to cobble a lineup together, Alex Greive makes his first start since May, Juan Sebastian Osorio makes his first appearance since June and first competitive start since April. #Defend210 #TULvSA

San Antonio FC's lineup for its match against FC Tulsa on Oct. 11, 2025

Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 1d

No changes from the preliminary SAFC injury report, still the same nine (❗) players out, plus two for international duty...but it doesn't matter, SAFC won't want to make excuses 🤷‍♂️ #Defend210 #TULvSA

San Antonio FC's injury/availability report as of Oct. 11, 2025

Preview: FC Tulsa v. San Antonio FC

Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 1d

Made a couple updates to my #TULvSA preview...in case you didn't hear, SAFC's injury report got longer (in addition to losing two players to international duty) and Phoenix's win last night means it can't clinch a playoff spot tonight 😌 #Defend210

Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 2d

San Antonio FC could clinch a playoff spot after falling short last week, albeit depending on other results, but it'll have to face a dangerous FC Tulsa side looking to continue its impressive season in front of its home fans. #Defend210 #TULvSA bluishmoonblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/f...

Image: Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC San Antonio FC will seek to secure its playoff place at the second time of asking this weekend on the road against a high-flying FC Tulsa side. After starting…

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Nicholas Murray @njemurray.bsky.social · 2d

I really thought shifting from Alen Marcina's direct and physical style would result in better luck in the injury department for #Defend210, but that has not proven the case. #USL-C

Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 2d

Well, the good news on the preliminary SAFC injury report is Lucio Berron is back! 🙂
...The bad news is that Mitchell Taintor, Santiago Patiño and Juan Agudelo have been added to it, almost going off the page 🙃 Maybe some of those names come back, buuut... #Defend210 #TULvSA

San Antonio FC's injury report as of Oct. 10, 2025

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Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 2d

"In this world, nothing is certain except death, taxes and long SAFC injury reports" 😌

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Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 2d

Well, the good news on the preliminary SAFC injury report is Lucio Berron is back! 🙂
...The bad news is that Mitchell Taintor, Santiago Patiño and Juan Agudelo have been added to it, almost going off the page 🙃 Maybe some of those names come back, buuut... #Defend210 #TULvSA

Preview: FC Tulsa v. San Antonio FC

Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 2d

San Antonio FC could clinch a playoff spot after falling short last week, albeit depending on other results, but it'll have to face a dangerous FC Tulsa side looking to continue its impressive season in front of its home fans. #Defend210 #TULvSA bluishmoonblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/f...

Image: Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC San Antonio FC will seek to secure its playoff place at the second time of asking this weekend on the road against a high-flying FC Tulsa side. After starting…

San Antonio FC fails to clinch playoff berth, falls to Switchbacks for first time since 2019

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Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 8d

For the first time in six and a half years, San Antonio FC lost to the Colorado Springs Switchbacks on Saturday night, an appropriate result as the team wasn't at its best at either end of the field. #Defend210 #COSvSA bluishmoonblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/04/c...

Image: Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC San Antonio FC could have clinched a playoff spot Saturday night but didn’t find the performance and result it needed as it fell 1-0 away to Colorado Sp…

San Antonio FC fails to clinch playoff berth, falls to Switchbacks for first time since 2019

Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 8d

Apologies for the later post, the Switchbacks fans asked us to join them at their post-match meetup...people probably don't want to read about a loss anyway 🤷‍♂️

Jonathan Check @checkj.bsky.social · 8d

For the first time in six and a half years, San Antonio FC lost to the Colorado Springs Switchbacks on Saturday night, an appropriate result as the team wasn't at its best at either end of the field. #Defend210 #COSvSA bluishmoonblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/04/c...

Image: Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC San Antonio FC could have clinched a playoff spot Saturday night but didn’t find the performance and result it needed as it fell 1-0 away to Colorado Sp…