U.S. Open Cup

FT Wednesday, March 18, 2026
CRU Cruizers FC L 2
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New Mexico United WWLLW 3
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Team Stats

11
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
3
0
Corner Kicks
9
7
Saves
3
23.9
Possession
76.1
11
SHOTS
27
5
ON GOAL
9
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
104
Accurate Passes
527
191
Passes
608
0.5
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
7
6
Crosses
23
0.2
Cross %
0.3
62
Long Balls
41
11
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.2
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
7
14
Effective Tackles
13
19
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
13
Interceptions
4
27
Effective Clearances
9
27
Clearances
9

Lineups

NMU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 56Raiko ArozarenaG
  2. 2Niko HamalainenCD-L
  3. 16Will SeymoreCD-R
  4. 48Grady GilchristLB
  5. 28Cullen WilkersonRB
  6. 9Justin RennicksAM
  7. 19Zico BaileyLM
  8. 8Marlon VargasRM
  9. 29Luther ArchimedeF
  10. 11Cristian NavaAM-L
  11. 17Jake LaCavaAM-R

CRU · 4-4-2

  1. 1Angel Ruiz-HernandezG
  2. 4Ignacio FloresCD-L
  3. 3Tyrik TrotmanCD-R
  4. 6Andres Garcia-DiazLB
  5. 20Bryan GutierrezRB
  6. 12Jose CazaresCM-L
  7. 8Ariel MbumbaCM-R
  8. 15Christian VelardeLM
  9. 10Erik CentenoRM
  10. 9Alfonso Ocampo-ChávezCF-L
  11. 19Alex KryazhevCF-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Own Goal by Ignacio Flores, Cruizers. New Mexico United 1, Cruizers 0.
  2. 16' Goal! New Mexico United 1, Cruizers 1. Ariel Mbumba (Cruizers) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  3. 28' Substitution, New Mexico United. Greg Hurst replaces Justin Rennicks because of an injury.
  4. 33' Alex Kryazhev (Cruizers) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 33' Substitution, Cruizers. Nicholas Potts replaces Alex Kryazhev because of an injury.
  6. 38' Goal! New Mexico United 2, Cruizers 1. Grady Gilchrist (New Mexico United) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left to the top left corner. Assisted by Marlon Vargas.
  7. 45'+3' Goal! New Mexico United 2, Cruizers 2. Ariel Mbumba (Cruizers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Nicholas Potts.
  8. 61' Jake LaCava (New Mexico United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 61' Substitution, New Mexico United. Valentin Noël replaces Zico Bailey.
  10. 61' Substitution, New Mexico United. Ousman Jabang replaces Will Seymore.
  11. 61' Substitution, New Mexico United. Christopher Gloster replaces Niko Hämäläinen.
  12. 62' Cullen Wilkerson (New Mexico United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 66' Substitution, Cruizers. Jorge Medina replaces Alfonso Ocampo-Chávez.
  14. 69' Substitution, New Mexico United. Niall Reid-Stephen replaces Jake LaCava.
  15. 72' Luther Archimède (New Mexico United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 76' Substitution, Cruizers. Axel Bravo replaces Andres Garcia-Diaz.
  17. 83' Substitution, Cruizers. Zachariah Rodriguez replaces Ariel Mbumba because of an injury.
  18. 90' Goal! New Mexico United 3, Cruizers 2. Cristian Nava (New Mexico United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Greg Hurst with a headed pass.
  19. 90'+3' Jorge Medina (Cruizers) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 90'+4' Greg Hurst (New Mexico United) is shown the yellow card.
  21. 90'+6' Second yellow card to Cullen Wilkerson (New Mexico United) for a bad foul.
  22. 90'+8' Substitution, New Mexico United. Kyle Hofmann replaces Luther Archimède.
  23. 90'+9' Second yellow card to Jorge Medina (Cruizers) for a bad foul.

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