Kenyan forward Justin Dhillon was trusted with a start by San Antonio FC as they picked up a 2-1 win over Houston Dynamo II as Alwyn Tera clocked 90 minutes in Ararat-Armenia’s 1-0 win over Ararat Yerevan yesterday. Justin Dhillon The Kenyan forward featured for San Antonio FC as they picked up their first pre-season win over Houston Dynamo II courtesy of Santiago Patino’s brace in the 2-1 victory.San Antonio needed just six minutes to open the scoring through Patino as he profited from a wicked deflection that fell kindly to him inside the box.Our starting XI for todays friendly! #Defend210 pic.twitter.com/f68oHjk9bm— San Antonio FC (@SanAntonioFC) February 20, 2022 The second tier outfit had a mirror start to the second half as they doubled their lead two minutes after the resumption of the closing half after Patino got on the end of a David Loera cross. Kenyan midfielder returns from injury in FinlandHouston Dynamo II got their consolation goal four minutes from time through Thorleifur Ulfarsson but it proved a little too late as San Antonio held for the win.San Antonio head coach Alen Marcina was impressed with his team’s progress and added that they are not focused on the results during pre-season.Loera ➡️ Beckford ➡️ Patiño 🎯A couple key passes to help Patiño achieve today’s brace and a team win🤝#Defend210 pic.twitter.com/5GexeyHJvC— San Antonio FC (@SanAntonioFC) February 21, 2022 “I’m proud of the players’ commitment to developing our team identity. We’ve said it from day one – preseason serves the purpose of developing the team identity. Results at this moment are irrelevant to us, it’s about applying our game model principles, which the players did today,” said Marcina.Alwyn TeraKenyan international Alwyn Tera started for Ararat-Armenia in the 1-0 win over Ararat Yerevan in the Armenian Premier League.Myilson Lima went on a fine solo run from the left flank as he weaved his way into the box to fire the ball into the net from a tight angle.The win fastens Ararat-Armenia’s grip at the summit of the log as they now hold an 11-point buffer over second-placed FC Pyunik.
