WE BEGIN TONIGHT ON THE PITCH FOR NEW MEXICO UNITED HOSTING SAN DIEGO LOYAL AND THE CLUB’S 2023 HOME OPENER. OVER 11,000 FANS PACKED THE LAB AS THEY LOOK TO CHEER THE BLACK AND YELLOW BACK TO THEIR WINNING WAYS. UNITED WITH TWO STRAIGHT LOSSES COMING INTO THE MATCH UP. NO OFFENSE OUT TO A HOT START IN THIS ONE. IN THE NINTH MINUTE, ARMANDO MORENO SETS IT UP. DEFLECTION BACK TO SAM HAMILTON, WHO BURIES IT INTO THE BACK OF THE NET. GOAL NEW MEXICO UNITED A ONE NIL LEAD EARLY THANKS TO THE CAPTAIN. THEIR REDEMPTION FROM LAST WEEK’S LOSS AGAINST MONTERREY. WELL, MINUTES LATER IT’S LOYAL. ON THE OTHER END OF THE PITCH. BUT ALEX TAN BACK IS IS RIGHT THERE TO CLEAN IT UP. KEEP UNITED AHEAD BY ONE. NOW, DID I MENTION 11,000 FANS, THE LARGEST CROWD IN THE US A LAST SEASON BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER YOU COULD HEAR IT, UNFORTUNATELY. SAN DIEGO AWARDED A FREE KICK IN STOPPAGE TIME WITH THE FIRST HALF. EVAN CONWAY WITH A HEADER THERE. AND JUST LIKE THAT, IT’S TIED AT ONE THAT IS THE FINAL IN FULL TIME IN MEXICO. UNITED DRAWS WITH SAN DIEGO ONE ONE. THERE IS ZERO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT EVERYONE ON THE FIELD PLAYED FIGHTING FOOTBALL TONIGHT. WE WERE EXCELLENT IN THE WAY WE APPROACHED THE GAME WITH OUR MENTALITY AND RESPONDED FROM A PERFORMANCE IN MONTERREY WHERE WE WERE VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH OURSELVES. AFTER, YOU KNOW, A GOOD 30 MINUTES AND THEN HAD SOME MENTAL LAPSES THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST CAN’T HAPPEN. OVERALL, VERY HAPPY WITH THE PERFORMANCE. I’M NOT HAPPY WITH THE RESULT. YOU KNOW, YOU NEED THREE POINTS IN THIS LEAGUE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN GET IT. AND IT WAS RIGHT THERE FOR US TO TAKE. BUT WE CAN BUILD OFF OF THIS. THERE’S THERE’S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. WELL, JUST IN CASE YOU MISSED TONIGHT’S MATCH, DO NOT CHANGE THE CHANNEL. A REBROV A CAST OF SAN DIEGO LOYAL SC AND NEW MEXICO. UNITED IS COMING YOUR WAY IN JUST A F