The Lights host the Portland Timbers 2 at 6 p.m. Sunday at Cashman Field.
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The soccer team dropped $5,000 from a helicopter over 200 fans on Saturday night at Cashman Field.
The Lights, who have been off since Aug. 28, will be looking for their first win in more than a month. On Aug. 4, the Lights beat Rio Grande Valley FC but since then, they have dropped five matches with one tie thrown in.
Former U.S. national team captain and Seattle Sounders striker Clint Dempsey announced his retirement on Wednesday, effective immediately.
Reno forward Antoine Hoppenot scored near the end of stoppage time to lead 1868 FC to a 2-1 win over the Lights on Tuesday.
The Lights are limiting the event to only 200 fans but everyone who attends their Sept. 8 home game against LA Galaxy II at Cashman Field will have a chance to get on the field.
Sharing the stadium required 14 total changeovers, the last of which will come after the 51s’ season ends Sept. 3.
The Foxes scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time at Cashman Field on Saturday to draw 2-2 with the Lights.
Jeffries is one of only five female head athletic trainers in the USL and one of only a handful in male professional sports.
The club is dropping money from above Cashman Field as part of the festivities surrounding its match with LA Galaxy II on Sept. 8, and 200 fans will have a chance to go after it.
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After using 22 lineup combinations in their first 22 games the Lights started the same 11 in their two games last week.
The Italian soccer federation’s secretary general says Lazio will be punished for fans trying to ban women from a section of Stadio Olimpico.
The Lights lost 2-0 to Phoenix in front of an announced crowd of 6,720 at Cashman Field on Saturday.
The Lights did not receive a yellow or red card for the first time all season in their 3-1 loss to Orange County SC.