Review-Journal reporter Ben Gotz talks about the suspension to Lights technical director Jose Luis Sanchez Sola and the changes it’s brought to the club.
Ben Gotz
Golden Knights backup reporter
Email: bgotz@reviewjournal.com
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Ben Gotz came to the Review-Journal in May 2016 after graduating from the University of Minnesota. He covers the Lights FC, high school sports and anything else sports-related that comes into town. He also hosts segments in the video studio on soccer and high school sports. Before coming to Las Vegas, he wrote about college hockey, college football and high school sports during stops at the Star Tribune, Pioneer Press and Minnesota Daily back home in Minnesota.
Bishop Gorman graduate and goalkeeper Thomas Olsen signed with the Lights FC on Friday after spending a week on trial with the team.
Lights coach Isidro Sanchez promised to shake up the team’s personnel after only getting a point out of a match with the winless Roughnecks.
San Jose seemed surprised by the Golden Knights’ early aggressiveness and ended up allowing one goal too many in a 5-3 loss at T-Mobile Arena on Friday.
The Lights’ on-field boss will have to sit out the team’s next seven games after making physical contact with a match official in last Friday’s loss to San Antonio FC.
Review-Journal reporter Ben Gotz talks with Lights FC midfielder Alex Mendoza about his start to the season and his mentality when it comes to starting or coming off the bench.
Technical director Jose Luis Sanchez Sola and coach Isidro Sanchez were both suspended by the United Soccer League for Monday’s game at Real Monarchs SLC and any additional punishment will be announced this week.
The Lights played shorthanded for all but 18 minutes on Monday but still came away with a point during the first Monarchs match at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman, Utah.
Ricardo Ferrino flew to Mexico after his team’s first loss of the season to get married on Saturday, but he will be back in time for the Lights’ 6 p.m. game Monday at Real Monarchs SLC.
The Lights lost to San Antonio FC 3-1 at Cashman Field on Saturday in front of an announced crowd of 8,025 in a game that was stopped for seven minutes in the second half because fans threw objects onto the field.
Review-Journal reporter Ben Gotz talks about the Lights FC’s game against San Antonio FC on Friday and its unusual schedule to start the season.
The Las Vegas native was taken No. 3 overall by Los Angeles FC in the Major League Soccer SuperDraft in January.
The Lights striker has started the season in a slump, with no goals or assists in the team’s first four matches.
The Lights are in a three-way tie for the most yellow cards in the United Soccer League with 18 despite also being tied for the fewest matches played.
The forward played parts of three seasons for the Sharks before getting picked up by the Golden Knights on waivers in December.