On Saturday night, Phoenix Rising FC captain Solomon Asante scored a brace for his side as they defeated Tacoma Defiance 3-0 in front of 7,360 fans at Wild Horse Pass.

The Ghanaian scored one goal in each half that were both missiles from 25 yards out as Asante passed former Rising goalkeeper Carl Woszczynski for the most minutes played in club history.

Standing between the sticks on the other side of the pitch was Phoenix goalkeeper Ben Lundt, who got the starting nod from Schantz on the night.

The German shot-stopper played just as crucial of a role as Asante did after making a total of eight saves, four or five of which could have easily been goals for Tacoma Defiance.

PRFC midfielder Joey Calistri had the assist on Asante’s first goal in 40th minute, which was an absolute screamer into the upper-90 to give Rising a 1-0 lead.

Ten minutes into the second half, Asante grabbed his brace on another missile from outside the box that took a deflection on its path into the back of the net to give Phoenix a 2-0 advantage.

Tate Schmitt put the icing on the cake on his PRFC debut with a goal in the 80th minute. After coming over on loan from MLS’ Real Salt Lake earlier in the week, the midfielder put on the moves in the box and cooly tucked it away on the pass from Moar.

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