2024 season | |||
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Principal Owner | José Bautista | ||
Head coach | Dennis Sanchez | ||
Stadium | Cashman Field | ||
USL | Western Conference: 4th | ||
USL Cup Playoffs | Western Conference Finalists | ||
U.S. Open Cup | Round of 32 | ||
The 2024 Las Vegas Lights FC season is the club's seventh, and current, season, and their seventh season in the United Soccer League Championship (USLC), the second division of American soccer.
During the offseason, the Lights underwent some massive changes. On January 16, the Lights were bought out by an ownership group managed by former Major League Baseball player José Bautista. [1] [2] [3] Additionally, the Lights hired a new head coach less than two weeks later on January 29, hiring Dennis Sanchez, [4] a former assistant coach for MLS Next club Austin FC II. [5] [6]
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Title | Name | Nation |
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Owner | José Bautista | ![]() |
Sporting director | Gianleonardo Neglia | ![]() |
Head coach | Dennis Sánchez | ![]() |
Assistant coach | Gerson Echeverry | ![]() |
Assistant coach | Ivan Mirkovic | ![]() |
Goalkeeping coach | Armando Quezada | ![]() |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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2 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC (C) | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 52 | Playoffs |
3 | Memphis 901 FC | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 51 | |
4 | Las Vegas Lights FC | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 50 | |
5 | Sacramento Republic FC | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 49 | |
6 | Orange County SC | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 46 |
On December 18, 2023, the USL Championship released the regular season schedule for all 24 teams. [9]
All times are in Pacific Standard Time.
March 91 | Memphis 901 FC | 2–1 | Las Vegas Lights FC | Memphis, Tennessee |
1:00 PM | Careaga ![]() Pickering ![]() Duncan ![]() Ward ![]() | Report | Noël ![]() Azcona ![]() | Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,290 Referee: Joshua Encarnación |
March 162 | Las Vegas Lights FC | 1–3 | FC Tulsa | Las Vegas, Nevada |
5:00 PM | Alba ![]() Smart ![]() Berumen ![]() | Report | Stojanovic ![]() ![]() Goodrum ![]() Yosef ![]() Worth ![]() | Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 1,675 Referee: Brandon Stevis |
March 233 | Las Vegas Lights FC | 1–0 | El Paso Locomotive FC | Las Vegas, Nevada |
5:00 PM | Garcia ![]() Ngando ![]() Smart ![]() Gue ![]() | Report | Hinds ![]() Stauffer ![]() Akinyode ![]() Dollenmayer ![]() Alfaro ![]() Zacarias ![]() | Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 1,070 Referee: Thomas Snyder |
March 304 | Oakland Roots SC | 0–3 | Las Vegas Lights FC | Hayward, California |
7:00 PM | Nije ![]() | Report | Klimenta ![]() Gannon ![]() Samake ![]() Azcona ![]() Noël ![]() ![]() Smart ![]() Nigro ![]() | Stadium: Pioneer Stadium Attendance: 2,812 Referee: Matthew Corrigan |
April 65 | Las Vegas Lights FC | 1–0 | San Antonio FC | Las Vegas, Nevada |
7:30 PM | Azcona ![]() Garcia ![]() Smart ![]() | Report | Haakenson ![]() Silva ![]() Lambert ![]() Agudelo ![]() Taintor ![]() Lacey ![]() | Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 1,436 Referee: Greg Dopka |
April 136 | Monterey Bay FC | 3–1 | Las Vegas Lights FC | Seaside, California |
7:00 PM | Report | Samaké ![]() | Stadium: Cardinale Stadium Attendance: 3,524 Referee: Elijio Arreguin |
April 207 | Las Vegas Lights FC | 1–2 | Rhode Island FC | Las Vegas, NV |
8:00 PM | Report | Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 1,943 Referee: Benjamin Meyer |
April 278 | Charleston Battery | 6–0 | Las Vegas Lights FC | Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
1:00 PM | Markanich ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Myers ![]() Molloy ![]() | Report | Arozarena ![]() Adams ![]() | Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex Attendance: 4,520 Referee: Joe Surgan |
May 49 | Las Vegas Lights FC | 1–2 | New Mexico United | Las Vegas, Nevada |
6:30 PM | Adams ![]() Samake ![]() ![]() Gannon ![]() Kimenta ![]() | Report | Bruce ![]() ![]() Herbert ![]() Astorga ![]() Tabakis ![]() Dubois ![]() Bailey ![]() | Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 1,061 Referee: Brad Jensen |
May 1110 | San Antonio FC | 1–1 | Las Vegas Lights FC | San Antonio, Texas |
6:00 PM | Burks ![]() Marcina ![]() Chol ![]() Hernández ![]() ![]() Lambert ![]() | Report | Klimenta ![]() Nigro ![]() Noël ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 7,218 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic |
May 1811 | Las Vegas Lights FC | 2–2 | Louisville City FC | Las Vegas, Nevada |
7:30 PM | Noël ![]() Adams ![]() Smart ![]() | Report | Davila ![]() Harris ![]() Adams ![]() Serrano ![]() | Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 1,048 Referee: Joshua Encarnacion Assistant referees: Stephen McGonagle William Aten Fourth official: Pavel Georgiev |
May 2512 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1–0 | Las Vegas Lights FC | St. Petersburg, Florida |
4:30 PM | Munjoma ![]() Worth ![]() Jennings ![]() | Report | Nigro ![]() Smart ![]() Azcona ![]() | Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 5,753 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk |
June 113 | Las Vegas Lights FC | 0–0 | Phoenix Rising FC | Las Vegas, Nevada |
7:30 PM |
| PHX Report LVL Result | Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 1,720 Referee: Muhammad Hassan |
June 814 | Las Vegas Lights FC | 3–1 | Miami FC | Las Vegas, Nevada |
7:30 PM | Report |
| Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 1,748 Referee: ![]() |
June 1415 | Loudoun United FC | 1–1 | Las Vegas Lights FC | Leesburg, Virginia |
7:00 PM | McCabe ![]() ![]() Ryan ![]() | Report | Gannon ![]() Bennett ![]() Howell ![]() | Stadium: Segra Field Attendance: 3,580 Referee: Nabil Bensalah |
June 1816 | Las Vegas Lights FC | 3–3 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC | Las Vegas, Nevada |
6:30 PM | Report | Huerman ![]() ![]() Santos ![]() Henríquez ![]() Lacroix ![]() Damus ![]() | Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 1,339 Referee: Elijio Arreguin |
June 2217 | Las Vegas Lights FC | 1–1 | Memphis 901 FC | Las Vegas, Nevada |
7:30 PM | Adams ![]() Howell ![]() Bennett ![]() Azcona ![]() Bennett ![]() | Report | Lapa ![]() ![]() Hyndman ![]() Paul ![]() Fernando ![]() Careaga ![]() | Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 1,657 Referee: Trevor Wiseman |
June 2918 | Las Vegas Lights FC | 2–0 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | Las Vegas, NV |
7:30 PM | Bennett ![]() ![]() ![]() Romero ![]() | Report | Osumanu ![]() | Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 1,893 Referee: John Griggs |
July 319 | Sacramento Republic FC | 0–1 | Las Vegas Lights FC | Sacramento, California |
7:30 PM | Phillips ![]() Portillo ![]() | Report | Pinzon ![]() Ngando ![]() Arozarena ![]() Nigro ![]() | Stadium: Heart Health Park Attendance: 8,988 Referee: Jeremy Scheer |
July 1220 | El Paso Locomotive FC | 0–2 | Las Vegas Lights FC | El Paso, Texas |
7:30 PM | Craig ![]() Borelli ![]() | Report | Gannon ![]() Stauffer ![]() Pinzón ![]() | Stadium: Southwest University Park Attendance: 6,727 Referee: Servando Berna Rico |
July 2621 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 1–1 | Las Vegas Lights FC | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
6:00 PM | Fjeldberg ![]() ![]() Real ![]() Hanya ![]() | Report | Smart ![]() ![]() Doody ![]() Jabang ![]() | Stadium: Weidner Field Attendance: 8,023 Referee: Ricardo Fierro |
July 3122 | New Mexico United | 1–2 | Las Vegas Lights FC | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
6:00 PM | Bruce ![]() Houssou ![]() | Report | Pinzón ![]() ![]() Noël ![]() Nigro ![]() Jabang ![]() | Stadium: Isotopes Park Attendance: 7,558 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic |
August 1023 | Las Vegas Lights FC | 1–1 | Detroit City FC | Las Vegas, Nevada |
7:30 PM | Bennett ![]() ![]() | Report | Morris ![]() Murphy ![]() | Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 1,990 Referee: Gerald Flores |
August 1724 | Hartford Athletic | 2–1 | Las Vegas Lights FC | Hartford, Connecticut |
4:00 PM | Report | Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium Attendance: 4,933 Referee: Matthew Thompson |
August 2425 | Las Vegas Lights FC | 3–2 | Indy Eleven | Las Vegas, NV |
7:30 PM | Report | Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 4,532 Referee: Trevor Wiseman |
August 3126 | Orange County SC | 2–3 | Las Vegas Lights FC | Irvine, California |
7:00 PM | Scott ![]() Zubak ![]() Powers ![]() Norris ![]() | Report | Bennett ![]() ![]() Shutler ![]() Gyau ![]() | Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,579 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva |
September 1127 | FC Tulsa | 1–1 | Las Vegas Lights FC | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
6:30 PM | Diallo ![]() St. Clair ![]() Yosef ![]() | Report | Doody ![]() Howell ![]() Gannon ![]() | Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 2,663 Referee: Abdou Ndiaye |
September 1428 | Las Vegas Lights | 0–0 | Monterey Bay FC | Las Vegas, Nevada |
7:30 PM | Smart ![]() | Report | Volesky ![]() Gnaulati ![]() Gonzalez ![]() | Stadium: Cashman Field Referee: Adam Kilpatrick |
September 2129 | Las Vegas Lights FC | 2–1 | Sacramento Republic FC | Las Vegas, Nevada |
7:30 PM | Bennett ![]() Noël ![]() Pinzon ![]() Jabang ![]() | Report | Phillips ![]() Ukaegbu ![]() Portillo ![]() Viader ![]() | Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 2,240 Referee: Matthew Corrigan |
September 2830 | Phoenix Rising FC | 1–2 | Las Vegas Lights FC | Phoenix, Arizona |
6:30 PM | Report | Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium Referee: Calin Radosav |
October 531 | Las Vegas Lights FC | 1–1 | Orange County SC | Las Vegas, Nevada |
7:30 PM | Bennett ![]() | Report | Hegardt ![]() Chattha ![]() Partida ![]() Nakkim ![]() | Stadium: Cashman Field Referee: Gerald Flores |
October 1332 | Birmingham Legion FC | 0–3 | Las Vegas Lights FC | Birmingham, Alabama |
2:00 PM | Hernandez-Foster ![]() Rufe ![]() Tabortetaka ![]() | Report | Gyau ![]() Bennett ![]() Gannon ![]() Pinzon ![]() | Stadium: Protective Stadium Attendance: 4,761 Referee: Ricardo Fierro |
October 1933 | Las Vegas Lights FC | 2–3 | Oakland Roots SC | Las Vegas, Nevada |
Hackshaw ![]() Noël ![]() | Report | Rodriguez ![]() Njie ![]() Diaz ![]() Donasiyano ![]() | Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 2,878 Referee: Brandon Stevis |
October 2634 | North Carolina FC | 2–1 | Las Vegas Lights FC | Cary, North Carolina |
4:00 PM | Craig ![]() Martin ![]() Anderson ![]() ![]() Perez ![]() McGuire ![]() Mentzingen ![]() Batista ![]() | Report | Bennett ![]() Smart ![]() | Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Referee: Matthew Thompson |
November 1, 2024Conference Quarterfinals | Las Vegas Lights FC | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p) | Sacramento Republic FC | Las Vegas, Nevada |
7:30 PM PDT |
| Report |
| Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 2,415 Referee: Elton Garcia |
Penalties | ||||
November 9, 2024Conference Semifinals | New Mexico United | 0–1 | Las Vegas Lights FC | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
7:30 PM MST | Report | Stadium: Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park Attendance: 10,049 Referee: Natalie Simon |
November 16, 2024Conference Finals | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 1–0 | Las Vegas Lights FC | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
7:00 PM (MST) | Report | Stadium: Weidner Field Attendance: 8,023 Referee: Elton Garcia |
As a member of the USL Championship, the Las Vegas Lights entered the U.S. Open Cup in the Third Round. [10] It was announced by the U.S. Soccer Federation on April 4, 2024, that the Lights would face off against a member of the USL League One from Washington called the Spokane Velocity FC, a team in the third division of U.S. soccer. [11] After winning 2–1 against Spokane at home, [12] [13] they were drawn on April 18 to play against Major League Soccer club, and eventual tournament winner, Los Angeles FC. [14] [15] The Lights would end up losing 1–3 at home. [16]
April 17Third Round | Las Vegas Lights FC (USLC) ![]() | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() | Las Vegas, Nevada |
7:30 PM | Report | Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 1,197 Referee: Alexis Da Silva |
May 8Round of 32 | Las Vegas Lights FC ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | Las Vegas, Nevada |
7:30 PM | Report | Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 3,495 Referee: James Duling |
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