The Lights are adjusting their training schedule and instituting hydration breaks during matches to deal with the heat in Las Vegas’ summer months.
Ben Gotz
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Ben Gotz was named assistant sports editor in November 2023. He previously covered the Vegas Golden Knights. Ben came to the Review-Journal in May 2016 after graduating from the University of Minnesota. 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.
The Lights defeated the Switchbacks 4-1 in front of 5,712 fans Saturday night at Cashman Field to earn their first regular-season win since March 31.
Sola invited fans to meet him at the Downtown Las Vegas bar Gold Spike on Thursday, and about 15 showed up to talk about the Lights for two hours.
Major League Soccer veterans Raul Mendiola and Zach Mathers are expected to dress when the Lights host Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC at 8 p.m. Saturday at Cashman Field.
The Lights lost to LA Galaxy II 7-2 on May 26, tying USL-highs this season for goals allowed and margin of defeat in a single game.
The Capitals’ enforcer blindsided Jonathan Marchessault in the third period of Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, but his statement may have hurt his team more than helped it.
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The Cup appeared in Las Vegas a few days before the playoffs started, and now the Knights are playing to hoist it.
Many fans and local businesses have created plenty of homages to the Golden Knights during the team’s run to the Stanley Cup Final.
Ethan Zubak scored the fastest hat trick in United Soccer League history to help the Galaxy II hand the Lights a 7-2 defeat Saturday in Carson, California.
The bruising forward has turned from a lightning rod into a key contributor towards Vegas’ playoff success.
Six Review-Journal sports reporters predicted how the team would fare during its inaugural season in October and we fared about as well as a slap shot headed towards Marc-Andre Fleury.
An expansion team reaching the championship round begs the question: How did it get here?
The Lights’ technical director’s four-game suspension from United Soccer League play is now over and he will lead the team from the touchline at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at LA Galaxy II.
Allisson Faramilio scored twice and the Lights lost 2-1 to a Premier Development League squad on Wednesday in Downey, Calif.