Americans Beat the Lazers, 5-4

Two goals apiece by Julie Veee and Mike Fox, and another by Jorge Espinoza powered the Las Vegas Americans to a 5-4 victory over the Lazers in a Major Indoor Soccer League game at Las Vegas Thursday night.

The Lazers got a pair of goals from Stuart Lee, the second giving him a club-record 42 for the season, and one each from Beto and Nathan Sacks.

Beto put the Lazers ahead 44 seconds into the game, but the Americans answered with goals by Veee and Fox. Lee tied it up, but Veee’s second goal 29 seconds before the half again put Las Vegas in front, 3-2.

Sacks and Espinoza traded goals in the third quarter to make it 4-3. Lee tied the game at 4-4 just 42 seconds into the final period, but Fox, a U.S. national team member from Cal State Fullerton, gave the Americans the win 4:35 into the quarter with his 20th goal of the season.

The loss dropped the Lazers’ record to 24-23 heading into Saturday night’s MISL regular-season finale at San Diego. The Americans improved to 30-16.