PHNX Rising Football Podcast

It wasn’t great. It really, really wasn’t great.

On a hot Fourth of July Fourth, Pa-Modou Kah’s Phoenix Rising side set out to take on expansion club Lexington SC, but came out with a 1-0 loss. Starting a front line of Dariusz Formella, Jearl Margaritha and Charlie Dennis, the club couldn’t find a way to test the visitor’s goalkeeper with a shot on target even once. That marks the second time in all competitions Rising has done tha...

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It wasn’t their most convincing performance, but they got the job done. Phoenix Rising went to Texoma with big expectations, but fell behind early and needed a winner deep into stoppage time. Charlie Dennis’ hat-trick and Emil Cuello’s last, stoppage time winner would ultimately secure the three points for Phoenix despite Triston Henry conceding four.

Now, it’s back to le...

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A former face came back to haunt Phoenix Rising on their trip to face Charleston Battery. Arturo Rodriguez, who played with the team between 2021-22, bagged himself a brace as the hosts came out on top 4-1 on the night in Rising’s first league loss since April.

Now, it’s back to the Jägermeister Cup, and Phoenix will see another familiar face: Solomon Asante, and his new...

After yet another win in league play, Phoenix Rising has cemented themselves as one of the most in-form teams throughout the entire United Soccer League. Phoenix Rising find themselves just outside of top 4 in the west and hosting a playoff match. With a true test on Saturday in the form of 2nd placed FC Tulsa, will Rising be able to continue their winning ways on the road? Join Max Simpson and league insider John Morrissey of USL ...

Phoenix Rising is on a four-game unbeaten run after a regular-season win against Las Vegas Lights and a penalty-shootout win versus New Mexico United in the USL Jagermeister Cup last week. As multiple players, including star Jearl Margaritha, are getting set to depart for international duty, Pa-Modou Kah's squad adds midfielder Xian Emmers to the fold.

Join Max Simpson and Rees Goodall to discuss the latest.

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After a year and a half in Phoenix, Italian midfielder Giulio Doratiotto has left the club by mutual agreement. The 21-year-old had much just one appearance in Phoenix Rising colors this season, but has struggled with injury.

So where does the club go now? First up, it’s a trip to Las Vegas Lights, where Pa-Modou Kah’s side will loo...

It took some time, but Phoenix Rising has finally won a game at home again. JP Scearce’s second half header and Ryan Flood’s long distance strike were enough to lift Rising to victory over Monterey Bay, while also moving the team above the playoff line for the first time under Pa-Modou Kah. Plus, at the other end, Patrick Rakovsky kept the team’s first clean sheet of the year without facing a single shot on target. Now with a weeke...

It may not have been Phoenix Rising’s best season so far, but New Mexico United? Easy. Fresh off a 2-1 victory courtesy of Hope Avayevu, Darius Johnson, and Rising’s bestie Alex Tambakis, Phoenix finally has two wins on the year. Now, they prepare to face Jordan Stewart’s Monterey Bay side. Last time they faced off, Pape Mary Boye and Carl Sainté were sent off in a 3-1 loss, but will things be different this time?

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It’s the return of the man who gave Phoenix Rising the star above their crest. Now an assistant coach, Juan Guerra returns to the Valley with his Houston Dynamo team looking to knock Rising out of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. It’ll be a tough one for Phoenix — no Rising team has ever beaten a Major League Soccer squad in competitive play — and they’ll have to do so without star Jearl Margaritha, captain Pape Mar Boye, suspended st...

It hasn’t been the start to the year that Phoenix Rising would have wanted, but can they get things kickstarted this weekend with a trip to face Colorado Springs Switchbacks? Rising will be without captain Pape Mar Boye due to injury, and Casey Walls surprisingly retired from football. Despite that, can Jearl Margaritha, Ihsan Sacko and Rémi Cabral get a second three points on the board for Pa-Modou Kah’s side?

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After a weekend league collapse to Detroit City, Patrick Rakovsky stepped up as the midweek Open Cup hero to book Phoenix Rising’s place in the fourth round. Jearl Margaritha’s first half goal was cancelled out after Rémi Cabral’s red card, but Rising prevailed in a shootout to knock off FC Tulsa and set up a home match against Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer.

Can Rising go further in the Open Cup? And what does this past week...

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Phoenix Rising struggled out of the gates for yet another time to open this season to take a point off Rhode Island, drawing 2-2.

This weekend, Pa-Modou Kah’s boys will look to turn the page against a resurgent Monterey Bay side led by Jordan Stewart.

Join Max Simpson and Rees Goodall to discuss.

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It’s finally happening - after previously announcing an upcoming Division One league for USL, the league has now confirmed that promotion and relegation is coming for 2028.

Plus, fresh off a 4-4 thriller against El Paso Locomotive punctuated by a Mo Traore banger to save a point, can Phoenix Rising get it done against Rhode Island FC? And will Jearl Margaritha finally follow Emil Cuello in recovering from injury and get on the field...

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It wasn’t the start Pa-Modou Kah would have hoped for. Phoenix Rising fell 1-0 to FC Tulsa in their first defeat to the club since 2017, while missing Jearl Margaritha and Emil Cuello through injury.

Now, they’re looking across to Texas, where the club will face Wilmer Cabrera’s El Paso Locomotive on Saturday. Can Rising, behind Rémi Cabral and teenager ...

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Kits and food and football, oh my! Phoenix Rising revealed its new kits for the season last weekend, before Darnell King and Vikram Virk led two separate groups from the team in an intrasquad friendly.

This week, it gets real. Pa-Modou Kah will take charge of his first official Rising match, as Jearl Margaritha and newly-named captain Pape Mar Boye take ...