EDINBURG, Texas – After defeating their in-state rivals last time out, Rio Grande Valley FC takes on another team in the top four of the USL Western Conference when it tries to end the Swope Park Rangers' three-game winning streak at H-E-B Park on Saturday night. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. CT.

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Rio Grande Valley FC news and notes

• Current record: 9-13-7, 34pts

• Rio Grande Valley enters on a high following a 1-0 win against Texas rivals San Antonio FC last Saturday night at Toyota Field, which handed SAFC its first home defeat of the season.

• Toros midfielder Jose Escalante managed an impressive chip to score the only goal of the match in the 17th minute, earning himself a place on the USL Team of the Week.

• That win was the second in a row for the Toros, and their fourth for the season on a road as the side kept its slim hopes of returning to the USL Cup Playoffs for a second consecutive season alive.

• Escalante's goal was his fourth of the season, putting the Houston Dynamo loanee tied for second on the team behind Kyle Murphy with six.

Swope Park Rangers news and notes

• Current record: 16-7-6, 54pts

• The Rangers took their third consecutive victory on Wednesday night in a 3-0 win against the LA Galaxy II at Children's Mercy Victory Field.

• Kharlton Belmar, Lebo Moloto, and Amer Didic scored the goals in a win which pushed the Rangers to third place in the Western Conference.

• Belmar's goal was his 13th of the season, which was both an individual-season best for the 2015 USL Rookie of the Year, and also set a new single-season record for the Rangers, surpassing Mark Anthony Gonzalez combined total of 12 regular season and postseason goals in 2016.

• The Rangers have scored 11 goals during their three-game winning streak, and have become the fifth team in the USL to reach 50 goals this season.  

Series Notes

• The all-time series between the two sides is tied 2-2-0 with Rio Grande Valley leveling the series with a 1-0 win on May 13.

Squads

• Rio Grande Valley – GK: Marco Carducci, Borja Angoitia, Calle Brown, Michael Kirk; D: Kai Greene, Victor Garza, Robby Sagel, Ivan Magalhaes, Justin Bilyeu, Leo Ayala, Kevin Garcia, Omar Ontiveros, Juan Garcia, Camilo Botero; M: Eric Bird, T.J. Casner, Emilio Garcia, Todd Wharton, Christian Lucatero, Memo Rodriguez, Jose Escalante, Nicolas Perea, Joe Holland; F: Ruben Luna, Kyle Murphy, Francisco Pungo, Greg Sutton

• Swope Park – GK: Adrian Zendejas, David Greczek, Darrin MacLeod; D: Amer Didic, Parker Maher, Oumar Ballo, Liam Doyle, Joe Amico, Colton Storm, Tyler Pasher, Erik Palmer-Brown, Dakota Barnathan, Will Little; M: Felipe Hernandez, Gianluca Busio, Christian Duke, Robert Mirosavic, Kevin Oliveira, Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal, Lebo Moloto, James Musa; F: Kharlton Belmar, Nansel Selbol, Cameron Iwasa, Mark Anthony Gonzalez, Diego Rubio, Max Rugova

Discipline

• Rio Grande Valley - None

• Swope Park – Accumulation warning: Liam Doyle

Officials

• REF: MARK ALLATIN 

• AR1: Patrick Muana

• AR2: Christopher Scruggs

• 4TH: Israel Lara

Game hashtag:

• #RGVvSPR

Twitter social handles

• Rio Grande Valley FC – @RGVFC

• Swope Park Rangers – @SwopeRangers