TAMPA, Fla. — Lexington Sporting Club’s Oliver Semmle and Blaine Ferri have been named to the USL Championship Week 21 Team of the Week bench following LSC’s back-to-back shutout performances against Oakland Roots SC and FC Tulsa.
Lexington’s goalkeeper picked up his fifth and sixth clean sheets of the season last week, tying him for the second-most in the USL Championship.
Semmle posted four saves against Oakland, including a brilliant stop in the 19’ minute to deny the Roots the opening goal of the match. He followed up his perfect evening with another shutout three days later in Tulsa, making two additional saves.
The German’s Team of the Week inclusion marks his third mention of the season.
Blaine Ferri impressed both offensively and defensively. With the ball, the midfielder scored Lexington’s second goal against Oakland in the 63’ minute and created two scoring chances.
Over both matches, Ferri won possession 11 times along with all three of his tackle attempts and seven of 12 duels. He also recorded an 89.3% pass percentage and tallied three interceptions.
Week 21 marks the fifth Team of the Week nod for Ferri.
2026 USL Championship Team of the Week Awards
Week 2: Oliver Semmle (bench)
Week 4: Blaine Ferri, Aaron Molloy (bench)
Week 5: Xavier Zengue
Week 7: Blaine Ferri (bench)
Week 8/Week 9: Blaine Ferri (bench)
Week 10: Nick Firmino, Phillip Goodrum, Arturo Ordóñez
Week 12: Aaron Molloy (bench)
Week 13: Aaron Molloy, Nick Firmino (bench)
Week 14/15: Blaine Ferri, Marcus Epps
Week 17/18: Oliver Semmle, Aaron Molloy
Week 21: Oliver Semmle (bench), Blaine Ferri (bench)
2026 Prinx Tires USL Cup Team of the Round Awards
Round 1: Marcus Epps
Round 4: Aaron Molloy (bench)
