TAMPA, Fla. – Khalid Balogun earned USL League One Team of the Week honors for his performance in Lexington Sporting Club’s match against North Carolina FC on Saturday, the league office announced Tuesday.

In a 2-1 defeat, Balogun played all 90 minutes, scoring the club’s first ever non-penalty goal in the fifth minute while also blocking a shot and recording two clearances.

The placement marked Balogun’s first USL Team of the Week honors.

Lexington SC looks to rebound from the defeat in its inaugural Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup match against Louisville City on Wednesday, April 5, in Lynn Family Stadium.

About Lexington Sporting Club

Lexington Sporting Club is a U.S. Soccer professional soccer club competing in USL League One (U.S. Soccer third division men’s professional soccer). Launching its inaugural professional season in 2023, the men’s first team is the pinnacle of the soccer ecosystem in Lexington that features more than 1,400 players within its youth and academy systems, a pre-professional women’s team beginning in 2023 in the USL W League and is in the process of building the club’s formal stadium, performance center and training fields.