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Phoenix Rising’s Dumbuya warming up to life in the desert

by Bob Young
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By Owain Evans
Cronkite News

TEMPE – The monsoon storm that blew through the Valley earlier this week was a welcome sight for at least one Phoenix Rising player.

“The heat’s been getting to me lately,” said Mustapha Dumbuya, who joined the Rising over the winter after playing a few seasons with Partick Thistle in Scotland’s top-flight and living in the cool, wet climate of Glasgow, Scotland.

“I’ve been crying out for a bit of rain.”

With rain comes lightning, and Dumbuya provides more than his fair share of that in the full-back position for the Rising, with speed that assistant coach Peter Ramage claimed is enough to “catch pigeons.”

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Phoenix Rising FC prepares for USL Cup final with an eye on San Diego stadium vote

by Bob Young

By RICARDO AVILA
Cronkite News

SCOTTSDALE — Phoenix Rising is on the verge of winning the United Soccer League Cup and giving Didier Drogba a fairytale farewell as a professional.

After an intense and hard-fought, 2-1, win over Orange County Soccer Club in the Western Conference final, the only team between the Rising and the USL Cup championship in only the club’s second year of existence is Louisville City FC.

However, amid the excitement of the Rising’s championship chase, the team and its followers will have an eye on an election in San Diego, California that threatens to dampen the mood around the Rising’s playoff run.

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