From coaches' reports
Cambridge College defeated Christian Learning 2-1 Thursday afternoon at the Eagles field. The game was close, but Cambridge was never behind.
The Knights took the lead midway through the first half on a goal by Wonwoo Lee. Herless Diaz scored the second goal for Cambridge in the second half. Ricardo Enns scored for the Eagles.
Corrected Sept 30: The Eagle goal was originally misattributed.
Co-operative slips by International, 2-1
The International and Co-operative junior varsity boys soccer teams, both of whom had won high-scoring victories the week earlier, engaged in a defensive battle on the Jaguars field Thursday, with Co-operative prevailing 2 to 1.
Nicolas Handal and Esteban Santo scored for the Jaguars. The Griffins goal was posted by Sergio Rosado.
The scoring began when the defense from International made a big mistake and turned the ball over to Santo, who was playing forward for the Jaguars. He scored and put the Jaguars in the lead by 1-0.
After that goal International attacked repeatedly with free-kicks and shots. Cooperative had a real scare when a header by Francisco Gonzales hit the crossbar. The Jaguars, for their part, tried to move the ball into the goal zone, but the Griffin defense was solid.
The score was evened when Gonzales evaded three defenders that were covering him. He fell at that point, but team mate Sergio Rosado came up from behind and made a great kick to score the goal.
After that the defenses of both teams stiffened, and both teams made substitutions to get fresh players onto the field.
The game was decided a few minutes before the end of the match when Nicolas Handal made the winning goal for the Jaguars with a long shot.
Yellow cards were shown for both teams. Valere Leo received one for International School, and Nicolas Handal for Cooperative school.
The captain for International was Sebastian Justiniano and for Cooperative it was Milan Marinkovic.
-- by Andre Candia
PHOTO: Two Jaguars battle a Griffin for the ball.
Jonatan Muñoz, International
