'SCUSE ME, I'LL TAKE THAT -- Eagle goalie Alejandro Garcia makes one of his many second half saves. Jonatan Muñoz, International
Christian Learning wins shootout
Eagles, Griffins battle to 2-2 tie
The Christian Learning and International varsity boys soccer teams fought each other tenaciously Thursday afternoon in a game that ended in a 2-2 tie on the Griffins' field.
Then in the gathering darkness five players from each team took turns firing penalty shots. Four of the Eagle shots went in, and three of the Griffins'.
Victory in the shootout gives the Eagles two points in the standings. The Griffins get only one. Otherwise the game will be recorded as a tie in the SCISL history books,
The Griffins started the scoring, with Jorge Harriague slamming a goal early in the first half.
Ricardo Telchi evened the score at 1-1 when he caught up to a long upfield pass by Josh Mojica, right in front of the Eagle goal.
International got the lead back, 2-1 just before the half ended when a free kick got away from the Eagle goalie and was hammered in by Sergio Vargas.
The second half was scoreless until about halfway through when Eagle Alex Apodaca neatly headed a corner kick into the goal to make it 2-2.
That was the end of the scoring in the second half, though that was not for lack of trying. The Griffins had numerous shots on goal, but goalie Alejandro Garcia made a number of elegant, seemingly prescient saves.
One shot by Griffin Daniel Baldivieso did pop loose, but there was no Griffin on hand to take advantage of it, and it rolled harmlessly off to the right of the goal.
Both teams nearly broke the tie in the final minute. Baldivieso again was in themiddle of things, unleashing a bounding shot that Garcia had trouble handling cleanly. However, the goalie held on to the follow-up shot that came at him.
Seconds later, Mojica of the Eagles fired a free kick that a teammate on the far side of the goal almost linked up with.
In the shoot-out Mojica, Telchi, Danny Canaviri, and Esteban Eguez made their shots for the Eagles. Alex Roempler, Jorge Harriague, and Nicolas Bedoya were successful.
Yerllow cards were issued to Nicolas Bedoya of International, and to George Pyung Lin and Nicholas Smith of Christian Learning.
Eagles, Griffins battle to 2-2 tie
The Christian Learning and International varsity boys soccer teams fought each other tenaciously Thursday afternoon in a game that ended in a 2-2 tie on the Griffins' field.
Then in the gathering darkness five players from each team took turns firing penalty shots. Four of the Eagle shots went in, and three of the Griffins'.
Victory in the shootout gives the Eagles two points in the standings. The Griffins get only one. Otherwise the game will be recorded as a tie in the SCISL history books,
The Griffins started the scoring, with Jorge Harriague slamming a goal early in the first half.
Ricardo Telchi evened the score at 1-1 when he caught up to a long upfield pass by Josh Mojica, right in front of the Eagle goal.
International got the lead back, 2-1 just before the half ended when a free kick got away from the Eagle goalie and was hammered in by Sergio Vargas.
The second half was scoreless until about halfway through when Eagle Alex Apodaca neatly headed a corner kick into the goal to make it 2-2.
That was the end of the scoring in the second half, though that was not for lack of trying. The Griffins had numerous shots on goal, but goalie Alejandro Garcia made a number of elegant, seemingly prescient saves.
One shot by Griffin Daniel Baldivieso did pop loose, but there was no Griffin on hand to take advantage of it, and it rolled harmlessly off to the right of the goal.
Both teams nearly broke the tie in the final minute. Baldivieso again was in themiddle of things, unleashing a bounding shot that Garcia had trouble handling cleanly. However, the goalie held on to the follow-up shot that came at him.
Seconds later, Mojica of the Eagles fired a free kick that a teammate on the far side of the goal almost linked up with.
In the shoot-out Mojica, Telchi, Danny Canaviri, and Esteban Eguez made their shots for the Eagles. Alex Roempler, Jorge Harriague, and Nicolas Bedoya were successful.
Yerllow cards were issued to Nicolas Bedoya of International, and to George Pyung Lin and Nicholas Smith of Christian Learning.
Cambridge 7, Cooperative 3
Sanchez on rampage, shoots five
The Cambridge boys varsity soccer team, paced by five goals from Junior Sanchez, posted a decisive 7-3 victory over Cooperative Thursday on the Jaguars' field.
The Knights scored in the first minute on a free kick by Martin Pacor that set Sanchez up for his first goal. The two players would do the same thing shortly before halftime. In the meantime the Knights would pick up a goal by Anthony Salvatierra, and the Jaguars would notch one when Wilson Salvatierra beat Cambridge goalie Juan Manuel Salas to the ball.
Sanchez, who is the son of Bolivia's national team coach Erwin "Platini" Sanchez, took charge of play in the second half. Twice he took the ball from around the midfield stripe and worked his way past the entire Jaguar defense to score.
Another Sanchez goal came on a complex play featuring a pass into the center from wing Nicolas Gamboa to Pacor, who again teed the ball up for Sanchez.
Pacor added a goal of his own as well.
Abuawad scored twice in the second half in the Jaguars' losing cause.
The game may not have been a true reflection of the Jaguars' capabilities in that several players had been benched for missing a required study hall, or were having academic problems. However, it's also possible that no one could have stopped Sanchez on this particular afternoon.
Esteban Cronenbold of the Jaguars was given a yellow card, There were no other penalty cards issued.
Sanchez on rampage, shoots five
The Cambridge boys varsity soccer team, paced by five goals from Junior Sanchez, posted a decisive 7-3 victory over Cooperative Thursday on the Jaguars' field.
The Knights scored in the first minute on a free kick by Martin Pacor that set Sanchez up for his first goal. The two players would do the same thing shortly before halftime. In the meantime the Knights would pick up a goal by Anthony Salvatierra, and the Jaguars would notch one when Wilson Salvatierra beat Cambridge goalie Juan Manuel Salas to the ball.
Sanchez, who is the son of Bolivia's national team coach Erwin "Platini" Sanchez, took charge of play in the second half. Twice he took the ball from around the midfield stripe and worked his way past the entire Jaguar defense to score.
Another Sanchez goal came on a complex play featuring a pass into the center from wing Nicolas Gamboa to Pacor, who again teed the ball up for Sanchez.
Pacor added a goal of his own as well.
Abuawad scored twice in the second half in the Jaguars' losing cause.
The game may not have been a true reflection of the Jaguars' capabilities in that several players had been benched for missing a required study hall, or were having academic problems. However, it's also possible that no one could have stopped Sanchez on this particular afternoon.
Esteban Cronenbold of the Jaguars was given a yellow card, There were no other penalty cards issued.
