First Scrimmage in the Books

On Friday morning in St. George Utah the 2010 version of the Western Wyoming Mustangs started their scrimmage season against the Dixie State Red Storm. This was a good first test for the young Mustangs as they faced off versus a 4 year NCAA Division II team. The following players got their first start of their Mustang career; Spencer Mohlman, Charley Lifferth, Zach Plitt, Miguel Maca, Jorge Chacon, Angel Muniz and Edwin Sanchez. Several other players saw their first action as a member of the Western team; Stefan Naylor, Riley Yerkovich, Todd West, Nathaniel Sellis, Pat Walker, Jesus Ramirez and Wes Magagna. Six players continued their careers as sophomores in this match; Taylor Whetman, Logan Bailey, Gilbert Gonzalez (shown in the picture in gray), Cody Rall, Mika Goodman and Braxton Hamilton.
The first half for the Mustangs saw them chase the better organized Red Storm team. But the defense held strong for much of the first half. Dixie State scored the scrimmage's first goal in the 39th minute, the goal was from around 18 yards out after Dixie State stole a ball deep in WWCC territory. The scored remained 1 - 0 at the half time break.
The second half of the scrimmage saw the Mustangs gain more control of the match and play a lot better. However the scoreboard would lean in favor of the Red Storm. Dixie State scored in the 53rd, 72nd and 79th minute. It looked as if the Mustangs would be shut out but in the 87th minute Miguel Maca set a square pass to Jorge Chacon at about the 18 yard box and Jorge was able to kick the ball into the bottom corner of the goal past the keeper. The final score to the scrimmage was Dixie State 4 - Western Wyoming 1.
Overall it was a good initiation for the "new" Mustangs into the ranks of college soccer, and saw the Mustangs as a whole improve throughout the entire match even though the scoreboard did not indicate it.

Video of the match can be seen here; http://www.dixiesunlink.com/sports/men-s-soccer-tames-mustangs-in-preseason-match-4-1-face-unlv-next-1.1538947#4


Game Stats - Shots; WWCC 4, DSC 11 - Assists; WWCC 1, DSC 1 - Cards; WWCC 0, DSC 1 - Free Kicks; WWCC 6, DSC 4 - Keeper Saves; WWCC 4, DSC 2 - Corner Kicks; WWCC 1, DSC 4


Workhorse of the Match - Jorge Chacon. Not only did Jorge score the lone goal of the match and his first as a Mustang, he played a very smart match and his work rate was incredible.

Up Next for the Mustangs - Scrimmage #2 versus Westminster Reserves on Saturday August 21st at 11:30am at the Westminster College Campus