Offense Explodes versus Rivals

On Saturday in Rock Springs the Mustangs faced off against the Rocky Mountain Rival a college development team based out of Provo UT. The WWCC offense awoke and exploded for 6 goals on the day. The scoring started in the 13th minute when Gilbert Gonzalez corralled a pass from Miguel Maca and Gilbert kicked the ball past the keeper. The Rival evened the match in the 14th minute when they hit a 20 yard shot over starting keeper Taylor Whetman. The scored remained tied for a little over 20 minutes until Mitch Christensen was feed a ball from Braxton Hamilton and Mitch blasted it to the top left corner. Right before the half Gilbert Gonzalez scored his second goal of the half after getting the ball from Braxton Hamilton and cutting a defender to his right foot and finding the back of the net. The Mustangs lead at the half 3 - 1.

The second half started well for the Mustangs as they scored twice in the first 11 minutes of the half. Ten minutes into the half Braxton Hamilton scored off of an assist from Gilbert Gonzalez. One minute later Gilbert Gonzalez achieved his hat trick when he scored into the bottom left of the goal. Miguel Maca was credited with the assist for Gilbert's third goal. The Rival got a goal closer when they beat the WWCC defense and keeper, Todd West, in the 74th minute for a score of 5 - 2. The Mustangs scored an insurance goal in the 80th minute from Angel Muniz after Gilbert Gonzalez dropped Angel a ball at around the 18 yard box. The Rival added a late goal with around 30 seconds left to make the final score 6 - 3.

Game Stats - Shots; WWCC 30, RMR 32 - Assists; WWCC 6, RMR 2 - Cards; WWCC 0, RMR 0 - Free Kicks; WWCC 5, RMR 4 - Keeper Saves; WWCC 13, RMR 11 - Corners; WWCC 5, RMR 4

Workhorse of the Match - Gilbert Gonzalez, he scored 3 goals (first hat trick for a Mustang this season) and had 2 assists. Gilbert's excellent day was the 3rd best offensive day for any WWCC player in the program's history with 8 offensive points.

Up Next for the Mustangs - Wednesday, September 22nd at Otero Junior College (Region IX match) in La Junta CO at 7:30pm