2nd Half Wind Helps Northwest Hand Western 1st Loss of Season

On Friday in Powell WY the 2015 Mustangs started their Region IX North conference season.  The matched had the host Northwest Trappers facing the Mustangs.  The Trappers had already played a  Region IX North match losing to Sheridan 3 - 1 on the road on Wednesday.  The Mustangs had the wind at their back in the first half and with it had the majority of the possessions and chances.  The lone goal of the half came early after Mustang keeper Mitch Jensen kicked a long ball about 75 yards into the Trapper box, because of the pressure from the Mustang forwards the Trapper defender did not head the ball as well as he wished and placed it over his own keeper and into the net for an own goal and a WWCC lead of 1 - 0.  Western had several other chances but failed to convert and those opportunities would haunt them.  The halftime score was 1 - 0 in favor of WWCC.

The halftime was stretched from its usual 15 minutes to more then 45 minutes long due to lightning delays in the area.  After the delay the wind was now in Western's face and even stronger in the second half then it was in the first half.  The first part of the second half the Mustangs had a hard time possessing the ball out of their back and played too much defense.  The Trapper ended up scoring 3 times in the second half, all of their goals came off of corner kicks that the Trappers played dangerously into the box and used the wind to make the free pass even more deadly.  After the three Trapper corner kick goals the Mustangs did possess the ball well but found it difficult to go into the wind and had too little time to mount a comeback.  The first loss of the season for the Mustangs brings their record to 2 - 1 - 2 and a 0 - 1 - 0 Region IX North record.

Mustang Man of the Match: Braden Smith - For his consistent great play and optimism even when the going got tough

Match Facts - Shots - WWCC 10, NWC 11; Assists - WWCC 0, NWC 3; Saves - WWCC 5, NWC 4; Corner Kicks - WWCC 2, NWC 7; Free Kicks - WWCC 18, NWC 11; Cards - WWCC 1, NWC 2

Up Next for the Mustangs; REGION IX NORTH MATCH at Sheridan College in Sheridan WY - Saturday September 5th at 4:00pm