Wednesday, September 6, 2017

"Snow"ball effect in 2nd Half

The match play on Tuesday night at the Rock Springs High Tiger turf started to look like a nice match up between the visiting Snow Badgers and the home standing Western Wyoming Mustangs.  Both keepers made good saves for their teams, Daniel Pelayo made the start for Joe Venhaus who was serving a 1 match suspension after a red card in the match at SLCC.  WWCC's Colton Harrison broke the tie in the match when he collected a ball about 25 yards out and kicked it perfectly over the Snow keeper and under the bar in the 42nd minute.  The Harrison goal stood for a Mustang 1 - 0 halftime lead.    

The second half was a different story for the two teams.  As Snow struck twice for goals in the first 10 minutes to take a lead.  Daniel Pelayo the starting keeper for the Mustangs was injured on the Snow College second goal and would not return for the remainder of the match.  Danny Becerra was asked to step into the role of keeper, for his first real game action as keeper in his 2 year WWCC career.  The change to an emergency keeper and moving Becerra out of the back four was disastrous for the Mustang defense.  Snow added 8 more goals in the second half and defeated the Mustangs 10 - 1 on the day.  The loss was the most goals WWCC had allowed in a half and a game.  It also marks the worst defeat in WWCC Men's soccer history.  The loss brings the 2017 WWCC record to 1 - 3 - 0.  The Mustangs will need to provide some answers for their defense in the coming matches in order to compete for the Region IX North title.

Mustang Man of the Match: Danny Becerra, not only played outstanding defense for the Mustangs but filled in as an emergency keeper.

Match Facts - Shots - WWCC 10, SC 30; Assists - WWCC 0, SC 9; Saves - WWCC 11, SLCC 9; Corner Kicks - WWCC 0, SC 0; Free Kicks - WWCC 11, SC 10; Cards - WWCC 0, SC 0.

Up Next for the Mustangs; Friday September 8th at Sheridan College in Sheridan WY