Mustangs Blown Away at Otero

On Saturday the Mustangs continued their Southern Colorado road trip in La Junta Co playing against the Rattlers of Otero Junior College.

As it was the last match of the regular season before the Mustangs hosted the #4 team from the south, Western was hoping to build some momentum with a win.  A crucial factor again in the match was the coin toss.  WWCC lost the coin toss and had to defend with a 30 plus constant win in their face for the first 45 minutes.  The Mustangs could not do much more than defend against a good opponent and the strong wind.  OJC did a good job of taking advantage of the wind and scored 2 goals in the first half.  The Rattler goals came in the 10^th and 21^st, the score at intermission was OJC 2 and WWCC 0.

Perhaps the dying wind now at their backs gave WWCC too much confidence for the final half, the Rattlers were able to find a nice counter attack and extend their lead to 3 goals when they scored in the 48^th minute.  Western scored a goal from a penalty kick from Ramon Aparicio in the 58^th minute.  The Mustangs threw everything that they could at the OJC defense but could not produce another goal.  The Rattlers scored two more goals, including one in the closing seconds of the match for a 5 to 1 win for Otero.  Dropping the match makes the record for the Mustangs be 7 – 11 – 1.

Mustang Man of the Match – Ramon Aparicio – for his penalty kick goal and stepping up in the midfield during the weekend in the absence of 2 starters.

Match Facts - Shots - WWCC 9, OJC 18; Assists - WWCC 0, OJC 3; Saves - WWCC 6, OJC 5; Corner Kicks - WWCC 4, OJC 8; Free Kicks - WWCC 13, OJC 9; Cards - WWCC 2, OJC 3.

Up Next for the Mustangs – Saturday October 21^st – #4 Region IX South (TBA) – Rock Springs WY – Rock Springs Junior High