Victory with Two Late Goals for Western

On Wednesday the Mustangs hosted the Trappers of Northwest College at Rock Springs High School.  The Mustangs were looking to win all of their Region IX North home matches.  More importantly if the Mustangs could win the match they would wrap up the Region IX North regular season Championship.

Northwest scored first in the 11th minute to take a lead in the match.  Western answered quickly in the 14th minute when Carlos Gonzalez hit a shot in the top of the goal from a Colton Harrison cross and a Javier Arvayo redirection.  It was a hard fight first half and the score at the break was 1 to 1.

Northwest also scored first in the second half in the 78th minute.  When it looked like the Trappers might sneak out of Rock Springs with a win, Western scored a match tying goal in the 87th minute.  The tying goal came from a Danny Becerra free kick which was headed and knocked over the Northwest keeper by Josh Abplanalp.  The Mustangs had been playing very well leading up to the goal so a quick decision was made to continue with their current formation and player positions.  Just one minute later the Mustangs scored again.  Again it was a header goal, this time from Colton Harrison.  The assist on the third Mustang goal was from Jesse Lopez.  WWCC did a marvelous job of keeping Northwest as far away for the Mustang goal in the last 2 minutes of play and Western came from behind for a 3 to 2 win.  The win improves the Mustang record to 7 - 9 - 1, but most importantly the Mustangs 2017 Region IX North Record will stand at 5 - 2 - 1.  The victory ensure a home playoff match for Western, the 4th year in a row (the only team in Region IX North to accomplish this feat).  It also means that the 2017 WWCC Mustangs will ever be known as the Region IX North Champions.

Mustang Man of the Match: Colton Harrison for his first assist but most importantly for the match winning goal.

Match Facts - Shots - WWCC 8, NWC 14; Assists - WWCC 4, NWC 2; Saves - WWCC 3, NWC 4; Corner Kicks - WWCC 3, NWC 6; Free Kicks - WWCC 10, NWC 8; Cards - WWCC 2, NWC 1.

Up Next for the Mustangs; Friday October 13th vs Trinidad State Junior College in Trinidad CO.