Rivals get Revenge on Western

On Tuesday in Spanish Fork UT the Mustangs played against college development program Rocky Mountain Rivals. The match was played at the American Leadership Academy field. The Mustangs had to adapt to a change of venue and change of time of the match all within 24 hours of the actual match. A small team of Mustangs was hoping to be up to the task.

The match did not turn in favor of the Mustangs and they conceded two goals in a 3-minute span in the first half, in the 32^nd and 35^th minute. The first goal coming from a long, low driven shot and the second goal coming off of a corner kick. Todd West was the starting keeper for the Mustangs and played the entire 90 minutes. The Rivals took a 2 – 0 lead into the half.

The Mustangs felt confident after the halftime break that they could get back into the match. However a second yellow card on Spencer Mohlman in the beginning of the second half left the Mustangs a man down for nearly the last 40 minutes of the match. The Mustangs battled bravely but could not connect offensively and were playing with a man down. The Rivals iced the match when they scored in the 75^th minute off of a through ball. The man disadvantage did hamper any Mustang comeback, as they were only able to take 2 shots in the second half of the match.

Game Stats - Shots; WWCC 8, RMR 14 - Assists; WWCC 0, RMR 3 - Cards; WWCC 2, RMR 1 - Free Kicks; WWCC 4, RMR 7 - Keeper Saves; WWCC 6, RMR 3 - Corners; WWCC 2, RMR 5

Workhorse of the Match; Angel Muniz – Angel has been playing very well as of late and playing a lot of minute in the center of the midfield.

Up Next for the Mustangs – Friday October 8^th versus Otero Junior College (Region IX opponent) at 2:00pm in Rock Springs WY.