Men’s Soccer Swiftly Defeats College Of Sequoias

The Fresno City College Men’s Soccer team swiftly achieved victory during their game against College of Sequoias on Nov. 3.

As the first half began, both the FCC Rams and the COS Giants were on an equal-level playing field. Both teams had similar levels of offensive and defensive plays.

Unfortunately for the Rams, forward Johnny Rodriguez suffered an injury during the first quarter, taking the momentum of the Rams’ performance to a bit of a halt.

What followed the injury was an overall pedestrian effort for the duration of the first half on both the Rams’ and the Giants’ part, with the Rams having the slight edge with consistent offense.

Thankfully for the Rams, the first half of the game tilted to their favor thanks to a goal scored by forward Manuel Lopez.

Lopez’s goal gave the Rams a 1-0 lead over the Giants by the end of the first half.

The beginning of the second half brought back some much-needed momentum for the Rams to exhibit their skills on the field.

Rams midfielder Jose Aguilera amplified the Rams’ momentum to dominate the second half by scoring the second goal to increase the lead against the Giants.

As the second half continued, the Giants put on a decent fight against the Rams, even with Giants forward Christian Ibarra scoring their first goal of the game.

However, the Giants’ efforts were not enough to withstand against the Rams’ swift offensive plays.

As both teams continued to rally the ball across the field for much of the second half, the Rams’ teamwork on the offensive helped propel midfielder Dequan Sykes to score two more goals.

The Rams emerged victorious against the Giants, with a final score of 4-1.

Despite the Rams’ victory against the Giants, head coach Eric Solberg felt that the team left more to be desired from the first half.

“I felt the team played a very mediocre first half,” said Solberg. “We were a little too slow on the ball, despite our fortunate lead.”

Solberg also said the team started the second half on a similar level but gradually improved.

“Around the last 25 minutes, the team started moving the ball quick,” said Solberg.

Solberg hopes that the team will learn from this game to improve for their final game before playoffs.

“We came into this game with the mentality of an expected win,” said Solberg. “For the next game and the playoffs, we want to be aware that our opposing teams have a target on our backs to beat us.”