| Show Soccer Club Looks to Defend Championship By Corey Bullock Sports Editor The 1995 soccer season has kicked off and the Salt Lake Community Community Community Com Com- College mens's team is bigger bigger bigger big big- ger and better than everI ever 41 I 1 am pretty nervous uS about how good goof we can be 00 comments Coach Enrique Velasquez We have a lot let of talent and we should be re better than last y year r R-etty R impressive impressive im im- im- im ve comments considering that last years yem'S team went 14 0 and won woo the league championship A couple of reasons that this years year's team team looks to be better than last years squad are two new faces to the Bruin team Ben a member of the Utah Select Team transferred from Cal- Cal Poly to help out the Bruins this year Another addition to the team is 1995 Utah High School Jorge Estrada from Highland High School in Salt Lake City He is isone isone isone one of the best finishers I have ever seen says Velasquez of Estradas ability to score and create scoring opportunities Joining those new faces are some familiar ones from last years year's championship team Among those returning are Jeremy Jordan the leading scorer from a year ago and Bryce S lowers Another reason why the Bruins Bruns have done so well and why this team could be 00 better than last years year's team is defense We have the best defense in the league said Velasquez Our defense defense defense de de- de- de allows us to win games John Miller John Harryman and Ben Jones are three reasons why the defense defense defense de de- de- de is so tough The Bruins kicked off the season with a Labor Day tournament in Ogden at Weber State University that featured some of the best talent in the nation in including including including in- in two teams from Utah State two teams from Weber State B BYU YU and The A team from Weber State won the national championship last year and was ranked third in the nation nation nation na na- na- na tion going into the tournament shut out both the A and B teams from Utah State proving that their defense was for real Their next foe was the defending national champions Weber State The Bruins prevailed beating the Wildcats pretty handily They went on to uncharacteristically uncharacteristically uncharacteristically give up six goals and lose the championship game to BYU The Bruins opened league play Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day and Saturday the 22 and 23 of September against Dixie and SUU and they did it by dominating them physically physically physically cally bringing home a 10 1 victory against Dixie and a 9 2 slaughter of the Thunderbirds Basically we overwhelmed them from the start of the game and never let them climb back into it said of his teams team's performance In keeping with the spirit of a team effort the Bruins had six players score against Dixie and had three goals of his own Against Southern Utah Jeremy Jordan netted three goals for himself and Estrada added 2 goals against SUU and seven assists in both games The Bruins suit up next against Idaho State and Boise State here Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day and Saturday the 29 and 30 of September |
