| Show Growing Pains' Pains The mens men's soccer soccer soc soc- team begins the season with another loss this time to the Weber State team By Elliot Roper Staff Writer Ogden- Ogden Saturday the Mens Men's Soccer team marched in to Weber State University determined determined determined deter deter- mined to beat the odds Losing the previous week to the two t time me national champion Wildcats revenge was the order of the day Keeping it close for most of the first half except for a costly mistake made by goalkeeper Martin Martinez the Bruins kept pace Being down by only one oneat oneat oneat at half the Bruins came out much more aggressive on the offensive end Throughout the game coach Velasquez was subbing subbing subbing sub sub- bing players frequently to find the right combination to give them the tying goal Fifteen minutes into the second half the Wildcats widened the gap on a afree afree afree free kick from Kurt Whiteside catching Martinez off guard The Bruins showed resilience however They still continued to take several shots on goal with witha a number of corner kick Despite their best efforts the Bruins walked away with a 2 0 loss and a 2 0 to start to the regular season We played a heck of a lot b bet bet bet- t- t ter We need to learn to finish said Velasquez A loss sure but there is still much optimism on this team amongst coach and player With the improvements that were made from last week to this week Coach Velasquez expects them to be ready by November for and even Nationals Were playing g against the best team in the league said Dax Lawrence Keeping that in mind the Bruins realize that this game should have been theirs for the taking except for a few simple communication communication communication mistakes With all the individual talent on this team it means nothing if you cant can't play well together as a team Playing with each other more Going places as a team and getting to know each other better that always helps commented commented commented com com- Lawrence It seems that as the year goes on and the more this team communicates and plays with each other you could see a whole different team by the end of the season C |
