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Men’s Soccer: Santa Ana Begins State Title Defense With 9-3 Win Over San Diego City
SANTA ANA, CA – The Santa AnaCollege men’s soccer team began defense of its California Community College State Soccer Title on Tuesday (November 22)with a 9-3 win over seventh-seeded San DiegoCityCollege (18-3) in the semifinals of the 2005 Southern California Men’s Soccer Regional. Sophomore forward Peter Espinoza scored a match-high four goals and Alejandro Torres, the Orange Empire Conference (OEC) Player of the Year, added two goals and an assist to lead the Dons.
Juan Perez proved why he was named the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) Player of the Year for the Knights scoring all three of San DiegoCity’s goal with Larry Emeanua assisting on two of them.
Santa Ana jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on Espinoza’s first goal of the match just two minutes into the match. The sophomore forward corralled Abraham Cruz’s header that bounced off the cross bar and pounded a shot past the Knights’ Michael Stinfer.
San DiegoCity shook off the early goal to take a 2-1 lead back-to-back goals by Perez in the 18th and 20th minute. Perez drew the Knights even when he drilled a shot off a header pass from Michael Willrich and gave San DiegoCity the lead two minutes later scoring off of Emeanua’s crossing pass.
Espinoza tied the match at 2-2 with his second goal of the half in the 31st minute off a pass from Franuel Amaya and Omar Ramos gave the Dons the lead for good, 3-2, four minutes later knocking home Torres’ state-leading 22nd assist.
Santa Ana pulled away early in the second half taking a 6-2 lead on goals by Ricardo Juarez (52nd), Espinoza (59th) and Torres (71st) before Perez gave the Knights hope with his third goal and final goal of the match in the 72nd minute to make it 6-3 match.
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2-2-2-2-2SAC Begins State Title Defense With 9-3 WinOverSan DiegoCity
The Dons took advantage of four red cards issued to three San DiegoCity players and an assistant coach to score three unanswered goals over the final 10 minutes to make the final 9-3.
The second-seeded Dons (21-2-1) will face upset-minded and 11th-seeded East Los AngelesCollege (11-7-8) on December 3 at 2 p.m.in the regional finalswith the winner advancing to the 2005 California Community College Soccer Championships that will be held on December 10-11 at Fresno Pacific University (FPU) in Fresno, CA. The Huskies, who upset sixth-seeded Orange Coast College (13-7-5) on Saturday (November 19), 3-2, upset their second Orange Empire Conference team of the playoffs in third-seeded Irvine Valley College (13-5-3), 5-4, on penalty kicks in its regional semifinal match on Tuesday.
Last year, Santa Ana(19-0-4) won its record sixth California Community Collegesstatetitle with a 3-0 shutout over CerritosCollege in the finals of the 2004 Citi California Community Colleges Commission on Athletics Men's Soccer Championship held on Sunday, December 5 at OxnardCollege.Two weeks later the Dons won their second National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) national title edging out Herkimer County College (NY), who won the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national title, for the top spot.
SACState Titles: 1978, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004
SACNational Titles: 1996, 2004
SAC Men’s Soccer Website:
2005 CCC Regional Pairings/Results:
About the Rancho Santiago Community College District
Santa Ana College and Santiago Canyon College are public community colleges of the Rancho Santiago Community College District, which serves the residents of Anaheim Hills, Garden Grove, Irvine, Orange, Santa Ana, Tustin and Villa Park. Both colleges provide education for academic transfer and careers, courses for personal and professional development, and customized training for business and industry.
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Soccer Box Score (Final)
2005 Santa AnaCollege Soccer
#7 San Diego City Coll vs #2 Santa AnaCollege (Nov 22, 2005 at Santa Ana, CA)
San DiegoCity Coll (18-4) vs. Goals by period 1 2 Tot
Santa AnaCollege (21-2-1) ------
Date: Nov 22, 2005 Attendance: 150 San DiegoCity Coll. 2 1 - 3
Weather: Sunny, warm Santa AnaCollege... 3 6 - 9
San DiegoCity Coll Santa AnaCollege
Pos ## Player Sh SOG G A Pos ## Player Sh SOG G A
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GK 0 STINFER, Michael.... - - - - GK 30 ACEVES, Cesar...... - - - -
2 EMEANUA, Larry...... - - - 2 D 2 AMAYA, Franuel...... - - - 1
3 PAVLICS, Mark...... - - - - F 5 ESPINOZA, Peter..... 9 8 4 -
4 ROSAS, Cristobal.... 3 2 - - M 7 ROSAS, Nate...... 2 1 - 1
10 ESPINOZA, Oscar..... 1 - - - M 8 LOPEZ, Jose...... - - - -
11 PEREZ, Juan...... 8 5 3 - F 9 RAMOS, Hugo...... - - - -
12 SZAFRANIEC, Brandon. - - - - M 10 TORRES, Alejandro... 7 4 2 1
13 HIDALGO, Demitri.... 1 - - - F 14 CRUZ, Abraham...... 1 1 - -
15 WILLRICH, Michael... 2 1 - 1 F 23 JUAREZ, Richardo.... 2 1 1 1
17 KELTON, Bajo...... 1 1 - - M 25 GARRIDO, Julio...... - - - 1
20 ABUKA, Walter...... - - - - F 27 RAMOS, Omar...... 2 2 1 -
------Substitutes ------Substitutes ------
5 MIRANDA, Carlos..... - - - - 4 BUSTOS, Sergio...... 1 - - -
7 ABUKA, Otyilli...... - - - - 11 PALACIAS, Marcelino. - - - 1
14 PONCE, Byron...... - - - - 16 MORTON, Sammuel..... 1 1 1 -
18 GUERRERO, Edgar..... - - - - 17 PARK, Sung...... 1 - - 1
22 CANNONE, Darren..... 1 - - - 18 MIRAMON, Ivan...... - - - -
Totals...... 17 9 3 3 Totals...... 26 18 9 7
San DiegoCity Coll Santa AnaCollege
## Player MIN GA Saves ## Player MIN GA Saves
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0 STINFER, Michael.... 90:00 9 9 30 ACEVES, Cesar...... 90:00 3 6
Shots by period 1 2 Tot Saves by period 1 2 Tot
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San DiegoCity Coll. 11 6 - 17 San DiegoCity Coll. 5 4 - 9
Santa AnaCollege... 11 15 - 26 Santa Ana College... 2 4 - 6
Corner kicks 1 2 Tot Fouls 1 2 Tot
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San DiegoCity Coll. 3 3 - 6 San Diego City Coll. 6 2 - 8
Santa AnaCollege... 2 1 - 3 Santa Ana College... 1 3 - 4
SCORING SUMMARY:
GOAL Time Team Goal Scorer Assists Description
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1. 2:27 SAC ESPINOZA, Peter (unassisted)
2. 18:15 SDC PEREZ, Juan WILLRICH, Michael - Corner kick
3. 20:37 SDC PEREZ, Juan EMEANUA, Larry
4. 31:11 SAC ESPINOZA, Peter AMAYA, Franuel
5. 35:39 SAC RAMOS, Omar TORRES, Alejandro
6. 52:24 SAC JUAREZ, Richardo PARK, Sung
7. 59:43 SAC ESPINOZA, Peter JUAREZ, Richardo
8. 71:42 SAC TORRES, Alejandro PALACIAS, Marcelino - Corner kick
9. 72:42 SDC PEREZ, Juan EMEANUA, Larry
10. 79:05 SAC ESPINOZA, Peter (unassisted)
11. 90:00 SAC MORTON, Sammuel GARRIDO, Julio
12. 90:00 SAC TORRES, Alejandro ROSAS, Nate
CAUTIONS AND EJECTIONS:
YC-SDC #2 (7:44); YC-SDC #12 (35:56); RC-SDC #15 (79:53);
RC-SDC #2 (82:35); RC-SDC #TM (82:46); RC-SDC #17 (83:01);
YC-SAC #8 (90:00)
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