A SURPRISE BY MATADORS CSUN TIES LOYOLA MARYMOUNT CSUN 2, LMU 2.Byline: Lee Barnathan Staff Writer Let the debate begin: real or a figment fig·ment n. Something invented, made up, or fabricated: just a figment of the imagination. [Middle English, from Latin figmentum, from fingere, ? A true force or just pretending? A 2-2 tie Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. against nationally ranked Loyola Marymount before 920 at North Campus Stadium provided some answers for the Cal State Northridge men's soccer team. In the process, one naysayer nay·say tr.v. nay·said , nay·say·ing, nay·says To oppose, deny, or take a pessimistic or negative view of: They will naysay any policy that raises taxes. might have been converted: CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge coach Terry Davila. Davila has said only a conference title and a playoff berth prove anything. The players believe otherwise. They point to the Matadors' 5-2-1 record, which is the best among conference teams and one win fewer than all of last season with 11 matches to play; their victory over then 17th-ranked San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. State on Sept. 21; and the goal-scoring ability of freshman Yossi Raz, who leads the conference in goals and points. Raz's sixth goal of the season in the 22nd minute gave CSUN a 1-0 lead. The tie came against a Lions team (7-3-1) that has defeated UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX and is ranked 16th by Soccer America magazine Soccer America Magazine is a weekly magazine devoted to soccer founded in the early 1970s and still being published. Its primary focus is soccer in the United States but it also contains some information on international leagues and teams. and 21st by Soccer News. ``It shows we got character,'' Raz said. ``We want to go far. We want to change the name of CSUN nationally.'' Additionally, there is some scoring depth. Freshman Daniel van der Veen scored his first collegiate goal with a nice shot through a hole in the LMU LMU Ludwig Maximilians Universität (München) LMU Loyola Marymount University LMU Leeds Metropolitan University (UK) LMU Lincoln Memorial University LMU Location Measurement Unit defense in the 73rd minute. And goalie Jeff Barton, who called the match the most physically and mentally challenging of his career, stopped 10 shots. All that's well and good to Davila, but when Northridge played the final 16 1/2 minutes of regulation and 30 minutes of overtime with 10 players, the result of defender Edwin Miranda Edwin Miranda (born January 28, 1981 in Zacatecoluca, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran-American soccer player, who currently plays defensive midfield for the Puerto Rico Islanders of the USL First Division. picking up his second yellow card of the match, and had chances to win, Davila became a convert. And just in time for the start of the Big West Conference season. CSUN opens Sunday afternoon at UC Riverside. ``An emotional win,'' was how Davila described the tie. ``Soccer's a real strange game. Season's long. We're getting more and more battle- tested. We hung in there. We hung in there.'' There are things to address, however. LMU's speed wore out the Matadors defense, and some would argue the only reason Northridge didn't lose was LMU forward Arturo Torres' penalty kick in overtime hit the right post. Plus, Northridge earned five yellow cards, including one to defender Peabo Woodson for delay of game and one to midfielder Arshak Abyanli, who along with Miranda will miss the Riverside match because he picked up his fifth yellow card of the season. Still, a 1-0-1 record against nationally ranked teams has Northridge smiling. ``I think we're for real,'' Barton said. ``I transferred in (from Point Loma Point Loma is a neighborhood of San Diego, California. Geographically it is a hilly peninsula that is bordered on the west and south by the Pacific Ocean, the east by the San Diego Bay and Old Town and the north by the San Diego River. Nazarene) because I believe in this program. We have a chance to get national recognition. I can't wait 'til we play San Diego (Nov. 15) and Fullerton (Oct. 19 at Fullerton and Nov. 9 at Northridge).'' While Northridge helped answer its questions about being for real, LMU is having the same talk. The Lions beat UCLA on Sept. 30, and Torres, who scored the Lions' first goal Sunday, and midfielder Andres Murriagui have won the last two West Coast Conference player of the week awards. Plus, defender Jeff Kovar's strong right foot put in the Lions' second goal four minutes after van der Veen had give CSUN a 2-1 lead. But Torres missed the penalty kick (goalkeeper Barton went left and Torres' shot went right and hit the post), midfielder Rigo Pardo missed one-on-one with Barton 20 minutes into overtime, and LMU, while using its superior speed to outshoot out·shoot tr.v. out·shot , out·shoot·ing, out·shoots To shoot better than (another): a pistol that easily outshoots others in its class; a basketball player who outshot all others on the team. CSUN 12-6 and take six more corner kicks, couldn't capitalize enough. Plus, there were three yellow cards. ``I talked to the guys ahead of time that (Northridge) was a playoff-caliber game,'' LMU coach Paul Krumpe said. ``I'm proud of the way we battled back. LMU has never been this good and Northridge hasn't been this good in a long while. Both teams realized, 'Hey, we're in the mix.' '' |
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