BOYS' SOCCER: LOYOLA REFUSES TO GO DOWN CUBS TIE, SHARE DIVISION TITLE LOYOLA 1, SANTA MARGARITA 1.Byline: JUSTIN FRANK Staff Writer DOWNEY -- Senior midfielder
In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). Conor Hearn would not allow the Loyola of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. boys' soccer team to get down after falling behind 19 minutes into the Southern Section Div. I championship Saturday against Santa Margarita Santa Margarita ("Saint Margaret") may refer to:
The Cubs had done too much to get there. Fourth-seeded Loyola had many dramatic victories, including its overtime victory in the semifinals over top-seeded Wilson of Long Beach -- the fifth-ranked team in the country by Student Sports -- and its run culminated with a 1-1 tie and a share of the division title. After dictating the pace of the first five minutes of the match, the Cubs (23-6-4) fell behind in the 19th minute when the Eagles' Andrew Park headed in a goal past Loyola goalkeeper Marc Gardner. Ten minutes later, Loyola got the equalizer with a hard shot by Hearn from 10 feet out, which deflected de·flect intr. & tr.v. de·flect·ed, de·flect·ing, de·flects To turn aside or cause to turn aside; bend or deviate. [Latin d violently off David Abalos and found the lower left corner of the net. The Cubs didn't have the luxury of overtime to win this time, but Hearn seemed satisfied. "All week we talked about how we just had 80 minutes to win this game," Hearn said. "We fell behind early and we had to get that goal back, and we did." The Cubs had a chance to take the lead two minutes into the second half, but Casey Buckely's point-blank shot the shot of a gun pointed directly toward the object to be hit. See also: Point-blank was saved by a diving A DIV Associate of Divinity Abalos to keep the score tied. "All and all, it's a sweet feeling," Hearn said. "Even though we tied, it's still a championship, and I will always remember it." justin frank@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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