BOYS' SOCCER: SIMS, RESEDA BACK ON TRACK RESEDA 1, S. FERNANDO 0.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer Willie Sims Willie Sims (born January 18, 1984 in Guatemala City) is a Guatemalan-born soccer player, who currently plays forward for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. He was drafted in the 2nd round (23rd overall) of the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. spent Friday afternoon slipping and sliding around the muddy Reseda High soccer field. But the junior forward wasn't about to let his team's hopes of a Valley Mission League title slip away. Sims scored his 28th goal of the season to give Reseda a 1-0 victory over San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. . ``It was really important,'' Sims said of the victory. ``We needed to beat them.'' The Regents (17-4-2, 3-2-1) are ranked among the City's best and were the preseason favorites Another term for bookmarks, which was popularized by Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. See favicon and Internet Explorer. for the league title, but were upset 3-1 by the Tigers in the league opener. Reseda continued to stumble through the first round while San Fernando (12-5-1, 4-2) surprisingly remained in first place. The Regents claimed they weren't concerned, but knew they needed a win against the Tigers to contend for a title. ``In the beginning we were kind of slumping Slumping is a categorical description of an area of techniques for the forming of glass through the use of heating glass to the point where it becomes plastic. It is generally formed by the force of gravity. ,'' Sims said. ``We'd just come back from three tournaments. That was 16 games and we'd only had two days to rest and come back and get ready. We aren't as tired now.'' Reseda needed the extra energy to play in the swamp-like conditions that made passing and good footwork hard to execute. ``It made it difficult,'' Sims said. ``The ball kept stopping in the mud. But we still played pretty much our style.'' Because of a large puddle that filled the center of the field, the Regents relied on runs down the lines to create several more scoring opportunities than San Fernando. When multiple early drives ended because the ball stopped in the mud, Reseda coach Julio Castillo reminded his visibly frustrated frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: players to ``make the best of it.'' Sims did just that with a goal in the fifth minute. His shot was initially blocked by Tigers goalkeeper For the close-in weapon system, see . In many team sports, a goalkeeper (termed goaltender, netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports) is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the Edgar Rodriguez, but as Rodriquez slid, the ball went over his head and into the top of the net. Reseda goalkeeper Gabriel Venegas often struggled to keep his footing but preserved the shutout Not to be confused with Shootout. In team sports, in American English, a shutout (a clean sheet in soccer) refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring. While possible, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball. with five saves. San Fernando, which lost its second game in a row, gave a glimpse of what has made it one of the West Valley's best teams. A defense anchored by Pablo Mejia, Jose Arreola, Fernando Alvarez
Fernando Alvarez is a macroeconomist. He is a professor of economics at the University of Chicago. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1994. and Wilber Rosales spent the afternoon stopping drives by Sims and Alfredo Ayala. The Regents took 13 shots. ``We've been confident,'' Sims said. ``We were just slumping earlier. We knew we had a better team.'' |
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