CITY SECTION: PATRIOTS PUT END TO CP'S UNBEATEN RUN BIRMINGHAM AVENGES EARLY-SEASON DEFEAT BIRMINGHAM 4, CANOGA PARK 2.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer MONTEREY PARK Monterey Park, city (1990 pop. 60,738), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1916. It is a wholesale, retail, and financial services center. - There will be no perfect record in City Section boys' soccer this season. This ending was every bit perfect for Birmingham of Lake Balboa. The third-seeded Patriots spoiled top-seeded Canoga Park's bid for a perfect season and avenged a·venge tr.v. a·venged, a·veng·ing, a·veng·es 1. To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge: avenge a murder. 2. an earlier lopsided lop·sid·ed adj. 1. Heavier, larger, or higher on one side than on the other. 2. Sagging or leaning to one side. 3. loss to the Hunters by upsetting Canoga Park 4-2 in Saturday's City Finals at East L.A. College. ``This means more to us than anything,'' Birmingham coach E.B. Madha said, noting the championship is even more special after his team was left out of last year's playoffs because of forfeits. ``We have a lot of seniors and they felt they got cheated when we had a very good team last year.'' Patriots senior forward Oscar Garcia headed in the deciding goal in the 67th minute to give Canoga Park its first deficit of the postseason. Teammate Efren Rodriguez had tied the score five minutes earlier. ``Oh, my God, I'm so excited,'' Garcia said. ``You don't even know. I knew we could do this. I always believed in my team.'' Erik Moran capped the scoring with a goal in stoppage time stoppage time Noun Chiefly Brit same as injury time . Canoga Park defeated Birmingham 5-0 early in the season and entered the rematch REMATCH Cardiology Clinical trials–Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance Therapy as an alternative in Congestive Heart failure–related to use of a portable, electric left ventricular-assist system–LVAS–eg, HeartMate® on a similarly dominant run. The Hunters (23-1-0) had outscored opponents 18-0 through the first four rounds of the playoffs and hadn't allowed a goal in the past 11 games. Birmingham's Rene Alvarenga netted the first goal of the postseason against the Hunters with a backdoor See trapdoor. shot into the left corner in the 30th minute. The goal tied the score after Canoga Park's Camilo Rojas had provided the initial lead in the 21st minute. Rojas' goal was his team-high 31st of the season. Victor Sanchez
The previous claim is unfounded. restored the Hunters lead at 2-1 with a looping shot from more than 25 yards out just seconds before halftime. Birmingham (18-2-2) has been craving craving Psychology A strong desire to consume a particular substance–eg of abuse, or food; craving is a major factor in relapse and/or continued use after withdrawal from a substance of abuse and is both imprecisely defined and difficult to measure. a second chance at Canoga Park ever since they met in December. The Patriots were without two starters that game and wanted to show what they could do at full strength after their lineup had more experience together. Birmingham lost just one game the rest of the season. ``We barely started playing and we didn't know the team that well,'' Garcia said of the first meeting with Canoga Park. ``I was confident coming into this game. I was confident in my team. I never gave up. I believe in this team.'' Birmingham graduates a majority of its lineup, but Canoga Park has 16 members of its postseason roster eligible to return next season for another shot at perfection. The last City team to complete a season undefeated was Banning in 1995. Canoga Park lost once during its 2004 championship season, dropping a tournament game against eventual Southern Section Champion Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. . ``I've got nothing but the utmost respect for Canoga Park,'' Madha said. ``They're a great team.'' Heather Gripp, (818) 713-3607 heather.gripp(at)dailynews.com |
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