CITY SECTION BOYS' SOCCER: ECR FALLS IN SEMIS FREMONT HOLDS ON TO ADVANCE FREMONT 2, ECR 1.Byline: Matthew Kredell Staff Writer Making it to the semifinals would be a great season for most boys' soccer teams, win or lose. Not for El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
The Conquistadores expected more. Despite dominating play in the second half, El Camino Real couldn't break through for the tying goal Wednesday in a 2-1 loss to visiting Fremont. The Conquistadores are left in an unfamiliar position, playing in the third-place game Saturday against Manual Arts at East L.A. College rather than the main event between Fremont and South Gate that follows. The team isn't looking forward to the extra game. ``I'm ashamed to play in that game,'' leading scorer Peter Saatjian said. ``Third place is the second loser (jargon) loser - An unexpectedly bad situation, program, programmer, or person. Someone who habitually loses. (Even winners can lose occasionally). Someone who knows not and knows not that he knows not. to us.'' ECR ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECR European Congress of Radiology ECR Electron Cyclotron Resonance ECR El Camino Real (Kings Highway; California) ECR Electronic Cash Register ECR East Coast Radio (South Africa) jumped out to an early 1-0 lead when Peter's brother John Saatjian scored off a throw-in. Then the fifth-seeded Conquistadores seemed to get too confident, thinking the game was already won. Thinking they were entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: . Fremont quickly showed otherwise, scoring two goals in the next 15 minutes to take the lead. ``After we scored we thought we could walk through the game,'' Peter Saatjian said. ``It took their two goals to make us understand that we needed to step up.'' From then on, El Camino dominated the action. Even after freshman Alon Shivhon received a red card in the 52nd minute, the Conquistadores kept up the pressure while playing a man down. Jamie Thomas Jamie Thomas (born October 11, 1974) also known as The Chief, is a professional skateboarder and skateboard industry magnate from Dothan, Alabama. He started skateboarding at the age of eleven. missed a shot high off the post. Rei Stern lined a free kick that the Fremont 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 was able to reach up to tip over the goal. But Peter Saatjian, a junior who scored 21 goals on the season, couldn't get any opportunities. He finally had a chance in the 78th minute when he found an opening to the left of the net. But his only shot of the game was partially blocked. Fremont, the eighth seed, 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. a loss to El Camino Real in the semifinals three years ago to make the City final for the first time since 1992. Fremont will actually be the high seed in the title game against No. 10 South Gate. Matthew Kredell, (818)713-3607 matthew.kredell(at)dailynews.com |
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