CITY SECTION SOCCER: ECR HAS SPOT IN SEMIS.

Byline: Daily News

Fremont's Emilio De La Torre faked an injury inside his team's penalty box midway through the second half. The defender was looking for a foul or at least to waste time because El Camino Real's throw-in specialist Ian Kogan was about to pass in a ball from the left sideline.

De La Torre wasn't awarded the free kick and the host Conquistadores (20-4-5) were on their way to a 3-1 victory in Tuesday's City Section boys' soccer quarterfinal game with Fremont (9-4-2) at El Camino Real in Woodland Hills.

Kogan helped the defending champion Conquistadores come back from a 1-0 deficit in the 11th minute of the first half with a throw-in. His pass - about 30 yards from the right side - found its way through the Fremont defense and to the right foot of Tony Sangari, who kicked the ball past the diving goalie and into the net.

El Camino Real was able to put the game away in the last four minutes of the first half, when Ede Ibekwe scored his third goal of the season on a breakaway through the middle. Yan Flakinsten also scored for El Camino Real.

- Julio Cortez

In other boys' City Section soccer:

--Birmingham 1, Garfield 0: Jaime Gomez scored from the left slide in the 75th minute to propel the host and top-seeded Patriots (19-4-3) to their first semifinal appearance in coach Jose Freire's 13-year tenure.

Gomez, coming off a four-goal performance in a second-round victory over Monroe, had three open looks against Garfield (5-6-5) in a game of rare scoring opportunities for both teams. He has 12 goals on the season.

John Wall recorded his seventh shutout for Birmingham, especially significant because the Patriots had given up a season-high three goals against Monroe.

Claiming its players were pelted with rocks during the game and that Birmingham was offsides on the goal, Garfield refused to shake hands after the game.

``That's the first time the other team hasn't shaken our hands in 13 years,'' Freire said. ``It's very unsportsmanlike.''

- Gerry Gittelson

In girls' City Section soccer:

--San Pedro 2, El Camino Real 1: Stephanie Shaw scored from just outside the left goal post with four minutes left to break a 1-1 tie and lift host San Pedro (16-1-3) in a City championship semifinal at Bogdanovich Park.

In a game which was played primarily in the middle of the field, third- seeded El Camino Real (11-4-1) was outshot 11-4 and never got another shot after Shaw's tiebreaking goal.

- Kirby Lee

--Poly 2, South Gate 0: Leticia Huerta and Lizette Garcia both scored for the Parrots (7-8-4) in a City Invitational game.

--Reseda 2, Huntington Park 0: Irma Parra and Myra Lopez each had goals for the Regents (10-3-2) in a City Invitational game.

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Photo: Ede Ibekwe (right) of El Camino Real collides with Fremont goalkeeper Michael Ruiz during ECR's 3-1 win Tuesday.

Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Staff Photographer