Lack of communication, on the field, caused the LBCC men’s soccer team to fall to a 4-3 defeat against the Chaffey Panthers on Tuesday afternoon, at the Viking Soccer Field.
Vikings have had a rough start this season, so far, they are 1-4.
“We have such a young team, we are still getting used to each other and most importantly communicating with each other,” said assistant coach Eric Leon.
Panthers struck the back of the net first within the 17 minutes in the game.
Midfielder, Jaelyn Agu, scored for LBCC, assisted by Sergio Flores, tying the game 1-1.
LBCC Freshman, Cameron Badal, scored for the Vikings, with the assist by Louis Arellano, giving them the 2-1 lead.
Chaffey tied the game in the second half 2-2.
Pushing the ball and taking it through, Badal scored his brace, giving Long Beach the lead 3-2.
Both teams were back to back with plays and performance but, the Panthers didn’t give the Vikings a break, as they made two more goals and came out with the win.
Lack of communication was a large factor that led to the Vikings defeat to the Panthers.
“We could have communicated a lot better, I’m pretty disappointed in our lack of communication we had as a team” said Badal who scored two of the three goals for the Vikings.
“We need to take practices more serious, because what we bring to practice is what we bring to games and it definitely showed this game” he added.
Ivan Hernandez, assistant coach and trainer for the goal keepers, agrees that lack of communication caused the team to fall short.
“I didn’t hear them talking in the back, middle, or anywhere on that field,” said Hernandez
“When I work with my goal keepers I stress them to communicate with the defense, but I didn’t hear any of that”
Moving forward Vikings will push to communicate and work on adjusting together as a team.
Vikings will have their next game on Sept.13 at Golden West College at 4 P.M.