LBCC forward Gustavo Cervantes scored two goals in Friday’s game, but that wasn’t enough to overcome Pasadena City College, losing 4-3 at Vets Stadium.
The loss can be attributed to the amount of injuries that the men’s soccer team attained.
The men’s soccer team faced adversity as Pasadena City College player Erneto Angulo scored in the 12 minute.
After an assist from Jaelyn Agu, Cervantes scored his first of two goals in the 21 minute.
As halftime passed, LBCC tied the game at two, after Pasadena forward Asher Smith scored in the 48 minute, Gustavo Cervantes scored his second goal just a minute later.
Pasadena forward Mario Urbina scored in the 57 minute and Pasadena added another in three minutes.
Facing a 4-2 defeat, LBCC forward Alejandro Galvan scored one last goal to finish the game as a 4-3 loss.
Cervantes voiced his take on the injuries the team faced, “We’ve got a lot of people injured and we can’t played with a majority of the team injured.”
Coach Cameron Bealuc confirmed that the loss came to injuries, having lost five starters to injury.
“Our poor communication and how we kept swinging the ball and missing it,” Bealuc said.
LBCC forward Jaelyn Agu said, “I don’t think the intensity was there in the second half.”
“If we could’ve stepped together and more, we could’ve forced the ball back to their centerbacks. Also, we weren’t that comfortable with our feet.”
The LBCC men’s soccer team takes the field again at home vs LA Harbor College, at 7:30 p.m. on October 22.