LBCC men’s soccer suffered a tough loss after goalie Fabio Ardizzoia let in two goals that sent the game into a penalty kick shootout which ended 3-2 against El Camino on Nov. 13.
The Vikings’ momentum was through the roof at the beginning of the match, with steal after steal.
“I feel like we’re the best team in the state and at the end of it, it just comes down who’s going to work harder for it,” LBCC defensive player Andrew Zevallos said.
After a tough loss with some bad coaching decisions at the end the Vikings stayed ready for their first regional game on Wednesday.
“We had some pretty bad coaching decisions last minute but throughout the whole game our key concept was being defensive and just dominating the game by possession or by shots,” LBCC head coach Jorge Reyes said.
LBCC was tied up before Zevallos scored making the game 2-1.
“Going into state we just need to work on goals and defense as well, even putting the teams away and being a bit more aggressive when it comes to taking the ball back,” LBCC defensive player Roberto Orozco said.
El Camino ended up answering back with 10 minutes left in the second half 2-2.
“I’m very optimistic with this group considering we’re clicking on all cylinders and our guys are getting healthy as well as just being able to create so many opportunities but we’re gonna need to really capitalize them in this upcoming state game,” Reyes said.
After the last 10 minutes neither team could score, the game ended up going into overtime which resulted in a penalty kick shootout where the Vikings lost 3-2.
“During the game I feel like I was able to move the ball effectively but not just myself but my teammates were able to open up and get out there as well,” Zevallos said
LBCC ended up losing the third place SCC championship game but will play in round two of regionals on Saturday at 2 p.m. against Santa Monica.
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