2008 Woodie Awards
Men's Soccer vs. UC San Diego
Michelle Deutsch
Issue date: 10/10/07 Section: Sports
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Even with a not-so-crowd pleasing referee, the Humboldt State men's soccer team managed to dominate UC San Diego during Friday's home game.
After 90 minutes of regulation and 20 minutes of overtime, the final score of the men's soccer game was 0-0. But the crowd, the coaches, and the statistics agree that Humboldt dominated the game.
Keith Lambert is an assistant coach for the men's soccer team.
"Jason Tower [an assistant coach] always says, 'the nature of the beast in soccer doesn't always allow the better team to win,'" said Lambert.
When the game ended, Humboldt had 19 shots against San Diego and seven of those shots were on goal. San Diego had just two shots on goal.
Lambert said that Friday's game will motivate the team and, from here on out, the team is headed towards success.
"Right now, we're shuffling players around," said Lambert. "Today we saw a solid defense and good control in the mid field."
Lambert and his players hope to take better advantage of scoring opportunities in games to come, but the fans don't blame the players for not scoring. They blame the referee.
Barry Gordon is a Humboldt Soccer fan from Southern California.
"The ref was very, very inconsistent," said Gordon. "He ruined a lot of our scoring opportunities."
The crowd hollered and roared for the entire 110 minutes of soccer. The forwards on the field used their foot skills to break San Diego's defense and Humboldt State's defenders barely let the opposing team in their half of the field.
Tim Haden, a freshman defender for Humboldt State, said, "The ref was very inconsistent. He slowed down the game, but we held our own and played through it."
After a rocky start to the season, the game against UC San Diego gave Humboldt their second shut out in six games. Players like Haden hope that Friday's game was a turning point for the men's soccer team.
"We are a young team and we're becoming stronger every game," said Haden.
Michelle Deutsch can be reached at mrd27@humboldt.edu
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