MSOC: 'Riders roll past Indians, fall to Tatum
during earlier season action. (Photo by Ray Jackson)
The Center boys soccer team continues to battle to get lineups down as well as rotations as the Roughrider work through the early portions of the 2012 season.
Center scored its highest goal output of the young season on Friday night in a 5-1 win over Carlisle, then came back on Tuesday night and was shut out for the first time on the year in a 1-0 setback at the hands of Tatum.
Center, which stands at 2-1 on the season after Tuesday's setback, opens play at the Palestine Tournament on Thursday against Jacksonville at 6:30 p.m. CHS also will face off against Corsicana (9:30 a.m.) and Whitehouse (2 p.m.) on Friday.
The Roughriders are set to square off with Mabank on Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
In the 5-1 win over Carlisle on Friday, the Roughriders moved out to a 2-0 lead at the halftime break, with Luis Garcia and Gerardo Chavez putting the ball in the net for Center.
Carlisle came out in the second half and quickly cut the deficit in half, 2-1, with an early goal, forcing the Roughriders to go on the offensive again.
Garcia then scored his second goal of the contest on an outstanding corner kick. That was followed by scoring plays by Bryan Ruiz and Pablo Gonzalez to close out the match.
"Luis' goal was really an awesome play," said Roughrider head coach Richard Ruiz. "We're still looking good for early in the season, but we've still got some fine-tuning to do as we make adjustments to the lineup."
In the 1-0 loss to Tatum on Tuesday, the score was tied 0-0 at intermission before the Eagles were able to break on top and take the one-goal win in the second half.
"We took a lot of shots against Tatum, but we just couldn't get them in the back of the net," Ruiz added. "We've got to do a better job of finishing when we get the ball near the net."