For the Mountain Mail
It took a fluke for the Class 4A Taos Tigers to defeat the Socorro Warriors 1-0 in the first game for both teams. No one has claimed responsibility for the mystery goal and most everyone has a different version of what happened.
Socorro assistant soccer coach Kenny Gonzales said, “When they finally scored it was actually a fluke shot. It was amazing that it went in. It wasn’t even a shot and all of a sudden they called a goal. Head coach Chuck Ngo and I thought it went over the net. We found out from the kids is that it was actually a deflection off one of their players, it came off his shin, went up and had a downward spin and took a quick dip. The goalie didn’t even have a chance to react. It was just a big shock to all of us that it went in.”
Gonzales said that Taos has a good and fast team and he couldn’t take anything away from them but that the Socorro boys looked good. Socorro had a couple of shots on goal in the last five minutes of the game. Warrior Kenneth Urban got tripped inside the box, giving the Warriors a penalty kick. Avery Ngo was about to kick the ball and he got a cramp and didn’t send a full shot, which the goalie stipped.
“That was our biggest chance to score and tie up the game. We had two more shots on goal after that and their keeper was able to stop us,” Gonzales said.
Socorro’s first game was at Grants. After a 1-1 tie in regulation, Socorro won in a shootout. Alq Fuierer made the winning shot for Socorro.
“We’ve got a few things we have to work on the midfield and our defense,” Gonzales said. “I think we’re going to have a great season.”
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