Shorthanded Pirates fall 2-0 to Chargers
| Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
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Cypress (9-5-5, 6-3-2) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Orange Coast (5-14-0, 2-9-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
COSTA MESA -- Apparently, Mother Nature is not a fan of the Orange Coast College men's soccer program.
Already playing a man short due to a pair of yellow cards, the Pirates fought through 45 minutes into a severe head wind and rain and trailed only 1-0, with the hopes that the second half would find a positive wind direction to negate the 10 vs 11 disadvantage.
Nope.
Instead, the late-afternoon downpour that covered the greater Costa Mesa area also brought with it a complete change of the wind, negating any help as Coast fell to visiting Cypress, 2-0, on a miserable Tuesday afternoon at the OCC Soccer Complex.
In spite of the lack of help from the elements -- and a second ejection called on the Pirates -- the OCC squad played well against the playoff-bound Chargers (9-5-5, 5-3-2 in the Orange Empire Conference). A first-half goal by Fabrizio Arana and a second-half goal by Brayan Justo proved to be enough against a Pirate squad that was a man down for 70 minutes and two men down for 20 minutes.
Both goalkeepers -- Cypress' Alex Felix and OCC's Collin Macha -- earned four saves.
The Pirates will dry off and wrap up the regular season at home against Golden West on Thursday, beginning at 3 p.m.
