The Atoms boys varsity soccer team has started their season off with a rough start. Coming up with two consecutive losses against Lee (2-7) and Fairfax (3-1) and one win against West Springfield (3-2).
“The season has had a rough start, but we are picking it up little by little as a team,” junior Luis Aguirre said.
The loss against Lee was probably one of the worst games the team had so far this season, conceding seven goals throughout the game. In that game, the team made many defensive errors that led to the goals they conceded.
It was a little better in the Fairfax game. Although they lost, they were tied until full time, so they went into overtime.
In overtime, the team fell apart and conceded a penalty and another easy goal. On the bright side, both the games they lost were teams that were not in their district.
Senior Alan Balderama is one of the Atoms’ top players this season, bagging five of the seven goals the team has overall. The team seems like they can improve in all aspects of the game, but they lack in creating opportunities to score goals and lack communication on the pitch.
“The games we lost are because of miscommunication and not working together, but we turned that around against West Springfield and worked together for the win,” Aguirre said.
The team’s goals for this season are still very much in tact despite losing their opening matches.
“My goal is to have a home district game and/or win that game to advance to regionals,” senior Jeffery Montano said.
Many of the players would like to go far this season so they could get the support they need in each and every of their games.
“This season, I want to make this team go far and make people believe in us because no one cares about soccer,” Aguirre said.