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(September 14, 2007) -UC
Riverside lost a 3-0 decision to San Jose State in their home-opener
at the UCR Soccer Stadium Friday afternoon. The Highlanders
are now 3-2 on the season and the Spartans improve to 3-1.
The two teams played a
very physical match with,26 fouls called throughout the game.
Spartan forward Ricky Dorrego got behind a very tough UCR
defense on a give-and-go and put it past the diving UCR keeper,
Charles Alamo, at the 23:10 mark for a 1-0 SJSU lead.
Both teams continued to
compete and the frustration of numerous scoring chances that
were broken up throughout the game by both defenses seemed
to boil over in the second half. During a five minute span
centered around the 70th minute, two yellow cards and a red
card were given out resulting with UCR having to play a man
down the rest of regulation.
SJSU increased their lead
to 2-0 at the 65:00 mark, Efrain Burgos Jr scored off of a
free-kick just over the heads of the wall of Highlander players
and into the top left corner. Ismael Ibarra put the Spartans
up for good in the 79th minute after taking a long pass that
came from midfield and beat Alamo in a one-on-one encounter
to make it 3-0.
Highlander senior Andrew
Villalobos led the UCR attack with three shots on goal and
Alamo finished with six saves. UCR hosts Sacramento State
on Sunday at the UCR Soccer Stadium at 3 p.m.
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