FORT BENNING, Ga., (April 15, 2015) -- 1st Squadron, 16th Cavalry Regiment, manhandled Maneuver Captains Career Course in a 9-0 blowout April 7 during an intramural soccer game at Doughboy Stadium.
"It was a high scoring game," said Juan Solis, 1/16 head coach. "(But) I'm not going to say it was an easy game. They were challenging."
MCCC struggled with having enough of their own players to field a complete team and played with two "borrowed" players from 1/16 and Dental Activity. The result showed in the team's lack of cohesiveness and ability to score.
The scoring madness began for 1/16 early in the first half by Jeffery Wright as he knocked in the first goal at 3:15 to bring the score 1-0.
With most of the action played on MCCC's side of the field, 1/16's Bryce Land and Kefa Masaki each added a goal to extend their lead to 3-0 by halftime.
Though most of MCCC's shots on goal occurred in the first half, they continued to fight back in the second half.
"Usually a team (who is behind) by halftime and has less manpower; they tend to call it quits and go home, (but) they played the whole game," Solis said.
MCCC held off 1/16 from scoring until mid-second half when 1/16 scored three consecutive goals from Chase Hammontree, Solis and Masaki, to lead 6-0.
Solis said he believes MCCC's fatigue played a role in their scoring.
"I think they just got tired," he said. "Before they were that tired, they put up a (better) fight. They were constantly pressuring us, running around the field and cutting the passing lanes."
In attempt to stop the scoring frenzy, MCCC switched their goalie, which helped.
Solis said the replacement goalkeeper came off his line at the goal, as opposed to the first goalie, which made scoring more difficult.
"He was closing down our angles to shoot, so it was a lot harder to shoot," he said.
In defense of the first goalie, a borrowed player from 1/16, Solis said, the player had never played the position before.
1/16 ended the game with three more goals with Hammontree, Everardo Ochoa and Alpha Mansaray each scoring a goal to round out the 9-0 win.
Constant pressure and consistent passing were the key factors in the win, Solis said, along with the number of players he was able to rotate.
"Every time we finish a play, it's constant pressure," he said. "We try not to give the other team time to settle and adjust. We (also) try to maintain fresh legs the whole time (to) try and keep the momentum going (and) that helps."
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