SAN JOSE
– One more down and just one more to go for the Gilroy High boys
soccer team, which shocked No. 2 Gunn with three consecutive
first-half goals en route to a convincing 4-1 semifinal
victory.
SAN JOSE – One more down and just one more to go for the Gilroy High boys soccer team, which shocked No. 2 Gunn with three consecutive first-half goals en route to a convincing 4-1 semifinal victory.
For the second straight game, the garlic kickers jumped all over their top-notch opponent. In Saturday’s quarterfinal, Gilroy stunned perennial power Leland with three goals right off the bat, leading to a 4-2 victory. Last night at PAL Stadium in San Jose, the Mustangs did the same to the defending section champion Titans.
Junior Everardo Diaz de Leon opened the scoring in the 8th minute off a feed from teammate Alfonso Motagalvan and, 11 minutes later, senior Javier Hernandez netted his first of two goals off a pass from Diaz de Leon.
Then, senior Jorge Plata put Gilroy up by three only 24 minutes in with a blast off a direct kick from the top of the box.
The No. 3 Mustangs now prepare for the biggest game of their scholastic careers, up against No. 1 Watsonville in Friday’s Central Coast Section Division I Championship on the same field at 7 p.m.
Gilroy officially holds a 21-0-5 overall record, but Watsonville did beat them in the Homestead Cup Finals in penalty kicks. The loss was counted as a tie for the losing team’s record.
Watsonville and Gilroy were ranked Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, in CCS at the end of the regular season, but Gunn got the No. 2 playoff seed over Gilroy because of power points, playing in an ‘A’ Division.
The Wildcatz defeated No. 4 Menlo-Atherton by a 3-1 spread in the earlier semifinal game played at PAL Stadium.
