Things started out well for the Live Oak High girls soccer team
in its 4-0 victory over visiting North Salinas in league play
Monday, but didn
’t end the way Acorn coach Tony Vasquez would have liked.
Things started out well for the Live Oak High girls soccer team in its 4-0 victory over visiting North Salinas in league play Monday, but didn’t end the way Acorn coach Tony Vasquez would have liked.
Coming off a tense Tri-County Athletic League opener at Hollister-San Benito, the Acorn girls shrugged off any hint of a letdown by sprinting to a 3-0 lead against the overmatched Vikings midway through the first half. Catriona Adam, Michelle McDonald and Cobbie Jones each scored in the first half for the Acorns.
But Live Oak (3-0 in league, 6-3-3 overall) lost its focus in the second half and could only manage one more goal the rest of the way — a second-half score by Janae Pimental.
To make matters worse, Vasquez was slapped with a red card in the second half for “unsporting behaviour,” according to referee Marcos Martinez.
The red card came as Vasquez protested what he saw as one-sided calls by Martinez.
The red card came without a warning and without a preceding yellow card.
“Usually, there’s a warning,” he said.
As a result, Vasquez will have to sit out Live Oak’s next game, at Salinas on Thursday at 5 p.m.
