It was starting to look like it might be a long soccer season for the Sweet Home boys, as they trailed 7-0 at halftime against visiting Siuslaw on Sept. 2.
But the Huskies made some adjustments at halftime and played a 1-1 tie in the second half. It was an 8-1 loss, but…
“Yeah, tale of two teams,” said Coach Eric Stutzer.
“The boys were really struggling to play anything in the first half – a lot of boot ball, not much control.”
Plus, he said, his boys were “just ball watching the entire first half, and watching things drop. The ball would bounce three times before one of our players would even get to it.”
In the second half, though, they were a whole different team, fighting and scoring.
“We started doing a lot better, getting some good looks,” Stutzer said.
“The problem on offense wasn’t just that we weren’t getting balls on net, we weren’t getting it off our foot fast enough.
“And so first half, I think we had about seven eight shots. In the second half, we were upwards of about 12 to 13.”
Their goal came from sophomore Felix Lopez, and Stutzer said some of the others “should have gone in.”
The Huskies were to host East Linn Christian on Sept. 9 before traveling to Kennedy on Sept. 18.
