Late Goals from Utah Spoil a Result for WWCC

Photos Courtesy of Jen Atkinson

Thursday night in Salt Lake City the Mustangs played their second scrimmage of the 2015 season against the University of Utah Club team.

This has been a good scrimmage series for the two teams dating back six or seven years.  The starters for the Mustangs were determined by the results of their training camp fitness tests.  All 24 healthy Mustangs

The offense has kick to start the match for the Mustangs scoring in the 13th minute from sophomore Alan Wendlandt, assist Landon Jacobsen.  Second goal for Western was in the 19th minute an assist by Alan Wendlandt and a finish by Jesse Cardenas.  The Mustangs scored their third goal in the 36th minute a nice ball and assist from Tanner Trumble and a clinical finish by Jose Rincon.  The Utes snuck a great shot under the crossbar in the 37th minute to finish the scoring in the first half.  The halftime score was 3 -1 in favor of the Mustangs.

The second half scoring was again started by the Mustang who scored a Penalty kick goal in the 54th minute.  The goal was scored by Riley Gibson.  The lead with 35 minutes to go was WWCC 4 - U of U 1.  The Utes would score four unanswered goals in the latter end of the match to steal a win in the scrimmage.  The U of U goals came in the 59th minute, 67th minute, 84th minute and 89th minute.  The Mustangs did break down during the end of the scrimmage defensively and were caught on many counter attacking opportunities.  Hopefully lessons learned for Western for the regular season approaches next week.

Mustang Man of the Match: Alan Wendlandt - 1 goal and 1 assist in the match

Match Facts - Shots - WWCC 13, UofU 22; Assists - WWCC 3, UofU 3; Saves - WWCC 7, UofU 3 ; Corner Kicks - WWCC 3, UofU 4; Free Kicks - WWCC 3, UofU 5; Cards - WWCC 0, UofU 0

Up Next for the Mustangs; Scrimmage vs SLCC - Saturday August 15th in Rock Springs WY at Rock Springs Junior High (3500 Foothill Blvd) 3:00pm