Warrior men’s soccer team ties home opening conference game
ECC midfielder Jean-Pierre Dejean Macksa (6) strikes the only Warrior goal during the ECC-L.A. Harbor College game at the Athletics Field on Friday, Sept. 28. The game ended tied at 1-1. (Jack Kan/Union) Photo credit: Jack Kan
The ECC men’s soccer team (now 3-2-3) played their eighth game of the season against the L.A. Harbor College Seahawks on Friday, Sept. 28, but this was their first home opening conference game.
The Warriors fell behind early, when a defensive miscue in the 5th minute allowed Seahawk player Daberchukwu Anyadike to poke the ball past ECC keeper Andrew Argueta.
However, in the first minute of the second half, ECC defender Mason Briggs played a through-ball assist which midfielder Jean-Pierre Dejean Macksa slotted home, tying the score, 1-1.
Macksa remained very dangerous, with two other clear scoring opportunities within the next 15 minutes, but he shot both wide of the Seahawk goal.
Play got a little chippy at times, with a total of twenty-five fouls committed (15 by L.A.Harbor, and 10 by ECC) and five yellow cards issued (3 to the Seahawks, and 2 to the Warriors).
The Warriors got two other opportunities to win the game. Cole Prince shot one wide, while midfielder Dara Fakhouri tantalizingly headed the other one over the Seahawk crossbar at the 90th minute. The game therefore ended in a 1-1 tie.
The Warriors next home game will be on Friday, Oct. 5 at 4 p.m. against conference opponent Cerritos College.
![Players from the El Camino College men's soccer team surround and cheer on Melvyn Perez-Cortez, No. 13, after he scored a goal against Orange Coast College in the 48th minute of the match at Murdock Stadium on Tuesday, Nov. 26. “At halftime we had a speech with the coach and he said to ‘come out strong’ and that’s what we did and it benefited us a lot and [the game] went in our favor,” Perez-Cortez said. Rosemary Montalvo/The Union](https://eccunion.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ND5_9869-475x317.jpg)
