WNCC men tie Trinidad State

Alumni game entire team photo
Alumni game entire team photo

            TRINIDAD, Colo. – The men's soccer teams from Western Nebraska Community College and Trinidad State College had a very competitive match as the two teams couldn't decide a winner in the conference game.

            In the final game of the regular season, the Cougars and Trojans settled for a 1-1 double-overtime score as both teams get ready for the postseason next weekend.

            The men finish the regular season at 4-6-1 and could play Laramie County Community College next weekend but that is depending on the outcome of the LCCC and Otero game that was played Saturday evening.

            Trinidad State led 1-0 at halftime as the Trojan's Rafael Hashimoto scored to go up 1-0.

            The second half saw the Cougars get the tying goal as Matheus Nascimento scored off an assist from Alex Alarcon.

            Neither team scored again forcing overtime. The first overtime saw neither team score and that set up the second 10-minute overtime, which resulted in no score.

            WNCC head coach Todd Rasnic said the men's team dominated play but just couldn't get enough balls into the back of the net for the win.

            WNCC and Trinidad were practically equal in shots with WNCC tallying 10 shots with six on frame, while Trinidad had nine shots and four on frame.

            The Cougars were led in the shot category by Pablo Dominguez with four shots and three on frame followed by Nascimento who was a perfect two of two in shots.

            WNCC dominated on offense in another area as the Cougars tallied 10 corner kicks to zero for Trinidad. 

            The two teams were also physical as WNCC committed 21 fouls while Trinidad had 18. 

            There were also plenty of cards issued as Trinidad was issued three yellows while WNCC had two yellows. The Cougars also had two red cards issued.