Utah High School Soccer - Dixie held off by Crimson Cliffs
March 30, 2021: St. George, UT 84770 The Crimson Cliffs Mustangs held off the host Dixie Flyers soccer squad by a margin of 4-3 in Tuesday's league match.
The Mustangs now sport a 8-1 record. They play next when they host Snow Canyon for a 4A Region 9 match on Friday, April 2. Crimson Cliffs will encounter a Warriors squad coming off a 6-3 league win over Cedar (Cedar City, UT). The Warriors record now stands at 5-2.
With the loss, Dixie drops to 4-3 on the season. The Flyers host Pine View (St. George, UT) to encounter the Panthers in a 4A Region 9 match on Thursday, April 1. The Panthers come into the match with a record of 2-6. Pine View won 1-0 in their recent league match against Hurricane (Hurricane, UT)
Game Summary
Dixie looses close game 4-3 vs Crimson Cliffs.
I was really proud of our guys and how they managed to control the first half tonight. We picked up a quick unassisted goal from Rene Bernal. Then he found Denrick Tahual to assist him on our second goal of the first half. The guys maybe relaxed too quick as Crimson Cliffs answered with a goal of their own to bring it to 2-1. Rene then found Iker Meza for our 3rd goal of the first half...but Crimson isn't at the top of Region 9 because they roll over easy...as they answered with their second goal before the half...leaving the score at 3-2 for the half time break.
Crimson is well coached and made great adjustments to deliver a great second half performance where they equalized their 3rd goal about midway through the second period. With approximately 10 minutes to go, we had an unfortunate foul in the corner of the 18-yard penalty area and Crimson drew a PK which Mitchell Squires finished for the go ahead 4-3 game winning goal.
