Soccer Recap: Tanque Verde Find Success

Tanque Verde and Palo Verde combined for eight shots on goal on Friday, which explains the impressive five total goals scored. The Tanque Verde Hawks narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Palo Verde Titans 3-2. The Hawks' winning goal came courtesy of Seaton Epstein.

Tanque Verde used a slightly different lineup for their bout with Palo Verde. Three players got more time on the pitch than they're used to: Ryan Ruskay (80), Nicholas Rice (80), and Kason White (80). The trio had averaged 55.2, 55.6, and 54.3 minutes respectively before Friday's contest. Rice made the most of the opportunity, putting up one assist and two steals A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.

Tanque Verde's victory was their first in the region, bumping their region record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 5-5-1. As for Palo Verde, they moved to 10-4-3 with that loss, which also ended their four-game winning streak.

Tanque Verde has already played their next match, a 9-0 win against Andrada Polytechnic on the 21st. As for Palo Verde, they also wasted no time getting back out on the pitch and have already played their next game, a 2-1 victory against Empire on the 21st.