Cougar soccer season;
The tale of two teams
By Tracy M. Sumner
Of The Print
The Clackamas Com
munity College Soccer Team.
In the past, that title has
become synonomous with lop
sided victories, league cham
pionships, and high finishes in
nationals competition.
This season, however, the
team has fallen on harder
times. Not that the team’s
2-2-1 won-loss-tie record is
bad, it’s just that the followers
of Cougar soccer have been
conditioned to expect so much
more from the program.
How does a once-proud
soccer program with a tradition
of winning go from a season of
double-digit victories to a team
struggling to stay above the
.500 mark in just one year?
Could it be team defense or
more likely lack of team
defense?
Defense is no problem for
the Cougars, says College soc
cer Coach Janos Szanto. The
Cougar defense, in his eyes, is
nearly above reproach.
“We have no problems
defensively,” Szanto said
recently. “The team’s doing a
great job.
“I think we have the best
defensive line in the league,”
he continued. “I also think our
goalie (Ricky Zyelinske) is the
best goalie in the league.”
Statistics certainly don’t
argue with the coach. Through
the team’s first five contests,
the defense has allowed a
paltry 12 goals for a stingy 2.4
goals-against average. Fine
defensive soccer on anv level.
The problem facing the
young Cougar squad so far this
season is that no matter how
few goals you allow an opppo-
nent to score, victories are in
finitely less likely when you
don’t score.
The Clackamas offense
has managed a five-game total
of eight goals. That works out
to a pathetic 1.6 goals a game
for the Cougars. If the team’s
defense had playing only
average on the defensive end,
it would now have found itself
in a 0-5 hole.
“We have to start scoring
goals”, Szanto stated, to the
surprise of no one. “We have
very talented people on of
fense, they just need ex
perience.” Szanto said that the
team had “six or eight”
freshman and that most of the
first year players were very
talented soccer players, but
sorely lacking in college ex
perience.
“Our front line (the ones
who should be scoring) is main
ly freshmen,” he explained.
“They create a lot of scoring
chances, but when they get
close to the goal, they lose con
fidence.
“These guys have a lot of
goals in their legs,” Szanto
said. “I believe in them.
They’re going to explode some
day; it’s coming.”
Another problem that has
haunted the Clackamas soccer
team is that of transfer players
returning to hurt the Cougars.
“This is my third year here
and I keep running into players
who have played for me,” said
Szanto.
Coach Janos Szanto
Former Cougar Jeff
Johnson was a one-man
wrecking
crew against
Clackamas. He scored three
goals against the Cougars' to
carry Willamette University to a
5-2 win.
John Welle also was a
force against his old team.
Welle helped the Oregon State
Beavers to a 3-0 win with a fine
defensive effort. “We couldn’t
get by him,” Szanto noted.
The Cougars, once they
overcome past Clackamas
players and self-destructive
tendencies on offense, they
should be an excellent soccer
team. Maybe double-digit scor
ing efforts are a bit too much to
ask of the young, inexperienc
ed club, but if the Cougars con
tinue their frugality on the
defensive end, they may yet
challenge for the state title.
Womens x-country showing improvement
By Doug Vaughan
Of The Print
Running with the most
team members so far this year,
the Clackamas Community
College women’s cross coun
try team improved the r show
ing on Oct. 9, at the WJlamette
Invitational at Busch Park in
Salem.
Wynia stated that it was an
excellent day for running the
flat 5000 meter course and as a
result the Cougar’s times were
faster.
Leading the way for the
Cougars was Sue Rodgers with
a time of '20:18 following
Rodgers was Vicki Anderson
who finished the course in
21:19. Rounding out the scor
ing runners (the top five from
each team) was Suzy Graham,
Michelle Fobert and Debbie
Koffel with 21:33, 21:42 and
22:08 times respectively. Other
individuals that ran but did not
effect the team scores were
Marie Freedman (24:11), Julie
Pearson (25:06) and Tami Ar-
bini (27:17).
The competition in the
tournament was stiff according
to Wynia. Included in the field
with the Cougars were the
University of Oregon, Pacific
Lutheran, University of
Portland, Linn Benton Com
munity College, Oregon State,
Portland State, Linfield, Lewis
and Clark, Eastern Oregon,
Western Oregon, Lane Com
munity College, Umpqua
Community College, Mt. Hood
Community College, and
several rion-collegiate track
clubs.
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