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Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010
The Clackamas Print 5
ougars undefeated in region play
.Robert Morrison
- Sports Editor
Romen’s soccer team hit
Id this year in high fash
bey finished second last
[the Northwest Athletic
ation of Community
g’ South Region. Heading
is week the Cougars are
of a 8-2 overall record
impressive 7-0 record in
play.
team has gone through
hanges and has improved
ace last year. “The team
jy and the maturity of the
ive made improvements,”
acy Nelson, head soccer
jink we have improved
«thing,” said All-Region
¡nd Region MVP Jennifer
.Cougars have had their
(offensive and defensive
fc year, but according to
m, defense has been the
fector in their wins.
:y have to run every time
in another team to score
$o we have extra motiva-
aid Nelson. Nelson also
with the phrase “Defense
ampionships.”
hour defense and offense
een important and our
has really stepped it up,”
i said.
wements in players as
improvement in the team
¡factors for a potential
EC playoff berth.
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lof the team.
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teams are always impor
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The Lady Cougars practice hard to maintain their winning streak on Oct. 11 on Clackamas Community College’s soccer field.
With hopes of remaining undefeated, tfie Cougars will continue to improve their offensive and defensive games.
The Cougars are a team that’s
used to big wins; the team won
South Region Championships in
2004,2005,2007 and 2008. They
seem to know their way around
beating good teams. A good team
never underestimates the aver
age team either or a good team
can lose to an average team. One
game at a time is a common state
ment in sports.
“We need to treat every game
like Walla Walla,” said Bauman.
The Cougars lost to Walla Walla
(1-3) on Sept. 1, the first of their
two losses. Their only other loss
was against Spokane (1-2) in the
game immediately after their first
loss.
“We would love to stay unde
feated (in Region play), but we
are taking one game at a time,”
Jackson said.
Teams win some and lose
tland Timbers lose in playoffs to Vancouver
By Katherine Suydam
The Clackamas Print
Contributed by Steven Weldon
ai^nder $*eve Purdy fights to protect his team’s
tha i nc°uver Defender/Mid-Fielder Blake Wagner
playoff game on Oct. 10 in Portland.
The Portland Timbers suffered
a bittersweet end to their season,
playing a winning game and losing
the playoffs.
The Timbers played their sec
ond game in the first round of
the playoffs against the Vancouver
Whitecaps at the University of
Portland’s Merlo Field last Sunday,
winning the game with a one-to-
nothing shutout. But the win did
not get them to the second round of
the playoffs in Puerto Rico where
the Whitecaps will be playing
Thursday, Oct. 14.
The Timbers held the Whitecaps
to five shots, taking 15 themselves,
and both teams took three comer
kicks. ¿Timbers midfielder James
Marcelin scored a goal in the begin
ning of the second half, giving the
Timbers their last win as a United
States Soccer Federation Division
Two team.
“I think that apart from this
year ...it has progressed. I think
the style of football has changed.
We’re starting to bring in some
good players for the future. So
I think for the organization, you
look at the fan support, you look at
the quality of the football, the only
thing missing here is a trophy. It’s
disappointing,” said Timbers’ Head
Coach Gavin Wilkinson.
“It was an extremely entertain
ing game. Obviously it would have
been nice to go on to the next level,
but it was a good game and they
played very well. Any other game
this season... we would be celebrat
ing, definitely,” said Ryan Pollard, a
member of the elite group of fans
known as the Timbers Army.
The Timbers got four extra min
utes after the second half to get
the goal that they needed to tie up
the playoffs and go to an overtime
shoot out. Though they played hard
and the Timbers Army cheered as
loudly as they could, they did not
get that extra goal.
“It was mostly an offensive
effort tonight. We didn’t have much
to do, well the guys in front of me,
the four in front of me did a fantas
tic job. I mean I don’t even know
if I really had a save tonight,” said
Steve Cronin, Timbers goalie. “I’m
real proud of everybody going for
ward and we nearly got them.”
“I think they came around late
but they did really well, I think that
the neatest thing about them this
year is that they are so close to the
fans and the community, and it’s
going to be sad to see any of them
go,” said Timber Joey, the mascot.
Though the season has ended,
Timbers fans can look forward to a
hew beginning next year as a Major
League Soccer team, with fresh
faces and a stadium of their own.
some, but with the season well
underway and the playoffs roll
ing over the hill come early
November, the Cougars look to
play strong as they try to add
another NWAACC South Region
Championship to the Clackamas
Community College books.