Years from now, when players from the 2009-10 Santa Barbara High and Dos Pueblos boys soccer teams talk about that incredible night of March 5, people probably will think they’re making it up.Who would believe that a high school soccer match could draw a crowd of 8,000 people to a stadium?Maybe in some soccer-mad nation like Brazil, England or Mexico.But here?The CIF-Southern Section Division II championship game between crosstown and Channel League rivals Santa Barbara and … [Read more...]
Paramount ends DP’s magical postseason run

DOWNEY - For a team that somehow kept extending its season game after game, Dos Pueblos' run is finally done. The Chargers, who won time and time again this postseason when few thought they would, made it all the way to Saturday's Division-I CIF SoCal Regional final as an unseeded darkhorse from the Southern Section's Division II.In the end, Paramount got the better of the Chargers, winning 2-0 at Warren High School in Los Angeles to claim the CIF Regional title. Paramount's Jose Salgado scored … [Read more...]
DP surges back in final minutes, wins in PKs
A fantastic season was eight minutes from ending.Dos Pueblos' boys soccer team found itself trailing 2-0 at San Fernando on Thursday in the 72nd minute, but scored two goals in two minutes and won 4-2 in a penalty-kick shootout to advance to Saturday's SoCal Division I Regional Championship Game. There, the Chargers will face a Paramount team which they beat earlier in the season 1-0 at the Atascadero Tournament.Brandon Tangel rose above the pack and used his head to bury a Kenny Lara corner … [Read more...]
Chargers win “ugly, ugly, ugly” game to move on

Coach Tovi Eliasen wasn’t particularly impressed with the Dos Pueblos soccer team’s performance on Tuesday, but the Chargers are moving on nonetheless after a 1-0 victory at Stockdale in Bakersfield.DP (16-6-7) will play at San Fernando High School (19-2-2) on Thursday in the semifinals of the Division I SoCal Regional Tournament.“It was an ugly, ugly, ugly game,” said Eliasen. “We came out pretty flat all the way around. I can’t even attribute it to the 3-hour bus ride, because … [Read more...]





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