SBCC couldn’t hold leads of 1-0 and 2-1 on Thursday night as L.A. Mission rallied to tie the Vaqueros 2-2 in a WSC men’s soccer match at La Playa Stadium.
The tie ended the Vaqueros’ six-game win streak. They’re still unbeaten in their last eight (6-0-2) and remained atop the WSC standings with that record. SBCC, ranked No. 8 in Southern California, is 6-5-3 overall while the third-place Eagles, who tied the Vaqueros for the second time this year, are 7-6-2 and 4-2-2.
Kalum Horne opened the scoring in the 44th minute on an assist from Danny Molineaux. After the Eagles tied it in the 54th minute, Sam Nicholson headed in a free kick from Danny Rodriguez nine minutes later to put the Vaqueros ahead 2-1.
Oscar De La Cruz tied it with a goal in the 81st minute.
“I couldn’t see a defender and I thought I was offside,” said Nicholson after netting his first goal of the year. “Danny found me and I put it in the back of the net.
“On their last goal, we didn’t clear it, then they had a mishit and it came off Mikey’s (Michael Dowson) head. That was unlucky. This feels like a loss.”
SBCC goalie Ismael Guzman made a diving save in the 60th minute and leaped to knock a ball over the crossbar in the 90th.
“The result was very disappointing,” said Vaquero coach John Sisterson. “We didn’t stamp our authority on the game and we didn’t play like we can. You can’t do that against a good team like Mission.”
SBCC travels to Oxnard on Tuesday at 2 p.m.
