Adam West and Chase Hanson each scored two goals, leading the Tacoma Stars past the Ontario Fury 6-3 in front of 1,457 fans at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, Calif., on Sunday<\/p>\n
The Stars (4-1) moved a half-game ahead of the Fury (4-2) for the Pacific Division lead in the Major Arena Soccer League standings and completed a weekend road sweep with Nick Perera debuted as player-coach. Tacoma defeated the Shockers in San Diego 5-4 on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Perera got the call to succeed Darren Sawatzky, who accepted the head coaching position with FC Tucson of the USL League One.<\/p>\n
Ontario’s Juan Carlos Gonzalez scored on a power-play goal with 13:38 left in the first quarter, but Perera notched the equalizer with 4:29 on the clock after one quarter.<\/p>\n
The Stars scored three unanswered goals in the second quarter. The first was an own goal by Ontario credited to Jamael Cox with 11:19 left in the half. Mike Ramos nailed his first marker of the season on an assist by Perera with 6:11 remaining. A minute later, West scored his first goal of the match to give the Stars a 4-1 lead.<\/p>\n
Maicon de Abreu closed out the scoring in the first half for Ontario.<\/p>\n
After a scoreless third quarter, West knocked home his second goal of the game on an assist by Matt Clare with 3:31 remaining in the game. Hanson scored his second goal of the season, assisted by Philip Lund, with 1:38 to go.<\/p>\n
Francisco Cordeiro scored for the Fury in the final minute of play.<\/p>\n
The Stars continue their four-game road trip when they travel to Texas to take on the El Paso Coyotes on Jan. 4.<\/p>\n
The Stars’ next home match is Friday, Jan. 11 against the Monterrey Flash. Kickoff is 7:35 pm.<\/p>\n