{"id":38424,"date":"2019-01-05T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/stars-fall-to-el-paso-9-7-masl\/"},"modified":"2019-01-05T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-05T18:30:00","slug":"stars-fall-to-el-paso-9-7-masl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/stars-fall-to-el-paso-9-7-masl\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars fall to El Paso, 9-7 | MASL"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Tacoma Stars went in to El Paso, Texas on a roll, having won two road matches to begin a four-game road trip. The El Paso Coyotes were looking for their first win of the season.<\/p>\n

After five lead changes and six ties, the Coyotes (1-3) broke into the win column with a 9-7 Major Arena Soccer League victory over the Kent-based Stars (4-2) on Friday.<\/p>\n

For the third straight road game, the Stars’ opponent scored first. This time, Jose Moreno put the Coyotes on the board just 2 minutes, 11 seconds into the game. Less than two minutes later, the Stars pulled even on Nick Perera’s goal, with Pablo da Silva assisting for his first point as a Star.<\/p>\n

Mike Palmerin then picked up his first Star point on a goal with 8:36 left in the first, giving Tacoma a 2-1 lead.<\/p>\n

Thirty seconds into the second quarter, Jorge Rios scored the first of three goals on the night for El Paso to tie the game 2-2.<\/p>\n

The Coyotes went back in front of the Stars with 6:49 left in the opening half on Moreno’s second of the game. The Stars evened the game 3-3 when Michael Ramos scored on an assist from Perera with 2:23 remaining in the quarter. A two-minute tripping penalty to Palmerin put the Coyotes on the power play, and they didn’t waste time. Omar Tapia scored 39 seconds into the man-advantage attack, and El Paso was up 4-3 at the half.<\/p>\n

Ramos brought the Stars even on a Raphael Cox assist with 11:13 left in the third. El Paso killed off a Stars power play, but Adam West scored six seconds later to give the Stars a lead at 5-4 with 8:10 left in the quarter. Rios found the net for El Paso with just 24 seconds left in the third to send the game to the final quarter tied 5-5.<\/p>\n

El Paso would score first in the final frame off the foot of Diego Talas. Less than a minute later, West scored his second of the game for Tacoma to even it up at 6-6 with 8:28 left. Rios completed his hat trick for El Paso with 6:48 left on the clock. Moreno nailed his third of the game as well for the Coyotes less than a minute later to put the Stars down 8-6.<\/p>\n

Philip Lund scored for the Stars at the 3:47 mark, and Perera elected to pull keeper Danny Waltman for a sixth attacker with Tacoma trailing 8-7.<\/p>\n

The Stars had a few good looks with the man advantage, and Salas managed to put the ball across the line for the Coyotes with three seconds left in the game for a short-handed to give El Paso the final 9-7 margin.<\/p>\n

Next up<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Stars continue their road trip in Texas on Sunday when they play the Rio Grande Valley Barracudas at 3:35 p.m. Stars road games are streamed live on masl.tv<\/a> with live stats available at maslsoccer.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Stars’ next home action is Friday, Jan. 11 against the Monterrey Flash. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:35 p.m.<\/p>\n

For tickets, call 1-844-782-7784 or go to tacomastars.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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