{"id":40184,"date":"2019-04-20T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-20T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/stars-drop-game-one-to-sockers-6-3\/"},"modified":"2019-04-20T09:47:14","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T16:47:14","slug":"stars-drop-game-one-to-sockers-6-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/stars-drop-game-one-to-sockers-6-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars drop Game 1 to Sockers 6-3"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tacoma Stars kept pace with the San Diego Sockers through two quarters in the first game of the Major Arena Soccer League Pacific Division playoffs but were outscored 4-1 in the second half and ultimately lost 6-3 at the accesso ShoWare Center on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Game 2 between the Kent-based Stars (12-13) and Sockers (24-1) is 7 p.m. Saturday at Pachanga Arena in San Diego (MASL TV<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Tacoma opened scoring in the game when Philip Lund converted on a Raphael Cox assist with 12:14 left in the first quarter. Cesar Cerda knocked in the Sockers’ first goal unassisted with 4:10 remaining.<\/p>\n

Leonardo De Oliveira scored for the Sockers with 10:40 to go in the half, but Dan Antoniuk tied the game for Tacoma, heading into the locker room.<\/p>\n

San Diego scored the only two goals of the third quarter on markers by Hiram Ruiz and Cerda, his second of the game, to take a 4-2 lead into the final 15 minutes of play.<\/p>\n

Adam West’s score brought the Stars to within 4-3 with 12:46 to play. San Diego regained its two-goal margin on Christian Gutierrez’s goal with 2:59 left. San Diego’s Raymundo Contreras found an empty net to reach the 6-3 final score.<\/p>\n

SCORING SUMMARY<\/strong><\/p>\n

First quarter –<\/strong> TAC, Lund (Cox) 2:44; SD, Cerda 10:50 SH; penalties – SD, Pino blue card (tripping) 9:47.<\/p>\n

Second quarter –<\/strong> SD, De Oliveira (Contreras) 4:20; TAC, Antoniuk (Ramos) 11:44; penalties – TAC, Peterson blue card (tripping) 3:46; TAC, Peterson yellow card (delay of game) 3:46; SD, Chiles blue card (pushing) 4:05; TAC, Waltman blue card (tripping) 12:48.<\/p>\n

Third quarter –<\/strong> SD, Ruiz (Bond) 10:52; SD, Cerda 13:28; Penalties – none.<\/p>\n

Fourth quarter –<\/strong> TAC, West (Da Silva) 2:14; SD, Gutierrez (Escoto) 12:02; SD, Contreras (Farber) 14:45; penalties – none.<\/p>\n

Shots –<\/strong> Tacoma 4-1-3-3 (11), San Diego 7-11-6-6 (30)<\/p>\n

Attendance –<\/strong> 2,412<\/p>\n

Follow the team at tacomastars.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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