Box Score

September 29, 2009

Men’s Soccer:
Vikings open conference play with 4-1 win over ECC Compton

The Long Beach City College men’s soccer team got a pair of goals from sophomore forward Oumarou Boubakar and sophomore midfielder Manuel Batista totaled three assists to lead the Vikings to a 4-1 South Coast Conference win over El Camino College Compton Center on Tuesday.

The win improved Long Beach to 4-3 overall and 1-0 in the SCC while Compton dropped to 4-3 and 0-1 in conference play.

Boubakar gave the Vikings a 1-0 first-half lead in the 25th minute on a breakaway goal off the pass from Batista.

Long Beach opened the second half with a goal in the 47th minute. Boubakar headed in a corner kick from Batista to put LBCC up 2-0.

Boubakar nearly had a third goal in the 51st minute, but had it waived off by the referee after an offside call on the Vikings.

Freshman Jesse Castaneda added a goal in the 58th minute and freshman Riley Sheahan came off the bench to post a goal in the 88th minute to close the LBCC scoring.

Compton broke up the shutout with a goal from Alfonso Fonbana in the 89th minute.

Freshman Luis Romero made just one save in the opening 45 minutes in goal for the Vikings while freshman Jorge Gastelum totaled four saves and allowed the goal in the second half.

Guillermo Guerrero posted four saves for Compton.

The Viking men are back in action on Friday (Oct. 2) with a 4 p.m. SCC game at El Camino College.