By Ed Piper
La Jolla came back from a 1-0 deficit midway through the first half at Canyon Hills, then broke a 2-2 deadlock with an Evan Figueiredo goal with just 2:21 left in regulation time in the second half to down the Rattlers, 3-2, on their new turf field Fri., Jan. 12.
Viking Coach Pilar Flores was back in the fold after his one-game suspension Jan. 10 for a player's red card (recent CIF rule). The second-year coach was on hand to witness sophomore Marco Lopez's tying goal in the first period to get La Jolla on the scoreboard.
(Actually, there were two small electronic boards on each end of the field, with the old "Serra" scoreboard on the south hill demolished in the midst of construction to update facilities--it was very difficult to access the actual playing field with two fences between fans and the field.)
Then, only three or so minutes after Lopez's goal, compensation time kicking in, senior Koa Frankel hit a soaring shot from about the 20-yard line for the 2-1 La Jolla halftime lead.
Late in the second half, after Canyon Hills' Amin Abdullah's free kick with 20 minutes left equalized the count at 2-2, "Figgie" followed a teammate's shot that was blocked with his goal. The Vikings held on for the win.
La Jolla is 5-3 overall, 2-1 in the City League pending Jan. 19's result. At the time, the win over Canyon Hills upped the Vikings' record in league to 1-1.
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