SAC opens season with thrilling win

Freshman Adrian Negrete scored the game winning goal with 32 seconds left in regulation in the Dons 2-1 victory over Rio Hondo College Sept. 2.
I wanted to go all out and get the win," Negrete said about his goal.
   Santa Ana College started this game with eight returners and 17 freshmen on the team.
   One of those freshmen was Negrete who early in the first half kicked a ball that hit the top of the goal post. With seconds left, forward Julian Cardenas scored the first goal of the year to end the first half. For Cardenas that goal was worth more than just a point.
   "My friend, Christian Osuna, passed away so I dedicated this to him," Cardenas said.
   Early in the second half freshman goalkeeper Adrian Garcia allowed his first goal when the ball went into the right corner of the net making it a
1-1 tie.
"Can’t keep your head down, you got to keep working," Garcia said.
In the 89th minute Negrete drove the ball down the field and into the net for the win.
Garcia had eight saves and Negrete had four shots and two shots on goal.
"Condition wise we were good," said Head Coach Jose Vasquez, "We were beating them up and down the field late in the game."
The Dons next face San Diego Mesa College here Wednesday.