Bolts Complete Sweep Over Stars
Published on February 12, 2012 under Professional Arena Soccer League (PASL)
Anaheim Bolts News Release
Tacoma, WA- (February 12, 2012)- The Anaheim Bolts completed a weekend sweep of the Tacoma Stars in extraordinary fashion with a 12-11 victory at the Starfire Sports Complex.
The Bolts came back from 5-4 down to take a 8-6 lead at halftime but the fun was just beginning. Anaheim came storming out of the gate in the second half and goals from Hugo Casillas (who struck his second hat-trick of the weekend), Felipe Gonzalez and and Tomislav Colic meant the Bolts took an 11-7 lead into the fourth quarter.
The Bolts extended their advantage to 12-7 when Adriando De Lima struck his fourth of the evening with a quick snapshot at the near post, but Tacoma came storming back.
The Stars brought out Leighton O'Brien as the sixth attacker and pulled two back through Stephen Mohn and Ian Weinberg. After the second goal, Jesus Molina was yellow carded for punting the ball away in frustration, meaning the Bolts had to put a man in the box and were down 6-4 in terms of personnel. Miguel Sanchez was then whistled for a sixth foul forcing the Bolts down to 6-3 at the 13:39 mark.
Tacoma took full advantage with Vitalie Bulala scoring 13 seconds later and Oscar Jimenez pulled the Stars within one with just 35 seconds remaining. The Bolts held on, however, with Colic poking the ball away from Mohn before he could shoot off of a corner kick with 10 seconds left to preserve the victory.
The Bolts were already in trouble as early as the third quarter when Rafael Gaytan was shown a red card for retaliating after twice being clipped from behind by Micah Wenzel. Just moments later Jesus Molina went down with a knee injury, but the veteran keeper toughed it out and made some crucial saves down the stretch.
"I am so proud of our guys," beamed head coach Bernie Lilavois after the game. "We faced a lot of adversity but we fought as a team and held on for the win. Getting the W the way we did should be a real turning point for our season."
The Bolts are still mathematically in the playoff hunt and must win their remaining three games while hoping that either Tijuana or Turlock slip up down the stretch.
The phrase in the Bolts camp is "one game at a time" and Anaheim will start their three game home-stand to end the regular season next Sunday versus Revolucion Tijuana at 6:00 P.M. PST at the Anaheim Convention Center Arena.
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