The offense opened up for the Dodge City men's soccer team after scoring five goals in the first four games of the season; the Conquistadors tallied seven in their return home after a trip to Texas and earned a 7-1 win over Mineral Area.
The Conqs, with the win, improved to 2-1-2 on the season and more than doubled their goal output in the victory over Mineral Area.
Control was established early for the Conqs as it looked like the Conqs were going to take the lead in the first five minutes of the matchup, but a goal was wiped away on an offside call. However, the Conqs did break through shortly after as
Sota Kido tallied the Conqs first goal of the day in the seventh minute, with
Naim Cochin and
Francesco Pennacchio each tallying an assist. The shots continued to spray around the goal for the Conqs as the first half progressed, and
Yushin Mizutani scored to make it 2-0 in the 16
th minute, and then a penalty kick was awarded to the Conqs in the 18
th minute, leading to a
Brian Hara goal.
Up 3-0 after the penalty kick, the Conqs saw Mineral Area flip the ball ahead quickly on the restart and just seconds later get on the board to make it 3-1. Conqs carried a 4-1 lead into intermission after a ball caromed around in the box and went off Mineral Area for an own goal by the Cardinals.
In the second half, the shots were nearly even, but the Conqs took advantage with nine shots, recording six on goal and scoring three more times as
Towa Ochiai scored off a header in the 56
th minute, then Hara recorded his second goal coming in the 77
th minute, and
Adam Oueslati finished the Conqs scoring in the 82
nd minute as the Conqs won 7-1.
Conqs outshot Mineral Area 31-9 in the win with 15 shots on goal.
Rensho Ishikawa earned the win in goal, recording three saves.
The season rolls along at home for the Conqs on Sunday, September 6
th, against Western Nebraska at 12:00 pm.
