Los Angeles Beats BYU, 2-0
Jarom Jordan
jarom.jordan@byu.edu
BYU head coach, Chris Watkins and the Cougars lost 2-0 on Friday night. (BYU Photo)
PROVO, Utah (May 21, 2010) -- The Los Angeles Legends (2-1-2) defeated Brigham Young University (0-1-1), 2-0 Friday night in the Cougars first Premier Development League home game. BYU was shutout for the first time since July 11, 2009 versus Orange County.
"I think we won the ball pretty well, playing into our game plan, except for those final balls," said BYU head coach, Chris Watkins. "Tomorrow's game becomes even more important to get three points. It's so early that it's not necessarily going to be a big problem. We play decently on the road. If we go 0-2 on the weekend, we will have problems."
The scoring started when L.A. midfielder, Jesus Ochoa ripped a right footed blast into the lower right corner of the net for the first goal in the 12th minute. That was followed by a Daniel Martinez finish in the 45th minute to put the Legends up 2-0. BYU outshot the Legends 16-13 and had five more corners (8-3). BYU's Brady Marshall and Blake Tillotson both had breakaways in the first half but came up short. Referee Brad Jensen made four bookings on the night including a yellow to BYU's Brent Jensen and a pair to Raul Palomares and Erick Robert. Robert received a red in the 80th minute.
"We came ready to play but we didn't have the focus to put the ball away," said sophomore forward, Blake Tillotson. "We definitively need to improve on that."
"Our guys didn't play as excited (as the Mexico game)," said Watkins. "You've got to play every game like it's a World Cup final or else we would have been prepared for those breakaways."
BYU will face the Lancaster Rattlers tomorrow at 8 p.m. MT. BYUtv will broadcast the game live on television and online at www.byu.tv
Scoring Summary:
LA 1-0 12' Jesus Ochoa (Daniel Martinez)
LA 2-0 45' Daniel Martinez (Eders Roldan)
