BU15 Intra clinches first place

Ramona’s Boys Under 15 Intra FC prevailed over Vista Storm 6-3, improved their record to 11-0-1 and clinched first place.

The Intra FC team, coached by E. Jay Maruna, Mike Diaz and Marco Sanchez, has assembled a very good complement of players, noted Kristina La Rosa, team manager.

The match versus Vista began with a goal scored within the first 22 seconds. Intra’s Dylan McLaughlin took a pass from Eddie Duarte and punched it in to give Intra the early lead.

Intra’s second goal featured Adam Dolan passing to Keegan Martin for the score. Martin beat two defenders to shoot past the Vista goalie.

Intra’s third goal was setup by a trip in the box. Eddie Duarte’s penalty kick to the left side deflected off the goalies hand into the net. The offense continued to add goals beginning with Danny “Rookie” Diaz’s free kick, which Duarte headed to Danny Diaz, who drilled it into the net.

The first half scoring was capped off by Intra’s Francisco Solis sizzler to make it a 5-1 contest. In the second half, Vista tacked on two goals but the combination of Duarte to McLaughlin capped off the scoring to give Intra FC the win.

On the defensive side of the ball, Intra’s Goalie Agustin “Guz” Gutierrez had another solid day. Overall the Intra FC defense has given up only11 goals this season.

Intra’s defense features sweeper Marco Sanchez Jr., defensemen Luis Valencia, Alex LaRosa, and Adam Dolan.

Intra’s mid-fielders feature Connor Maruna, Ramiro Gonzalez, Danny Diaz, Francisco Solis and Uriel Vasquez. The forwards include Alejandro Romero, Eddie Duarte, Dylan Mclaughlin and Keegan Martin. Through 11 games, the first place Intra FC has a division leading 45 points scored.

Next weekend Intra FC will play both a home and an away game against the Arsenal Club from Temecula.