On Friday, Sept. 26, Chabot College’s soccer teams played one of their last September games.
The women’s team traveled to Woodland Community College for their eighth game of the season. Although the first half of the game saw no goals, action was still seen on the field. In the twentieth minute of the game, Woodland player Kenya Shears received the first and only yellow card of the match.
The Chabot offense had great contact with the ball and created opportunities with eleven shots at goal in comparison to Woodland’s four shots.
In the second half, the Chabot Gladiators finally saw fruition to their continuous ball possession. At the 72-minute mark Kiana Ayllon got the first goal of the match with the assist of Julie Lemoine.
The action didn’t stop there. Just six minutes after their first goal the team took advantage of the momentum and scored their second and final goal of the game by Abigail Lopez with the assist by Kiana Ayllon. Final score 2-0.
The Chabot Women’s team is now 5-2-1 overall this season.
On the same day the Chabot Men’s team stayed on their home field in Hayward to battle it out with Hartnell College of Salinas.
The Hartnell Panthers took control immediately. Just three minutes into the match, Hartnell’s Kevyn Trejo Aviles made an unassisted goal on Chabot goalkeeper, leaving the Glads in catch-up position from the first whistle.
Thirty-four minutes into the game the Panthers received a yellow card, which would not be the last of the match.
Into the second half, the Panthers had a set goal when they were given a penalty kick at the 66-minute mark. With a 0-2 score the Glads stepped up their game with some aggression earning them their first yellow of the game, followed by a goal at the 74-minute mark by Brandon Espinoza with assistance from Jose Magallon. Two more yellow cards were given out to both teams.
After Chabot got their goal, Hartnell came back with their third goal just under 10 minutes before the final whistle by Isidro Flores.
With the final score of 3-1, Chabot continues their shaky season with 3-3-2 overall record.
