Soccer: Capital senior off to torrid start with seven goals in four games

Source: The Santa Fe New MexicanSept.儲存倉 05--Brayan Perez might look like a one-man wrecking crew for the Capital Jaguars boys soccer team, but that was not always the case.Last season, Perez had nine goals and two assists. After just four games this year, he already has racked up seven goals and four assists and is the No. 3 scorer is Class AAAA.The senior forward continued his torrid streak with four goals and one assist in Tuesday's 6-1 win against Valencia. In the two prior matches against St. Michael's and Santa Fe Preparatory, he had a hand -- or rather, a foot -- in all five of the Jaguars' goals.It would have been six, but his goal 30 seconds into the season against Taos was negated by an offsides call.If you ask Perez about his success, he'll say he is not doing it on his own."It's a team effort, it's not just any player," Perez said. "I've just been getting every shot that I get and put them in. I've been getting them in, but everybody's had their chance to get theirs. It's just luck that I've been getting them in."Even though luck has been good to Perez, he points out his goal count could have been higher against Valencia. He took a lot of shots in the first half that did not find the back of the net."In the first half, I was pretty bad," he said. "I could have got more."Senior midfielder Luis Rios has a knack for finding Perez in scoring situations. He said it is not hard to find Perez, mainly because he is open."We find Brayan because the outside wingers and the other forward keep moving, so that makes plays for him, and sometimes it makes plays for the other forward," Rios said. "He's just there for the pass and he knows where to be because he's pretty aware of his surroundings."It helps that he can get in position to do something with Rios' passes. Capital head coach Eugene Doyle said he saw a lot of improvement in Perez's fitness from last year. As a result, he is able to get into open spaces where teammates are able to spot him."He's making really great runs and he's making himself visible to the midfielders," Doyle said. "迷你倉價錢e's a lot faster than he was last year."Doyle said Perez scores so often because Capital controls the ball longer than its opponents."By controlling possession, he's able to get the ball a lot more often," Doyle said. "As long as we play our game with solid defense and keep controlling possession, then he's going to get a lot more opportunities."Perez might be the Jaguar scoring all the goals at the moment, but he believes every other player on the team can carry the scoring load like him."Everyone on this team is capable of scoring goals and giving assists," he said. "We're all complete players and everyone wants a goal."While everyone wants to score, it takes a teammate to set that in motion, and it is Rios' job to find an open teammate down the field. If he can't find Perez, there is usually another player open to take a shot."We try to find the best option, and [Perez] is always there," Rios said. "If he's not there, there is a winger or a forward who is. It's a matter of reading the game and knowing where the spaces are going to open up. If you don't get the ball to him, there's another man open."Doyle said a shutdown defense is to be thanked for the offense's success. The lone goal scored by Valencia is the only goal allowed by Capital all season. The Jaguars kept opposing teams to four shots per game until allowing eight against Valencia."I really credit most of the success to the defense," Doyle said. "They're just really controlling possession and limiting the opponent's opportunities and turning them into transition goals."Perez is the hot hand -- or foot -- at the moment, but that might change down the road. With a lot of depth and loads of talented seniors (10 in all), Doyle expects somebody else will get their chance to shine later in the season."We have a bunch of bad-asses," Doyle said. "It's not about who scores, it's about us scoring."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, N.M.) Visit The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, N.M.) at .santafenewmexican.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉