LONG BEACH — The Warren girls soccer team scored two goals in the second half to pull off a come-from-behind 2-1 victory over Thousand Oaks in the CIF Southern Section Division 2 final at Veterans Stadium on Saturday.
It is the first CIF-SS title for Warren in girls soccer.
Junior Allison Bravo scored the game-winner off a cross by senior Alexis Delgado (Cal State Dominguez Hills commit), which put the Bears up 2-1 with 12 minutes to go.
“It felt really good to put that game-winner in,” Bravo said. “I felt a lot of different emotions at the time and I’m just happy that I got to experience this with my teammates, with my sisters.”
Warren senior Mayilen Salazar (Azusa Pacific commit) tied the game at 1 early in the second half.
“Honestly, I’m not the type of person to score or shoot,” Salazar said, “but I knew that I had to do something for my team so I just didn’t think about it. It was a lot of emotion, a lot of adrenaline.”
The Bears ratcheted up their attack by switching from a 4-2-3-1 to a 3-5-2 formation, which allowed them to overload the Lancers on the wings.
“It took a lot of sweat, heart and tears,” Warren coach Lily Dussan said. “I’m a (2006) Warren alumni. I played there. This is my 14th year coaching, 11th running the program and we’ve put in a lot of work with these seniors these past four years.”
The Bears improved to 18-3-3 overall.
“We’re making history and we left a legacy here at Warren this year,” said Dussan, whose team made it to the Division 3 semifinals last season.
Thousand Oaks (12-8-3) was led by sophomore Maddie Linville, who who put the Lancers up 1-0 early in the first half.
However, after that moment, the Lancers’ offense went cold.
“It just wasn’t our day today,” Thousand Oaks coach Clay Cameron said. “They were really organized. That’s a really good team we played, they moved the ball well and they were really structured with their shape and disciplined.”
The Lancers had a quality scoring…
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