Heat dominate Capitals with 3-1 win

LAREDO MORNING TIMES

June 13.

With a win tonight, the Laredo Heat can earn six points in consecutive nights following Friday’s 3-1 win over the Baton Rouge Capitals before a crowd of 1,204 at the TAMIU Soccer Complex.

“We dominated the whole game,” Heat Owner Shashi Vaswani said. “What we don’t want is for our guys to be overconfident and suffer a letdown (tonight) because of how well they played.”

Isaac Morales got things started with a goal in the 22nd minute off an assist from Juan Ibarra.

Silas Blackwell scored off an assist from Stiven Ospina in the 82nd minute before Felix Garcia followed quickly in the following minute with a goal off Raul Quinones’ assist.

The Capitals’ goal came in the 90th minute off a goal from Gino Ray.

The two clubs finish their back-to-back set tonight. Kickoff is set for 8:15 p.m.

The Capitals (4-4-0, 12 points) entered Friday’s game with momentum and confidence after building a three-game winning streak.

All of those victories came at the confines of Olympia Stadium, where they have only lost once. Coincidentally, that loss was at the hands of the Heat in a 1-0 defeat.

But the Heat (4-1-3, 15 points) continued their offensive resurgence.

After a dormant start to the season offensively, the Heat have averaged three goals in their last three contests.

The loss leaves the Capitals still searching for a road win.

Of the eight games they have played this year, only three have been on the road.

The Heat is hoping they can capitalize on Baton Rouge’s road woes tonight.

Laredo managed to control the Capitals’ 1-2 punch of Tony Judice and Leonardo Barros on Friday, and also had no troubles with Capitals goalkeeper Dustyn Brim, who entered the game coming off a shutout and boasting a .86 goals-against average.

Both clubs are chasing the Austin Aztex (6-1-1, 19) who travel to Houston Saturday to take on the Leones.

At the moment, Laredo has snuck past Baton Rouge and New Orleans (3-3-3, 12 points), which won’t play again until next weekend, in the standings.

HEAT NOTES: This weekend the Heat and the South Texas Make-A-Wish Foundation are making local child Luis Flores wish come true. On Saturday, Heat staff will be distributing Heat logo decals prior to the game from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the TAMIU Soccer Complex Parking Lot.
All fans attending the games will be asked if a decal can be placed on their vehicles at no charge to them. The goal this year, as in years past, is to place 500 decals.
Flores, will be granted his wish at halftime of Saturday evenings match. The 16-year-old Flores has been diagnosed with leukemia and his wish is to have a full-blown entertainment system to enjoy movies and play video games.