LAREDO MORNING TIMES
The Laredo Heat (5-2-3, 18 points) fell to the El Paso Patriots (4-4-3, 15 points), 2-1, on Friday night at Patriots Stadium.
The two teams meet tonight in the second game of a doubleheader in El Paso.
“We were playing on their side most of the night and they played very defensive,” Heat Owner Shashi Vaswani said.
El Paso’s Jair Olivares single-handedly was responsible for the Patriots’ upset win in an intense contest that is surely to see a fitting end to its series today.
El Paso got on the scoreboard first on a goal by Olivares in the 12th minute.
Trailing 1-0 at the half, the Heat tied the game on Felix Garcia’s header on a nice cross from Steve Su in the 61st minute.
But Olivares struck again, this time on an assist by Mario Garcia, in the 66th minute to put the Patriots ahead to stay.
The Heat’s Isaac Morales received two yellow cards, one in stoppage time, and was ejected.
Silas Blackwell and Juan de dios Ibarra also received yellow cards for Laredo as tempers were testy for the Heat.
Prior to the loss, the Heat boasted a record of 3-0-1 over its last four games, having scored 12 goals during that stretch.
The Patriots and Heat will conclude their weekend series tonight at Patriots Stadium at 8:30 p.m. central time.
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