SAN DIEGO - The Point Loma men's soccer team dropped a 3-0 decision to Cal State LA in its season opener on Saturday, Sept. 2.
 
The match stayed scoreless until the 32nd minute when the Golden Eagles ran a beautiful set-piece off a corner kick and it was headed into the goal by Antonio Rosas. The Sea Lions had a few chances to tie the match but great shots from Indiana Fuller and Christopher Tellez were both saved. CSLA would two more goals in the 79th and 87th minutes, respectively, to seal the match.
 
Team Records
CSLA (2-0-0), PLNU (0-2-0)
 
The Turning Point
Although PLNU trailed 1-0 most of the second half it was still aggressive and giving itself some chances. However, when CSLA's Julian Zamora was able to beat two Point Loma defenders and the goalie for the score which put the Golden Eagles up 2-0 with just 12 minutes left, the match was all but over.
 
Wisdom of the Wolf
"That is what Cal State LA does. They are good at what they do, and we aren't good with what they are good at like defending free kicks, defending the counter and taking chances. It is a similar storyline to previous games against them."
 
"Sometimes you can think of having too many good teams on the schedule can just be too difficult or can hurt you. But at the end of the day, the West Region is really difficult and there is no way around it so hopefully strength of our non-conference schedule helps us in conference play, but the reality is if you have no confidence after the non-conference games it doesn't help you."
 
"Where we are at (in the development of this program) there are many positives from a 3-0 result. Until we understand that it is important to do things a certain way, but you must win. So to me there are no positives."
 
Scoring Summary
31:58 - CSLA GOAL: Antonio Rosas (Miguel Galvan Lara) [CSLA 1, PLNU 0]
78:03 - CSLA GOAL: Julian Zamora (David Elizaga) [CSLA 2, PLNU 0]
86:45 - CSLA GOAL: Miguel Galvan Lara (David Elizaga, Eddie Leon) [CSLA 3, PLNU 0]
 
News and Notes
> This was the fourth straight season these teams have met
> The Golden Eagles lead the all-time series 0-3-1
> CSLA outshot PLNU on shots on goal, 6-3
> This is the first time since 2013 that PLNU did not have a result after the first two matches
 
Up Next
A daunting road trip awaits the Point Loma men's soccer team. The Sea Lions will take the nearly 600-mile, one-way trip to face Chico State on Thursday, Sept. 7 at 4:30 p.m. The Wildcats are 2-0-0 on the season.