Rattlers Edged by Winds, 2-1

The Santa Ana Winds blew through the Rattlers in a game played at Palmdale last week. The Winds made it a sweep by beating the Rattlers 2-1 in a game played in Santa Ana this past weekend.

After 45 minutes of play the score was even at 0-0. Then in the 55th minute the Rattlers Mathayo Huma scored his first goal of the season on a blast that left the Winds keeper standing helpless. Miguel Ibarra had the assist, hitting Huma with a beautiful pass after carrying the ball into the the offensive zone.

The Rattlers only had three minutes to enjoy their lead. The Winds tied it up in the 58th minute, beating keeper Zach Brunner at the near post. Then, just two minutes later the Wind scored what turned out to be the game winner.

The Rattlers defense held ground after that, with Brunner making 15
saves that kept the game with in reach. “Our keeper had a good game or it could have been 6-1″ said Rattlers head coach Jarrod Cline. “We played a lot better, but not great.” Cline went on to say “basically it comes down to hard work and practices. The talent is here now, they just need to work hard and be more consistent at practices and in the games.”

Next up: Rattlers will travel to San Jose to take on Real San Jose (1-0-5) on May 14th. The following weekend they will be in San Diego to take on the San Diego Boca on Saturday and the San Diego Flash on Tuesday. The Rattlers won’t return home until June 11th when they will take on the Sacramento Gold, last years NPSL National
Champions.