Roadrunners win Region 16 opener

Union, Mo.-The State Fair Community College (SFCC) Roadrunners men's soccer team secured a 5-4 win over East Central College on Saturday, Sept. 27.

East Central opened the scoring with less than 20 minutes gone in the opening half. Later in the first half SFCC (2-7, 1-0 in Region 16) answered with a goal to tie the match. The Roadrunners added their second goal with about 37 minutes to go in the opening half. The Roadrunners led 2-1 at halftime.

The Roadrunners added three more goals to begin the second half to extend the lead to 5-1.

 East Central refused to go away as they put together a furious rally beginning with a goal with about 30 minutes to go in the second half to make the score 5-2. East Central added two more goals to trim the SFCC advantage to 5-4.

 SFCC made just enough plays in the closing minutes to secure the hard-fought victory.

Freshman striker Mohammad Sami Goodarzi recorded three goals. Sophomore striker Nathan McCollin contributed a goal. Freshman defender Ruben Garcia added a goal.

Sophomore goalkeeper Michele Tafani got the start in the net for SFCC.

The Roadrunners will return to action on Tuesday, Sept. 30 in another Region 16 match against Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City. Kickoff is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.

David Rohrbach

SFCC Athletics