Coach's confidence pays off as Monte Vista captures program's first-ever CIF title
Down 1-0 at halftime despite being the more aggressive team, Monte Vista High School girls soccer coach Levi Kealaluhi was still confident.
That basically was the gist of his halftime message for the Monarchs, who came out and scored two goals within 80 seconds to start the second half, survived the Cavers’ tying goal and then had a freshman, Marely Velazquez, deliver the title when she scored in the 60It was the first girls soccer crown for Monte Vista , which suffered a 1-0 defeat at the hands of San Pasqual just a year earlier.
“I was really nervous, I thought we’d lose it,” said the slightly-built forward with the big foot. “Coach said to give it our all, that if we worked together we’d win. A minute into the second half, senior Yulitza Castorena, who led Monte Vista with 22 goals this season, booted the ball out of a pack of players and it found the back of the net for the equalizer.
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