Valencia takes advantage of Warriors’ inexperience on soccer field

With half a dozen eighth-graders on the roster, the Socorro High School boys soccer team still has lots of seasoning to accomplish, and Valencia took advantage of the Warriors’ youthful roster on Sept. 6 in a 10-0 win.

“The bottom line is we are really young, and we’ve been on the road quite a bit,” coach Daniel Sanchez said. “This is our first home game, and I think it seemed like our legs are a little tired today.”

While those are the understandable reasons for not having a top performance, Sanchez also pointed out his team needs to learn to push through and keep going at full force — especially when playing from behind.

“If we can’t give a 100-percent effort, then we’re going to get beat by a bigger school,” Sanchez said. “Our last game (a 3-1 loss to Rehoboth Christian), we did have a good game. I thought we were going to come out and play today. But to be honest — I think we’re a little road tired. We’ve been on the road a lot, and then we’re going to go up again for three more games this weekend.”

For many of Sanchez’s players, it’s only going to take time to mature, and time can’t be rushed.

“It’s a good experience if they get to get touches and play against college-quality teams. I’m happy now; I’m not worried about wins or losses. I’m more worried about immaturity and growing up and learning how to deal with it. We’re glad we got to play today. And I hope we work on this (immaturity) and improve in the future, and I hope we get better,” Sanchez said.

Socorro Boys Soccer roster:

Cole Barkemeyer, Kyle Berger, Drizzten Chavis, Braden Mounyo, Zachary Hoke, David Krake, Sohib Noorstani, Isaiah Trujillo, Conner Johnston, Javier Leon, Ivan Estrada, Arturo Martinez-Diez, Andres Jaquez, Antonio Chavez, Rylan Hicks, Hector Leon, Ben Watkins, Aiden Masterson.