By Nathaniel Mata
51
Last season was good for 51’s club soccer team…but this time around, they are aiming for greatness.
In its first game of the season, TSC took down SouthTexasCollegeby theeye-poppingscore of 10-0.
TSC proved they know how to fill the net with seven different goal scorersfinding the scoresheet.
Pablo Perezledthe way with a hat trick, three goals, and former Brownsville Lopez standout Jose ‘Chevy’Echaverriaput two in the net.
While KevinZarrazagas, Jean Carlos Villegas, Edward Uriel Rodriguez, Caleb Perez and Leoncio Estrada all scored once.
Mario Zamora is entering his third season as the team’s coach. In 2019 they reached nationals, in 2020 the season was canceled and last season they reached regionals against some strong competitionfrom Division I schools. Coach Zamorawas a TSC soccer player himself when he was in college. He feels a strong connection and pride in leading this group of Scorpions.
“We had a really good pre-season, so the team was anxious to play our first game as a team,”Soccer CoachZamora said. “Seems like it’s a great connection with the team, a lot of communication as well.”
TSC will bring the energy toScorpionField, behind the recreation center, this Saturday at 3p.m.for the home openeragainst Trinity University.
“Our game on Saturday should be a really good game,” Zamora said. “We beat that school 5-4 last season. It went back and forth with goals. Now they are coming here to our place so we’re expecting to put on a good show.”
The match will be the first of four games that students, employees and the entire community can enjoy for free. The following home games will take placeon Oct. 1, Oct. 15, and Oct. 22.
He made sure to invite the entire student, staff and community as well as shout out those at 51 who make the game day experience memorable. Don’t miss out!
“TSC staff; Raul Cano, Dr. Armando Ponce and Dr. Jesus Rodriguez put a lot of effort to havea greatatmosphere…the national anthem, goodies for the fans. Ithas becomea great place to watchthe game of soccer,” Zamora said. “We really want to see the student body and communitycomeand show support. Brownsville isgreatsoccercity,and we want to be a team that represents this area.”
