After Cabrillo’s first-round CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoff soccer game against El Rancho had reached the end of regulation, there were two moments when Leonardo Corona experienced fear. The first was before play began—the Jaguars had been stung in sudden death overtime in the playoffs last year, and he didn’t want his team to […]
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CIF Girls’ Soccer: Isabella Meyer Lifts Millikan To PK Win
Isabella Meyer hadn’t participated in a penalty kick shootout for Millikan until Wednesday night when she begged her coach for a chance, promised her teammates she wouldn’t let them down, and then delivered the performance of a lifetime. After 100 scoreless minutes in the first round CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs, Meyer stopped the […]
CIF Girls’ Soccer: Long Beach Poly Tops Palos Verdes
It was a special day for the Long Beach Poly girls’ soccer team, as a few of their seniors signed scholarships before a packed auditorium at the school’s Signing Day celebration, and then helped lead their team to a first-round playoff win. Poly started fast with three first-half goals and was able to outlast Palos […]
VIDEO: Long Beach Poly vs. Palos Verdes CIF Soccer
CIF Soccer: Long Beach Poly vs. Palos Verdes We’ve got highlights from Poly’s 3-2 win over PV
VIDEO: Millikan vs. La Mirada, CIF Girls’ Soccer
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PHOTOS: Long Beach Poly vs. Palos Verdes CIF Soccer
We’ve got some great shots of Poly’s 3-2 win over Palos Verdes thanks to photographer Art O’Neill.
PHOTOS: Wilson vs. Los Alamitos, CIF Girls’ Soccer
Wilson girls’ soccer dropped its CIF-SS Division 1 first round matchup with undefeated Los Alamitos 3-0 on Wednesday. Here are some great action shots from our own Stephen Dachman.
CIF-SS Girls’ Soccer Playoff Preview
None of the players on the Millikan girls’ soccer team were alive the last time the Rams won the Moore League championship, a shared title in 1991. In fact, the last time they won the league title by themselves, their head coach was just a baby — it was 1985. Thanks to a 1-1 draw […]
Long Beach Teams Ready For CIF-SS Boys’ Soccer Playoffs
If this roller coaster Moore League boys’ soccer season is any indication, the CIF Southern Section postseason this month is going to be one to remember. Unexpected results in a tight league race should have the local boys hardened and prepared for a playoff push. “We’ve had seven ties in the league this season,” Millikan […]
Surprise Party Celebrates 75th Birthday of Long Beach Soccer Pioneer Ron Beaulac
Ron Beaulac (center, yellow jacket) poses with former players Last weekend, there was a surprise 75th birthday party for Ron Beaulac, which also served as a kind of history of the sport of soccer in Long Beach. Beaulac started the first club soccer team in Long Beach in 1976, a club that competed in the […]