to The Queen City to tangle

with the Del Rio Queens on

Tuesday. Head Coach Hugo

Garcia informed The News

Gram that even though they

had a few corner kicks and

some breakthroughs, they

were not able to overcome the

barrage by the Queens.

“The game started

well as we played a different

formation, a more defensive

4-2-3-1, but our offense was

not a factor - Del Rio had

many golden chances but

missed. The back line of our

goalkeeper: Yoanna

Velasquez, Mariana Perez,

Lucia Lechler, Sam

Cruz, Karen Zamarripa and

Alana Ojeda did a good job of

putting pressure on Del Rio’s

offense. With 6 minutes left

they scored a goal to make it

0-1 and then 30 seconds later

they got their second goal off

a bad ref call (penalty kick) to

put them up 0-2 at half time,”

said Garcia.

“In the 2nd half we

kept same formation, but we

weren’t creating any opportunities

offensively, and they

knocked in 2 quick goals

(since we had no counter

attack).”

“Del Rio brought

more girls forward,” he concluded,

“I switched to a more

traditional 4-4-2 and we started

having some attacks at

their goal.”

“Our injuries are

mounting and we were physically

overmatched.” The

Lady Eagles withstood a 0-5

defeat at the hands of the

Queens.

A.D. Ibarra

-Del Rio, Texas