WNCC men's soccer team falls to North Idaho 1-0

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Western Nebraska Community College men’s soccer team wrapped up the regular season in facing North Idaho College in Cheyenne, Wyo., Saturday afternoon.

The Cougar men, playing with just 11 players, played tough but fell short 1-0 to the Idaho squad.

“They did a nice job and played with a lot of heart,” WNCC coach Todd Rasnic said. We played with just 11 players and no substitutes as several were serving suspensions due to yellow card accumulations.”

North Idaho scored the only goal in the 29^th minutes to take an 1-0 lead at halftime. Neither team scored in the second half as the Cougars managed just three shots on goal compared to North Idaho’s 10 shots on goal.

Alliance’s Raul Sanchez recorded nine saves in net for the Cougars. It was his second contest in goal for the Cougars.

WNCC will next be in action Friday at the Region IX playoffs in Cheyenne when they play Western Wyoming Community College at 2:30 p.m. Western Wyoming topped WNCC 4-3 in overtime on Friday at the Landers Soccer Complex.

Rasnic said they should be alright next week as they will have their full allotment of players ready for the playoffs.

“We have to get our full squad back and play at a high rate of speed,” he said. “We also need to keep attacking on the offensive side of the game. We aldo have to continue to put the ball in the back of the net.”