Equal efforts patience and staying cool, calm, and collected led the Swope Park Rangers to their first playoff win against LA Galaxy II at Children’s Mercy Victory Field in Swope Soccer Village on Friday.
A key factor in Friday’s win was keeping all 11 players on the field. With two team biding for a chance to go further into the postseason, tempers tend to flare and SPR head coach Marc Dos Santos felt that keeping emotions low would give his team the result.
“We wanted to make sure we kept 11 because the game could’ve finished 0-0 and then you go overtime,” Dos Santos said.