{"id":1854,"date":"2025-01-05T19:52:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T19:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=1854"},"modified":"2025-01-05T19:52:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T19:52:22","slug":"knights-take-first-lead-then-fall-to-fairfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=1854","title":{"rendered":"Knights take first lead, then fall to Fairfield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Luis Valdovinos scores twice as Knights drop 3-2 non-league decision to Falcons<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lake County Sports on Facebook<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FAIRFIELD &gt;&gt; The first of two Luis Valdovinos goals gave Kelseyville the early lead, but Fairfield rallied in the second half to beat the Knights 3-2 in non-league varsity boys soccer action at Fairfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe took control of the game right away,\u201d Kelseyville head coach KC White said of the Knights\u2019 initial effort of the new year. \u201cWe had a couple of great opportunities, and put the ball on goal, but the goalie made a couple of great saves. We finally broke through in the 15<sup>th<\/sup> minute when Diego (Rico) sent a through ball to Luis, who dribbled around the goalie and put in the easy goal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the first lead of the season for the winless Knights (0-7-2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe continued to create chances, but couldn\u2019t put the ball in the net,\u201d White said. \u201cWe gave up the equalizer in the 25<sup>th<\/sup> minute on a penalty. From that point on we lost our edge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kelseyville wouldn\u2019t score again until the 70<sup>th<\/sup> minute, this time on a Valdovinos goal assisted by Luis Alvarado, by which the time the Knights were down 3-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like the Knights, the Falcons (1-7-2) were looking for their first win of the season. They tied the game with their goal in the 25<sup>th<\/sup> minute, then pushed ahead to stay in the second half with goals in the 42<sup>nd<\/sup> and 57<sup>th<\/sup> minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe dug ourselves a hole with our play in the middle 40 minutes,\u201d White said. \u201cWe have to play better during that portion of play because we have been starting games strong and ending games stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valdovinos was clearly the standout player for the Knights, according to White.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLuis Valdovinos was sensational today,\u201d White said. \u201cHe is always capable of being the best player on the field in any given game, and he showed it today. His dribbling skills are second to none, and when he can combine that with on-target shooting, he is an amazing soccer player.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>White also gave high marks to the play of Cameron Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe had to use Cameron at goalie in the first half today out of necessity,\u201d White said. \u201cIt\u2019s not his favorite position, but he understood our situation today and answered the call, allowing only a goal on a penalty. I put him on the wing late in the second half and he played aggressively, always getting to the ball first. I loved that kind of play from my guys.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kelseyville closes out its non-league schedule Tuesday in Corning at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hopeful that all of these close, high-pressure games help us when our league schedule starts on Thursday,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luis Valdovinos scores twice as Knights drop 3-2 non-league decision to Falcons Lake County Sports on Facebook FAIRFIELD &gt;&gt; The first of two Luis Valdovinos goals gave Kelseyville the early lead, but Fairfield rallied in the second half to beat the Knights 3-2 in non-league varsity boys soccer action at Fairfield. \u201cWe took control of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,6,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1855,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854\/revisions\/1855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}