Winkler Times June 07/04-Winkler storms to victory

Soccer squad picks up first win of season

By Steve Martens

Winkler Times — The Winkler Storm collected their first win of the season, scoring two goals in the final 15 minutes to down Romania 3-1 May 29 in Winkler.
Tied at one at the half, the Storm went ahead in the 79th minute on a David Doerksen goal. David Guenther secured the win six minutes later that improved Winkler to 1-1 on the season.
“We performed a little better this time out,” coach Celso Arevalo said, referring to their 2-0 loss to United FC in their season opener.
“We practised and we were working on creating more space in the final third of the field and the practise paid off. We really wanted a win today.”
Romania’s lone goal came on a penalty kick in the final minute of the opening half. It was the only ball they managed to get past keeper Ben Plett, who has added the Storm duties to his regular assignment with the South Central United youth squad.
Randy Froese had given the Storm the lead after just 12 minutes.
“That was a big lift for the guys and we were composed after that and played well together,” Arevalo said.
The Storm’s roster for 2004 is almost evenly split between returning players and former South Central Hurricanes with a couple of new faces.
With their scheduled May 30 game postponed because of field conditions, their next outing was June 5 when they hosted Hanover. This week they make two trips to Vince Leah Community Club, facing Britannia, an old Premier Division foe, on Monday and Grant Mill Sword on June 13.