Costa Mesa boys sweep

In their final tournament of the season the Costa Mesa APP boys

under-14 soccer team swept the field to win the Flight 1 championship

at the Costa Mesa Classic.

Leading the defense was goalkeeper Luis Zayala. Backing Zayala up

were defenders Ben Abbott, Marco Soto, Luis Cozza, Caleb Burgess,

Nick Straubel and Kenneth Zich.

The Costa Mesa offense was led by Trevor McDonald, Rigo Miranda,

Blake Pinto, Austin Evett, German Higadera, Jose Perez, Adam

Seagondollar and Jay Benny Quiroz.

Costa Mesa met Tustin in the first game of pool play and won, 5-1.

Miranda and Cozza struck first, and after Tustin scored to trail,

2-1, Evett, Higadera and Seagondollar closed it out with goals.

Costa Mesa defeated San Juan Capistrano, 5-0. Mirana scored four

times and assisted with a pass to Evett for the fifth goal.

In the third pool game, against Rancho Santa Margarita, Costa Mesa

was a 6-1 winner with goals by Miranda, Cozza (twice), Luis Zalaya

(twice) and Perez.

Miranda scored all three goals in the 3-0 victory over Hawthorn

ein the title game.

The team closed out its season with a record of 28 wins, 0 losses

and one tie.