BREMERTON, WA— Enrique Hidalgo scored three goals and dished out three assists and the Olympic Force (4-0-0) topped the Vancouver Victory (0-4-0) 12-6 before around 300 fans at the Olympic Sports Center.
Clusters of goals happened for both sides. Hidalgo got the Force moving with a nifty backheel goal (video).The vistors were down 2-0 but got one back in the second quarter. Then the Force scored twice near the end of the first half to take a 4-1 lead.
Jerson Mejia celebrates a goal in Bremerton. (Michael Landon)
Right away in the second half the Force scored again, and it appeared that the match might be out of reach for the visitors. However, V2FC made it 5-2 and then scored back-to-back powerplay goals to shock the Force. It was 5-4 and game on.
Olympic regrouped and improved their possession game to break away again. While the Victory did manage to get to 9-6 (video of goal), in the end another cluster of home side scores made the 12-6 final look like a larger margin than the actual run of the match warranted. See many of the Olympic goals on a highlight reel here. See Vancouver’s game effort on a highlight reel here. Hear from V2FC head coach Corey Ellis and player Jerson Mejia here.
Goal Scoring: Olympic Force- Enrique Hidalgo (3), Kyle Johnson (2), Simba Samoza (2), Izzy Deluna, Diego Aceves, Kevin Flavin, Matt Olson, Victor Kelmel. Vancouver Victory- Preston Hale (2), Jesse De Leon (2), Jerson Mejia, Force Own Goal.
