Brandon "Goin' for the Glory" Cole led the Angel City charge Saturday during Week 2 of SMASL 7s action at the Santa Monica Airport, racking up six goals over two matches ... both games which saw team efforts overcome the odds to take the full three points.
Earning their second win of the season, Angel City FC recovered from an early red-card, and a back-and-forth scoreline while playing a man short, to beat La Masia 5-4.
Less than 15 minutes into the match, Angel City found themselves permanently down a man when Russ Muratov was red-carded for retaliating against a player after being fouled himself. The ref, as is often the case, missed the first infringement completely.
Cole notched four goals on the game, including the winning PK with minutes left in the match, while Angel Matos added a single. Angel City FC lies on top of the Santiago Division with six points and a +6 GD.
The weirdness and luck continued in the AC Allstars' Santorino Division match-up against Los Blancos, with both squads getting red-cards, one for a crazy stamp on the Allstars' goalie, who was first knocked down by a crazed striker and then trampled. The Angel City expulsion was for an altercation after the incident, with Luis Deveze being shown the door.
The team made the call to stay at six players a piece at half-time, and the extra space on the field allowed the Allstars to pull away on the scoring front, 7-4, with Jonny Ibanez continuing his goal scoring run this season (with his second brace), Cole adding a pair, Scott and DW with singles, and Michael Sharp squaring away a lofty free kick from outside the box. The Allstars also remain undefeated to date with a win and a tie, and a GD of +3.
In the club's early game, ACFC lost a close one, 3-2 to the Barrington Destroyers, with Angel Matos and Mark notching singles. ACFC sit at a tie and a loss in the competitive Socrates division.
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