At the start of the week, the Cerritos College men's soccer team was in first place in the South Coast Conference. After a pair of losses this week, the Falcons now find themselves in fourth place. On Friday, the team dropped a 3-2 decision to Long Beach City College after suffering a 3-0 loss to ECC Compton Center on Tuesday. Cerritos (4-8-3, 4-3-1) will look to snap their current three-game losing streak on Tuesday when they travel to Los Angeles Harbor for a 4:00 p.m. match.

Against the Vikings (9-5-1, 5-3-0), the Falcons got on the board in the third minute of the game off a set piece. Freshman Mark Cruz (El Toro HS) sent his corner kick into a crowd of players in front of the net. Sophomore Michael Licon (Fullerton HS) got off a soft shot that was deflected away by LBCC goalie Connor Fatone. The ball hit the foot of freshman Ulysses Rosales, who didn't have to do much other than watch the ball go into the net.

The Vikings worked their way into a tie game in the 12th minute when Andrew Hernandez scored on a low line drive off a clean look against sophomore goalie Jaime Sanchez (Aspire Pacific Academy HS). Cerritos regained the lead five minutes later when Fatone was unable to handle the laser shot by Ivan Vasquez (Fullerton HS) from about 40 yards out on a direct kick. The shot hit the hands of Fatone and went through and into the net.

For the second time, the lead didn't last long, as Bryan Mejano scored on a spectacular header off a corner kick in the 25th minute. The kick from Manuel Larios bent perfectly for Mejano, who scored as he dove for the ball and into the right side of the net.

It was a very fast-paced tempo from start to finish with both teams looking to strike quickly. LBCC was able to accomplish that in the 60th minute when Israel Gonzalez struck the ball just over the leaping hands of Sanchez and into the upper corner of the net for the eventual game-winning goal.

The Falcons continued to look for the equalizer, but where thwarted by the collapsing Viking defense and cleared the ball out of danger every time Cerritos got close.