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  • Burbank Boys Soccer Leads At Half, Defeats Burroughs 3-2

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    Burbank hosted Burroughs and came away with a hard-fought 3-2 victory. (Photo by Xavier Dubon)

    By Rick Assad

    Two goals within one minute apart in the opening half was the perfect springboard that the Burbank High boys’ soccer team needed to defeat visiting Burroughs on Thursday afternoon at Kemp-Kallem Field.

    The Bulldogs edged the Bears 3-2 in a Pacific League match behind a pair of tallies from junior striker Eric Mkrtchyan and two assists thrown in from junior midfielder/forward Joseph Chavez.

    The goals came in the 38th minute that tied it at 1-1 and in the 39th minute for a 2-1 advantage.

    The Bears (5-7-2 and 1-5-1 in league) led 1-0 on a tally in the 13th minute and also scored in the 77th minute.

    Senior midfielder/forward Raymond Soukiazian also found the back of the net in the 45th minute for the Bulldogs (4-7-3 and 1-3-3 in league) that made it 3-1.

    Soukiazian had a kick in the 67th minute that came very close to being a goal but it hit the top of the bar.

    Johnny Rotunno is Burbank’s head coach and was extremely pleased with the triumph.

    The Bears scored early and led 1-0 but allowed three goals and fell by one tally. (Photo by Xavier Dubon)

    “This was a strong effort today. We stayed focused after going down 1-0,” he said. “Our team responded with some great goals to secure the win at home.”

    Junior defender Grigor Parian started it off with a kick in the seventh minute for Burbank and the Bulldogs added a kick in the next minute and the ninth minute.

    Senior midfielder/defender Victor Chtryan added a boot for the Bulldogs in the 10th minute for Burbank.

    Teammate sophomore defender Aram Hovanessian had one in the 11th minute and the Bulldogs had another kick in the 11th minute.

    Junior midfielder/forward/defender Haroot Akopyan tossed in a kick in the 14th and 17th minute for Burbank.

    Senior striker Seven Elkin had a kick in the 18th minute for the Bears and Burbank answered with a kick from junior midfielder/forward Samvel Khachatryan chimed in with an attempt in the 20th minute for the Bulldogs.

    Mark Martinez is the Burroughs head coach and was pleased despite the loss.

    “I think we played well for the most part. Unfortunately the score tells a different story,” he said. “They had three or four opportunities (shots on target) and scored three. Our discipline dropped and they managed to score with 10 minutes on the clock.”

    The Bears had three straight kicks and they came in the 24th minute and the 33rd minute by Elkin and by sophomore striker/forward Justin Trigo in the 36th minute. Elkin had a kick in the extra time in the opening half.

    Elkin opened the second half with a kick in the 41st minute and Burbank answered in the 44th minute.

    Sophomore midfielder Ian Major had a long free kick in the 54th minute for the Bears and Elkin had an attempt in the 55th minute.

    Hovanessian had back-to-back kicks and they came in the 56th and 62nd minute and Mkrtchyan had one in the 65th minute.

    Khachatryan had a header in the 68th minute and sophomore goalie Joseph Kaufman had a kick in the 80th minute for the Bears.

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  • Burbank Boys Soccer Hangs Tough in Loss to Harvard-Westlake

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    The Burbank High boys’ soccer team knew it wasn’t going to be easy, but it never seemed to bother the Bulldogs Friday evening when defending CIF Southern Section Division 1 champion Harvard-Westlake came to visit in a nonleague match.

    Burbank hung tough throughout and was actually playing its best soccer towards the end in a 3-1 loss to the Wolverines.

    “I think they are a great team. They (Harvard-Westlake) are very organized and very disciplined, but I think out of all of our games this is one of our better games,” Burbank Erik Gharibian said. “Overall, I’m happy with how my team played today.”

    Harvard Westlake (2-0-2) got a pair of first half goals from the run of play, but neither was a result of any Burbank error.

    In the 7th minute, Burbank goalie Ryan Mendoza came off his line to punch the ball out. However, it went right to Harvard-Westlake’s Jack Lee, who promptly put the ball into the upper left corner of the goal.

    The Wolverines doubled their lead just six minutes later when Lee struck once again from outside the goal box. In this scenario, Burbank’s defense had cleared the ball following a Harvard-Westlake throw in. But Lee picked up the loose ball and found an open target and was able to give his team a two-goal advantage.

    Burbank (2-4) had a few opportunities in the first half, but were not able to force Wolverines goalie Jackson Friedman to make any saves. Both sides kept the pitch compact, not allowing for any counter attacks.

    Defender Victor Chtryan saw an opening and tried a long-distance shot in the 19th minute, but his shot was far from the mark.

    Grigor Parian had a shot over the goal in the 29th minute.

    Davit Tadevosyan had an opportunity in the final minute of the first half as he crossed the ball across the goal from the left side, only to be cleared by the Harvard-Westlake defense.

    In the 55th minute, Burbank nearly scored directly off of a corner kick as Raymond Soukiazian’s cross had a bend that forced Friedman to punch it out.

    In the 63rd minute, the Bulldogs were unable to pounce on ball that Friedman was unable to hang on to after a strong corner kick cross from Soukiazian.

    Harvard-Westlake added a third goal in the 67th minute on a counter attack as Jayson Thomas Chen crossed the ball to an open Landon Marks, who put home the goal.

    Burbank seemed to come alive after going by three goals. Chtryan moved forward and in the 76th minute was able to intercept a pass back to Friedman and promptly put it in the back of the net.
    “As a captain I never lose hope in this team. Regardless of what the scoreline is, I feel like I always have to be the one to bring my team up,” Chtryan said. “I’m more satisfied with this performance because of how we continued to fight until the end.”

    Soukiazian nearly gave Burbank a second goal in the final minute, but his attempt went wide left.

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