Page 22 THE REVERE ADVOCATE–Friday, October 4 , 2019 Revere girls’ soccer notches seventh win Offense does the job for Pats in win over Rams Revere girls’ soccer captains Elsy Romero, Carolina Bettero, Camila Perez and Luana Barbosa (Advocate Photos by Greg Phipps) By Greg Phipps R evere girls’ soccer head coach Megan O’Donnell was asked after Monday’s win over Lynn English what the key to her team’s success has been this year. “We’re working together and there’s a lot of teamwork,” she said. “We’re moving the ball well and the team never gives up. They continue to fight and work hard no matter what.” Certainly the strong ball movement was on display on Monday at Revere High School Field, where the Lady Patriots scored twice in each half and defeated the Lady Bulldogs, 4-2. Sophomore forward Carolina Bettero was the biggest weapon offensively, as she scored three times. Bettero’s most impressive score came early in the second half when she dribbled through several English defenders and poked a shot into the far corner of the net for a 3-1 lead. She would score again later to increase the margin to 4-1. A goal in the waning seconds by English accounted for the final result. Revere’s Nahomy Galvez Martinez, a freshman, opened the scoring at 14:30 of the first half when she took a cross pass from Bettero and slammed a shot into an open net. Bettero added Revere’s second tally 15 minutes later off a feed from Sofia Choqri. The Lady Bulldogs did threaten several times and finally broke through with a goal just before halftime to make it 2-1 at the break. Revere goalie Camila Perez was called upon Lady Patriots’ forward Carolina Bettero races past a Lynn English defender in Monday’s win at home. Patriots senior RB Joe Llanos had another big game with 200 yards rushing and two scores in last Friday’s win over Lynn Classical at Harry Della Russo Stadium. (Advocate Photo by Greg Phipps) By Greg Phipps O n a night when the defense was less than stellar, the Revere Patriots got in gear offensively and outscored the Lynn Classical Rams, 43-26, in a Northeastern Conference clash last Friday at Harry Della Russo Stadium. It was Revere’s third win in a row to start the season, as the Patriots were perfect on their three-game home stand. This was probably the most impressive victory so far for Revere. The Rams are a formidable foe, having knocked off legendary powerhouse Brockton for their only win earlier in the season. On Friday, there was a total of 10 touchdowns scored and, fortunately, it was the home team that had the larger number of scores. It looked like the Patriots Revere’s Luana Barbosa fights for ball possession against Lynn English on Monday. to make a number of challenging saves that helped keep the lead intact. “The ball movement was the biggest key for us today. We got everyone involved [offensively],” O’Donnell pointed out. “We kept shooting, which is good, but I’d like to see us finding the back of the net more often. Hopefully, that will come as the season progresses.” O’Donnell also cited the strong on-the-field bond being forged by sophomore teammates Bettero and Choqri. “They just started playing together this year, and they’re showing good chemistry together,” she said. The Lady Patriots had yet to lose after Monday’s win, as they upped their season mark to 7-0-1. might be on their way to another convincing win (They had outscored the opposition 62-8 the first two weeks) when touchdowns by Jonathan Murphy, Zach Furlong and Lucas Barbosa gave them a 20-0 bulge. A late second-quarter TD got Classical back in it at 20-7 entering the half. The Rams drew closer at 2014 early in the third quarter before Revere running back Joe Llanos scampered 54 yards for a TD, and kicker Rayan Riazi later booted a 44-yard field goal for a 29-14 Revere advantage. After the Rams pulled to within 29-20, Llanos struck again by racing 35 yards for what turned out to be the game-clinching touchdown. Classical attempted an onside kick late, but Riazi was able to pick it up and run 50 yards the other way for the game’s final score. Llanos led the way for the Patriots’ offense, amassing 200 yards rushing and adding two more TDs to his early-season total. Revere head coach Lou Cicatelli was obviously pleased with the offensive output but heeded some warning after seeing his defense, which had given up just one touchdown in its first two games, surrender points and yards to the Rams. “When you can move the ball around and get a lot of guys involved what’s better in high school football?” he asked the press after the contest. “There was no quit in Classical, though. This game goes another quarter and who knows? We were fortunate to get out of here with a win.” The 3-0 Patriots look to make it four straight when they travel to Stackpole Field in Saugus to take on the 0-3 Sachems this Saturday afternoon (scheduled 2:30 p.m. kickoff). Saugus suffered a tough 43-0 loss to Marblehead in its home opener last week.
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