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Nearly four weeks after Western men's football team beat Montana State University-Billings, holding two first half goals, the Yellowjackets stung back, defeating the Vikings 3-1 in a major Conference sports Northwest match Thursday, 20 silver, Orca field.

When the Vikings (3-2-0, 5-6-0 GNAC) allowed a goal from MSU-Billings Tyler Moriarty in the third minute only appeared to be a great night for Western men.

MSU-billings would have led 1-0 for 20 minutes before being allowed a penalty Western senior Sean Conner a direct free kick.

"This is something that I've worked hard this year and my whole life," said Conner. "It was a point that I would really like to kick off, so I felt really confident."

This confidence has borne fruit. Conner is the only signal of the MSU-Billings goalkeeper Eoin Hurley, tying the match 1-1.

Although the match was knotted the rest of the half, the momentum appeared to favor the Vikings, with the Western junior "Jin" Sujinda Dangvan and senior Tyler Bjork finding decent looks on target.

Play continued like this until the Vikings handed the ball to their own side of the field, allowing MSU-charging of Haakon VII Taylor an autonomous car from 12 yards, breaking the tie and give the Yellowjackets a 2-1 advantage.

"We played very well, especially during the first half, and we had the chances," West coach Travis Connell D. said. "But when you give up a goal, it changes the game".

The Vikings settled after the early goal, said goalkeeper West freshman Keegan Rogers. They took eight shots in the first period, but, as he and Connell D., changed the game.

Western men committed eight fouls in the second half, after committing just three in the first, and took three fewer shots.

Rogers "did not capitalize on our opportunities and [MSU-Billings] exploited all their own," he said. "Kudos to them."

The West tried to rally around late in the final period, while the Yellowjackets tried to wear the clock, kicking the ball out of bounds several times in a row. But the Vikings gave another important opportunity and a second goal, again by Moriarty, this time in the 88th minute.

This will prove the killing blow to the Western men.

"It is clear that we wanted to do our best, but sometimes things just don't go your way," said Conner. "We had a couple of mental errors led to a pair of goals."

Statistics in this game seems to have flipped from the last time the Vikings met the Yellowjackets on Sept 24. West scored twice with only six shots on their first meeting at MSU-Billings, but could just sneak in a goal for 13 shots Thursday.

MSU-Billings, on the other hand, saw a high percentage of shots startling find the back of the net Thursday. In just 10 shots, scored three goals as the Yellowjackets.

"We must not let the goals like this," said Connell D.. "To defend much better than this."

Connell d. said group not enough pressure in the Middle creating scoring opportunities, but he expects the Vikings will bounce back again for the match with Northwest Nazarene at 7 p.m. Saturday, 22 silver, and again in the Orca.

WHAT IS THE POINT?

Western men football team is the second fewest points in the GNAC 44 this season. It has only 16 goals in 11 games — Simon Fraser University has 45/12 games.

Team points
Simon Fraser 132
Seattle Pacific 64
MSU-Billings 52
Northwest Nazarene 51
West 44
Saint Martin's 42

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Neighbours Chile and Peru served up a feast of attacking football in the latest Clásico del Pacífico, with the result in doubt till the end. The hosts looked to have sewn things up when Gary Medel’s superb right-footed drive put them 3-0 ahead at the start of the second half. The cultured Peruvians, who had already hit the post twice and would do so twice more, stormed back, however, with two goals in ten minutes and continued to press even after conceding a fourth. Chile’s star of the show was playmaker Jorge Valdivia, who forced the penalty that allowed Humberto Suazo to seal the points.

Elsewhere
Paraguay and Uruguay shared the spoils in Asuncion in an eagerly awaited repeat of the 2011 Copa America final. A scorer in that 3-0 win for the Uruguayans, Diego Forlan put the visitors ahead and seemingly en route to their first victory in the Paraguayan capital, a city where they had lost on all five of their previous FIFA World Cup qualifying visits. Richard Ortiz had other ideas, however, tapping in from close range to rescue a draw for La Albirroja, though it did not prevent La Celeste from taking an outright lead at the top of the table.

There was more late drama in La Paz, where Radamel Falcao's stoppage-time strike gave Colombia a 2-1 win over Bolivia, their first qualifying victory in the city in five attempts. Los Cafeteros, who took the lead through Dorlan Pavon after sitting out last Friday’s games, had not won their opening qualifier since the Italy 1990 campaign. Having momentarily pulled level through Walter Flores, the Bolivians are the only side in the nine-team section without a point to their name.

The day’s most notable victors were Venezuela, who chalked up a historic win of their own in overcoming Argentina 1-0 in Puerto La Cruz. Defeated in all 18 of their previous encounters with La Albiceleste, the Venezuelans, who finished an encouraging fourth at the recent Copa America, finally broke the spell when central defender Fernando Amorebieta headed home from a corner midway through the second half. That goal was also La Vinotinto’s first in four home games against the Argentinians.

Player of the day
Radamel Falcao Garcia (Colombia)
Starting his side’s game in Bolivia on the bench, the Atletico Madrid striker needed just 14 minutes to fire his side to victory. The goal was the 25-year-old frontman’s second in 11 FIFA World Cup qualifiers for his country.

The stat
32 - The number of times Diego Forlan has now hit the back of the net for Uruguay, making him the country’s all-time leading scorer. In giving his side the lead in Asuncion, the Inter Milan forward move one goal clear of two-time Olympic and world champion Hector Scarone. And with 84 appearances and counting, Forlan is also La Celeste’s most capped player.

What they said
“I know people didn’t think much of Cesar’s (Farias) decision, but he knows what he’s doing. Fortunately we justified the faith he showed in us out on the pitch. We’ve made history but we need to keep our feet on the ground because this has only just begun. There’s a long way to go for us to reach the World Cup,” Venezuela midfielder Cesar Gonzalez defends his coach’s decision to leave several first-team players out of last Friday’s game in Ecuador and rest them for the home tie with Argentina.

Results
Tuesday 11 October
Bolivia 1-2 Colombia
Chile 4-2 Peru
Paraguay 1-1 Uruguay
Venezuela 1-0 Argentina

No game: Ecuador