Westport soccer wins three games is four days

The team gains a playoff birth with a 9-4-3 record

Story and photos by Richard W Dionne Jr
Posted 10/24/18

The Westport soccer team won three games in four days, blanking Avon, Diman and Holbrook and earned themselves a spot in the Massachusetts State Tournament.

On Friday the Wildcats crushed Avon, …

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Westport soccer wins three games is four days

The team gains a playoff birth with a 9-4-3 record

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The Westport soccer team won three games in four days, blanking Avon, Diman and Holbrook and earned themselves a spot in the Massachusetts State Tournament.

On Friday the Wildcats crushed Avon, 4-0. On Saturday morning they outlasted Diman, 1-0 and on Monday the beat Holbrook, 3-0.

The three shutout wins boosted the Wildcats record to 9-4-3, a long way from last year’s three win season.

“Defensively we are very hard to score on,” Head Coach Chris Parker said, adding, “We’ve given up the lowest amount of goals in the league.”

With the playoffs in the bank, the Wildcats will aim their sights at getting better and making a tournament run. All season long the team has been great defensively, but has had a difficult time scoring goals. This fact worries coach Parker.

“We have a real hard time scoring goals,” said coach Parker. “It’s what’s separating us from being a good team or a great team.”

“Offensively when we are playing well, we can put together three, four or five pass combinations and we can build up with speed,” said coach Parker. “But we have struggled to finish. It’s very frustrating.”

Coach Parker feels that the Cats just need to score a couple of goals against a quality opponent to get on a roll.

“We have players that are capable of scoring and going on runs,” coach Parker said. “But it just hasn’t happened yet and we are three quarters of the way through the year.”

Senior co-captain Dawson DosVais offered some advice to his teammates.

“We need to think two or three passes ahead. Have the plan in our heads and it will come easier,” DosVais said.

“What comforts me at night is that maybe we will peak when playoffs come, because if you want to peak, that’s when you want to peak,” said coach Parker.

After the Avon game, before the playoff clinch, senior co-captain Roberto Ferreira made a prediction.

“I think that we will all give 200 percent and be drenched by the time the (first playoff game) is done,” Ferreira said. “I feel that the team will peak and be at their best and be an unstoppable force,” he said.

“I’m not sure how high we’ll get, but I have high hopes for our team,” Ferreira said.

“It’s been a very successful season,” said coach Parker. “But we have high goals. We are a team that can make a run in the playoffs,” said coach Parker.

“We could be a very dangerous team to play,” he said.

Next up, the Wildcats will test their mettle against the top two teams in the league. The Wildcats play at West Bridgewater on Wednesday at 2 p.m. and at Sacred Heart on Saturday at 8:45 a.m.

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