Club soccer: Slammers reach sweet 16 before falling

The Newport Beach Slammers boys-under-13 silver south club soccer

team on the first three games of the CSL League Cup before falling to the

Glendora Tornadoes, 4-2.

In the tourney opener, the Slammers defeated West Valley Samba, 3-1,

followed by a 1-0 win over the Anaheim ASC Express. In that game, Briant

Mejia scored the game’s lone goal, while goalie Diego Valdivia earned the

shutout.

In the third round, the Slammers won, 1-0, on a goal by Kyle Parton,

off an assist by Efrain Galvan. Goalie Matt Bregozzo came through with a

big one-on-one save.

The Slammers were also led by the strong play of Marc Touchette, Logan

Duarte, Andy Kosch, Callan Campbell, Tristan Tower, Kevin Geehr, Nathan

Javadi, Tomas Jacobo and Nick Ossipoff.