Community college men’s soccer: Pirates pull off tie

COSTA MESA - Orange Coast College rallied for a tie in men’s

nonconference soccer, scoring a pair of late goals against visiting Long

Beach for a 2-2 standoff Thursday.

Coast (2-4-1) overcame a 2-0 second-half deficit. Pirates sophomore

Stanton Duke began the comeback with a goal in the 77th minute. Duke

caught the Vikings goalie off guard when he headed in a pass from Chance

Daniel.

OCC goalie Joey Balbas, who recorded eight saves, rescued himself from

a loss four minutes later, booming a direct free kick past the Long Beach

wall and into the left corner of the goal to knot the score at two.

Long Beach is now 1-2-1.

Before the start of the game, the teams and spectators observed a

moment of silence in honor of the victims of Tuesday’s terrorist

tragedies.

The Pirates return to action Tuesday at 4 p.m., when they host

Palomar.