Mexico was active around the Chillicothe net early in the second half but couldn’t match Chillicothe the rest of the game.
The Bulldogs lost 4-1 to their future Midland Empire Conference rival …
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Mexico was active around the Chillicothe net early in the second half but couldn’t match Chillicothe the rest of the game.
The Bulldogs lost 4-1 to their future Midland Empire Conference rival on Saturday at home after allowing two game-sealing goals in the latter part of the second half. It was Mexico’s fourth straight loss.
Mexico almost matched Chillicothe in shots at 15-13 and came one goal shy with a penalty kick goal by Carlos Rodriguez-Hernandez in the 52nd minute. The Bulldogs had most of its seven second half shots prior to Chillicothe’s third goal in the 61st minute, which head coach Bill Gleeson said affected the Bulldogs.
“We couldn’t clear it when we were right in the back,” Gleeson said. “That cost us. It was little things like that or little slips of the mind that caught us. When they had a couple of goals we kept deflating more and then we weren’t playing with the same intensity.”
Gleeson said there were good opportunities that couldn’t be capitalized on while Chillicothe came through on its chances, including with Josh Ojeada’s two goals for the Hornets. Ojeada scored that third Chillicothe goal and the first goal of the game after Coy Jones beat goalie Alex Matuz-Sanchez.
The first goal and second goal involved Chillicothe getting the ball past the Mexico goalie to set up a scoring opportunity. Chillicothe lobbed the ball over Matuz-Sanchez before Landen Longo headed the ball into the net, which Gleeson said made Mexico look at its offense.
“They just need to make sure they are getting up,” Gleeson said. “We were leaving one guy to take it all on instead of having multiple there to help out to get rebounds. Nobody was hustling to get there off the back side.”
Gleeson said working as a group is needed and was done early in the second half. It was consistent play throughout the game, but he said it was a better performance overall than Mexico’s home game two days prior against district foe Boonville (4-1).
After losing its fourth straight game, including two games to district opponents, Gleeson said there’s more to build off of from this loss prior to Mexico playing other district foes.
“We played a much better game this game,” Gleeson said. “There were parts where we fell apart, but as a whole, we were way better than we were against Boonville. We just have to look at what we did well and what we still need to work on and try to build off of that.”
