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NVC Men’s Soccer Season comes to an end with 4-0 loss to Santa Rosa in NorCal Regionals
Photos courtesy of Mario Cendejas
By MARTY JAMES
martyjames.sports@gmail.com
SANTA ROSA – Due to a number of injuries, Napa Valley College was down to just 12 players who were healthy and available to play at one point during the men’s soccer season. The Storm was in the midst of playing a very difficult nonconference lineup of opponents and was looking to do everything it could to prepare for the upcoming Bay Valley Conference season as the two-time defending champion. It was not an easy road to travel.
“The guys on the bench really took care of the team for a good amount of time in the beginning and conference,” coach Rogelio Ochoa said. “Everyone stepped up when they had to and I thought collectively they worked really hard. I’m really proud of that.”
Preview to NVC’s NorCal Regional playoff match Saturday against Santa Rosa
By MARTY JAMES
martyjames.sports@gmail.com
The Napa Valley College men’s soccer team set two goals at the start of the season.
One was to win the Bay Valley Conference title. Goal achieved.
The other one was to win a first-round match in the playoffs.
The Storm will get that chance when it travels on Saturday to face Santa Rosa Junior College, the No. 1 seed and the Big 8 Conference champion, in the 2019 California Community College Athletic Association Championships.
Manzo, Ochoa Lead NVC Men’s Soccer Team
Marco Manzo and Jesus “Chuy” Ochoa were teammates on the 2014 Vintage High School boys soccer team, which had a 19-1-3 record and won the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division II title.
Manzo was a freshman and Ochoa a senior at the time.
They are teammates once again, this time for a Napa Valley College men’s soccer team, which with two games still to go in the regular season, has already clinched the Bay Valley Conference title.
“They play every minute of each match, unless we’re up by a couple, and then maybe we can give them a little break,” Napa Valley coach Rogelio Ochoa said at Tuesday’s practice. “But they’re the ones that can stay on the field, again to control the tempo of the game, whether we’re up or whether we’re tied.
“It’s just having that presence that is good to have on a team.”
Manzo, a freshman, is a center attacking midfielder. Ochoa, a sophomore who played on NVC’s 2016 team, is a center back-defensive midfielder.
Napa Valley College Men's Soccer 2019 Season Preview
The Napa Valley College men’s soccer team went into the 2019 season as the two-time defending Bay Valley Conference champions.
So far, the Storm is still looking for its first win, having taking on the assignment of facing a very tough lineup of nonconference opponents.
Meet Rogelio Ochoa: Head Men's Soccer Coach
Rogelio Ochoa isn’t done for the day after teaching Spanish classes at Napa High School.
Ochoa, who is in his eighth year on the staff at Napa High, has two other jobs.
He is the head men’s soccer coach at Napa Valley College, which began its season in August.
He is also the head coach for Napa Valley 1839 FC, a third-year local men’s amateur soccer team which plays in the National Premier Soccer League West Region Conference.
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