Toros Men Blank Grand Canyon at Home Depot Center, 3-0
CSUDH wins third in a row in first game ever at the HDC
September 12, 2004

Complete Box Score

CARSON, Calif.--The Cal State Dominguez Hills men's soccer team's debut at the beautiful Home Depot Center was a successful one, blanking visiting Grand Canyon University, 3-0, in non-conference action Sunday afternoon.

Francisco Corona made sure the soccer team's debut at the Home Depot Center was successful, as he scored a goal and assisted on another. Photo by Michael Foo.

The win is the third in a row for CSUDH, who has outscored the opposition 8-1 over that span. The Toros are now 4-2-0 on the season while Grand Canyon is still in search of its first win and fall to 0-6-1.

Freshman forward Kei Kamara (Lawndale, CA/Leuzinger HS) opened up the scoring early in the 2nd minute. Kamara accepted a cross inside the box from Francisco Corona (Compton, CA/Compton HS) and beat the goalie to the near post.

Corona made it 2-0 in the 19th minute scoring his fourth goal in the past three games. Corona took a feed inside the penalty box from Jason Koza (La Habra, CA/La Serna HS) and one-timed his shot from 10 yards out passed Antelope goalie Byron Bent.

Then in the 38th minute, Koza scored the final goal of the game on a beautiful 15-yard blast to the upper near post. Credit Kamara and Rick Cobb (Downey, CA/Warren HS) with the assists.

The game was mostly played on Grand Canyon's defensive side, with CSUDH outshooting the Antelopes 34-6 in the match. The Toros also held a 13-1 advantage in corner kicks.

All three CSUDH goalies saw action today with starter Kyle Polak (Huntington Beach, CA/Fountain Valley HS) getting the win. Austin Anderson (Odessa, TX) and Steve Merriwether (Redondo Beach, CA/Redondo Union HS) split time in the second half.

GOALS - CSUDH: Kei Kamara - 1:53, Francisco Corona - 19:09, Jason Koza - 38:04.

SAVES - GCU: Byron Bent - 3, John Rosner - 4; CSUDH: Kyle Polak - 0, Austin Anderson - 2, Steve Merriwether - 0.

SHOTS - GCU: 6, CSUDH: 34.

FOULS - GCU: 24, CSUDH: 12.

CORNERS - GCU: 1, CSUDH: 13.

Attendance: 369