El Camino Real not worried about getting off to a slow start

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When you have won seven consecutive City championships, as the El Camino Real girls’ soccer team has, an 0-4-2 start to the season is not cause for panic.

The Conquistadors have faced strong competition, including Thousand Oaks and Aliso Niguel, and they are missing key starters.

Senior midfielder/forward Megan Quinn is recovering from ACL surgery on her right knee; sweeper Chelsea Forte, a junior, is slowed by a bone contusion in her right knee; her sister, Lindsey Forte, a senior midfielder/forward, has missed the last two games with a hyperextended knee.

‘We’ve been playing sophomores and freshmen and sophomores to get them experience,’ Coach Eric Choi said. ‘We also try to play some teams we could see again in Southern California regional play, if we get that far.’

When you have won seven City titles in a row, as El Camino Real has done, you expect to get that far.

-- Mike Terry