Boys’ soccer: Two down, one to go

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Santa Monica got its cake and ate it too. Or something like that, an elated Santa Monica Coach Frank Gattell tried to say after his Vikings beat Poway, 2-1, in sudden-death overtime, to win the Southern California Regional Division I title at Warren High.

Juan Magana scored the winner and then hurt his shoulder during the ensuing celebration.

He didn’t seem to mind the dinged wing when I asked him about.’It was worth it,’ he said.

Magana scored the goal with five minutes left before the match went into penalty kicks. The goal came off of a deflection, but it was a goal nonetheless.

Two games are done here and only one more to go -- the Division II final between Santa Margarita and San Diego Cathedral. I picked Santa Margarita to win, but my picks haven’t been doing so well today. Maybe I’ll talk about that later. Maybe not.

-- Jaime Cardenas