BOYS’ SOCCER : No. 4 Marina Won’t Have It Easy

Marina Coach David McLeish wasn’t quite sure how to react to his team’s being seeded fourth in the Division I boys’ soccer pairings that were released Monday.

“That’s not bad for a second-place team (from the Sunset League),” McLeish said.

Then again, Marina must play Fontana (15-5-2), which finished second in the Citrus Belt League.

“It’s going to be tough,” he said.

McLeish sounded envious of second-seeded Santa Ana’s draw. The Saints play Manhattan Beach Mira Costa (10-9), which finished second in the Ocean League.

“I’d have rather drawn someone from that area,” he said. “But we’ve never gotten very lucky in the draw. Two years ago, we had a good team and drew Damien. We wound up losing in overtime.”

Edison (17-5-1), the third-place team from the Sunset, must play Redondo Union Wednesday in a wild-card game and then would travel to top-seeded Simi Valley Royal (21-3-3) in the first round.

Other Orange County teams that were seeded: Mater Dei (19-2-4), third in Division II; Brea-Olinda (15-4-3), fourth in Division III; and Corona del Mar (19-2-4), fourth in Division IV.