Wolf junior William Nelson, he of the steely gaze, notched his second goal of the season Friday afternoon. (John Fisken photo)
The undefeated season is gone.
Playing on a cold, damp hunk of pitch Friday, the Coupeville High School boys soccer squad fell 3-1 to visiting Sequim, giving the Wolves their first loss of the season.
The non-conference defeat, coming at the hands of a 2A school, evened Coupeville’s season record at 1-1-1.
The Wolves, who have played two of three against big school competition so far, travel to the wilds of Forks Tuesday, then return home to face yet another 2A school in North Mason next Friday.
After that they return to 1A Olympic League play, where they currently sit in a first-place tie with Klahowya, each team owning a spotless 1-0 conference mark.
Coupeville’s lone goal against Sequim came courtesy of junior captain William Nelson, who connected for the second time this season.
He sits one score off of team-leader Ethan Spark, who has tallied three of his team’s seven goals.
Nelson’s score came off of a corner kick, which he bent like Beckham, sending the ball past the flailing Sequim goalie.
He came close to replicating the score shortly afterwards, only to have a defender head the ball just clear of the back post.
While Coupeville had issues with Sequim’s speed (and the constant wind), CHS coach Kyle Nelson came away with a fair amount of positives.
“It was a good game for us to get experience playing against some fast and talented soccer players.”
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