Kalia Littlejohn punched in the year’s first goal. (John Fisken photo)
Hot start, cold finish.
The Coupeville High School girls soccer squad jumped on host South Whidbey in the early going Thursday, but couldn’t keep up the attack for the entire game.
Surrendering a pair of second half goals, the Wolves fell 4-2 in their non-conference season opener.
Things looked good early, after junior sharpshooter Kalia Littlejohn put Coupeville on the board just two minutes in to the new year.
After the Falcons responded with two goals, one in the 11th minute and another in the 34th, the Wolves countered with a laser shot off the foot of Lindsey Roberts.
The junior buried the ball in the back of the net in the 38th minute to knot things back up, and then Coupeville appeared to tack on another goal during stoppage time.
It wasn’t to be, however, as the score was waved off.
Arguments over whether the linesman was out of position on the play will probably linger for the entire season.
The second half was a fierce back-and-forth war, but the Falcons slipped in the go-ahead score 16 minutes in on a play set up by a Coupeville yellow card.
A late South Whidbey goal stretched the final margin out to two, as Coupeville was unable to find its scoring touch after halftime.
CHS coach Kyle Nelson, making his regular-season debut as the Wolf girls coach (he’s led the boys program for several seasons), liked a lot of what he saw.
“Overall, we had a really great effort last night,” he said. “We made many real good plays.”
The Wolves get a chance to bounce right back, hosting Bellevue Christian (2-0) in another non-conference game Saturday afternoon. Kickoff is 1 PM.
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