Quiroz scores two penalty kick goals as Aztecs men's soccer dominates Chandler-Gilbert to advance to Region Finals

The Pima Community College men's soccer team (9-1) took control late in the first half and early in the second half on Thursday as it beat Chandler-Gilbert Community College (4-6-1) in the NJCAA Region I, Division II Semifinals.

• The No. 1 seeded Aztecs defeated the No. 4 Coyotes 5-1 as the Aztecs advanced to their 13^th region final in 16 years.
• Sophomore Manuel Quiroz (Sunnyside HS) scored two penalty kick goals for the Aztecs in the 32^nd and 54^th minutes.
• Sophomore Seungeon Kim scored a goal 24 seconds into the second half on an assist from fellow sophomore Francisco Manzo (Salpointe Catholic HS) to make it 3-0. Kim also had an assist to sophomore Sam Lossou's (Rincon HS) goal in the 62^nd minute; which put Pima up 5-0.
• Sophomore Ulysses Torres (Sunnyside HS) scored with under a minute left in the first half to make it 2-0 with an assist from sophomore Zak Mohammed (Rincon HS).
• The Coyotes got on the board with a goal in the 75^th minute.
• Sophomore Juan Suarez (Desert View HS) played 63 minutes at the net and finished with one save. Freshman Micah Gun played the final 27 minutes and also had a save.

The Aztecs will host their seventh straight Region Finals game as they take on No. 2 seeded Phoenix College on Saturday at the West Campus Aztec Soccer Field part of the Chapman Auto Sports Complex. Game time is set for 6:00 p.m. The Aztecs suffered their only loss of the season to the Bears on April 24 in a 1-0 defeat.

Pima goals: Manuel Quiroz (Penalty kick) 32^nd minute; Ulysses Torres (Zak Mohammed) 44^th minute; Seungeon Kim (Francisco Manzo) 46^th minute; Quiroz (Penalty kick) 54^th minute; Sam Lossou (Kim) 62^nd minute.