Lucas Vasquez's first career goal led to coach Scott MIllar's first career win leading No. 11 Kearny.
But the result, the style, the purpose — the identity — was largely the same for No. 11 Kearny on Tuesday night in the Kardinals’ opening night 2-0 win over perennial Shore Conference and South Jersey, Group 4 power Toms River North at Harvey Field.
“I saw Gerard was taking it and I knew I had to get my head on it. We practice those headers and I knew I was more than capable of scoring that goal and luckily I made that run front post,” Vasquez said. “Some might say it’s lucky, but in the back of my head with the angle I was at, it is what it is. A goal’s a goal.”
Vasquez is the latest in a long line of Kearny players who stepped up big in their first year on varsity, taking after players like last year’s leading scorer and teammate up top Gabe Gomez, as well as teammate Aaron Ocana and former teammate Denilson Salinas. Beyond Vasquez’s goal, Jeckson Rivera provided some much needed insurance for Kearny when he scored a few moments later with a snipe off the dribble to put the Kardinals up 2-0.Those two goals were the culmination of Kearny doing what it does best and possessing the ball, waiting their turn and then capitalizing at the right moment. But that’s not to say things were always easy for the Kardinals.
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