Men's Soccer Quickly Back to Winning Ways

The Santa Monica College Men's Soccer team beat Rio Hondo College with a score of 2-1.

Santa Monica College Corsairs' Alexander Lalor (center left), and Rio Hondo College Roadrunners' Ruben Gonzales (left), Malachi Hernandez (center right), and Juan Flores (right) during the men's soccer match on Friday, Sept. 24, 2022, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 2-1. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)

A closeup of players' legs and the ball during the men's soccer match between the Santa Monica College Corsairs and the Rio Hondo College Roadrunners at Corsair Field on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)

Rio Hondo College Roadrunners' Malachi Hernandez and Santa Monica College Corsairs' Taj Winnard during the men's soccer matchon on Friday, Sept. 24, 2022, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 2-1. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College Corsairs' Darren Lewis (right) and Rio Hondo College Roadrunners' Ebenezer Chinne (front) during the men's soccer match on Friday, Sept. 24, 2022, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 2-1. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College Corsairs Men's Soccer teammates Roey Kivey (10) and Sebastian Alvarez Luna (6) celebrate with Adam Abou-Hamad (center) after he scored the winning goal for the Corsairs during the match against the Rio Hondo College Roadrunners on Friday, Sept. 24, 2022, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 2-1. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College Corsairs' Alexander Lalor (third from right) and Rio Hondo College Roadrunners' Alexis Perez (third from left) during the men's soccer match on Friday, Sept. 24, 2022, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 2-1. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College Corsairs Men's Soccer Head Coach Tim Pierce (right) talks with Alexander Lalor (left), who just scored the first goal of the match against the Rio Hondo College Roadrunners on Friday, Sept. 24, 2022, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 2-1. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College Corsairs' Alexander Lalor during the mens soccer match against the Rio Hondo College Roadrunners on Friday, Sept. 24, 2022, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 2-1. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College Corsairs' Jason Moreno and Rio Hondo College Roadrunners' Jesus Garcia during the men's soccer match on Friday, Sept. 24, 2022, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 2-1. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)

Rio Honod College Roadrunners' Jesus Garcia and Santa Monica College Corsairs' Kyler Sorber during the men's soccer match on Friday, Sept. 24, 2022, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 2-1. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College Corsairs' Adam Abou-Hamad during the men's soccer match against the Rio Hondo College Roadrunners on Friday, Sept. 24, 2022, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 2-1. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College Corsairs Men's Soccer Head Coach Tim Pierce during the men's soccer match against the Rio Hondo College Roadrunners on Friday, Sept. 24, 2022, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 2-1. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College Corsairs' Taj Winnard (right), and Rio Hondo College Roadrunners' Charlie Rosales (left) and Ebenezer Chinne (center) during the men's soccer match on Friday, Sept. 24, 2022, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 2-1. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College Corsairs' Adam Abou-Hamad (right) and Rio Hondo College Roadrunners' Ebenezer Chinne (left) during the men's soccer match on Friday, Sept. 24, 2022, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 2-1. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College Corsairs' Connor Gilmore and Rio Hondo College Roadrunners' Oscar Velez during the men's soccer match on Friday, Sept. 24, 2022, at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, Calif. The Corsairs won 2-1. (Nicholas McCall | The Corsair)

On Friday, Sept. 23 the Santa Monica College (SMC) Corsairs Men's Soccer team faced off against the Rio Hondo College Roadrunners at the SMC Corsair Field, winning with a score of 2-1.

SMC forward Alexander Lalor started off the scoring at the 36-minute mark, putting SMC up 1-0. The game remained quiet until the 80th minute when forward Adam Abou-Hamad scored again for SMC, putting them up 2-0. The Roadrunners eventually scored a goal 85 minutes into the game, but SMC was able to hold the lead and ended the game 2-1.

Lalor reflected post game about his performance and the teams.

“I was happy with my performance,” he said. “The teams performance, I was really happy.”

The men's team is 4-1-3 this season, and Lalor acknowledged that while there was still plenty the team could improve on, he felt positive about their performance.

“Excellence takes time, if it was quick everyone would do it,” he said, quoting a message from a locker room board he read.

Overall, Lalor is confident in the team and the outlook for the season. The next game is against Glendale Community College on Tuesday, Sep. 27 at SMC at 3 p.m.