{"id":1314040,"date":"2019-08-27T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/excitement-level-is-high-for-titans-soccer\/"},"modified":"2019-08-27T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T05:00:00","slug":"excitement-level-is-high-for-titans-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/excitement-level-is-high-for-titans-soccer\/","title":{"rendered":"Excitement level is high for Titans soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Coal Ridge senior Kade Frees battles for the ball during a home game at ‘The Pasture’ in New Castle earlier in the season.<\/strong>
Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

It took a bit to get going last year for the Coal Ridge Titans boys soccer team, but once things settled into place, the Titans took off down the stretch to reach the playoffs once again under veteran head coach Michael Mikalakis.<\/p>\n

While things didn\u2019t end in the playoffs the way the Titans were hoping for, Coal Ridge sees a number of key players from last year\u2019s team return this fall, led by senior forward Ivan Gallardo, who scored a team-high 17 goals last fall.<\/p>\n

Also back this fall is former standout defender Moises Contreras, a junior, who makes the switch back to soccer after playing football last fall. Contreras should pair with junior Dominic Centeno, senior JP Gallardo, and junior goalkeeper Cody Connor to give the Titans a shutdown back line this fall under Mikalakis.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really excited about our defense this year,\u201d Mikalakis said. \u201cThey\u2019re going to play well back there for us and will be a strength for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Much like Rifle football, Coal Ridge volleyball, and as of late, Glenwood and Roaring Fork soccer, the Coal Ridge boys soccer program is perennially strong, and that should remain the same this fall, thanks to the veteran leadership and skill level Mikalakis has at his disposal in the Titans\u2019 program.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think every year we\u2019re going to be competitive for our area,\u201d Mikalakis said. \u201cThat\u2019s a huge piece to our success. It\u2019s been great to watch other teams around us really get better. Roaring Fork making a deep run; Basalt getting better and better\u2026for us, that competition helps raise our level of play. For us, we\u2019re looking to be competitive and within the mix every single game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Being in the mix in every game shouldn\u2019t be a problem for the Titans this fall, should they build off of the great run they had down the stretch last fall to reach the playoffs. The ups and downs the program went through on the field last year has them prepared for much of anything they\u2019ll face this season, while also strengthening their bond as a team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really excited for the camaraderie of this team and how they are excited for this season,\u201d Mikalakis said. \u201cIt\u2019s a breath of fresh air for this season. We\u2019ll have success, will have some losses, but we\u2019ll learn and continue to grow and be able to be what Coal Ridge soccer has been for this decade.\u201d<\/p>\n

jcarney@postindependent.com<\/a><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Coal Ridge senior Kade Frees battles for the ball during a home game at ‘The Pasture’ in New Castle earlier in the season.Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent It took a bit to get going last year for the Coal Ridge Titans boys soccer team, but once things settled into place, the Titans took off down […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1314040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 15:56:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1314040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1314040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1314040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1314040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}