Word: villars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time to convice the Harvard coaching staff of that fact. Despite entering Cambridge with a soccer resume that included being captain of Pennsylvania's Freedom High School Team, and earning All-State and Regional All-America honors, Ost did not get a varsity job. While fellow freshmen Diaz, Smith, Villar and Kronfeld moved up, Ost toiled for the J.V.'s earning plaudits like "Ost is the Most" from the local press...
Stone did a superb job generating offense. He hit the crossbar on one occasion, and created several opportunities around the goal area. Alberto Villar unleased a wicked drive that hooked past the goalie but also struck the crossbar...
Forwards Mauro Keller-Sarmiento and Alberto Villar created other opportunities, twisitng dribbles and passes across the goal from the right wing. They combined on Harvard's first excellent scoring opportunity as Villar landed a cross from the wing at Keller-Sarmiento's feet near the far post. Wesleyan goalie David Coombs then made a diving stop of the low, left-footed shot aimed on the left corner of the goal...
Within minutes, at 17:09, the Harvard bench jumped up again--this time with justification. Another Villar to Keller-Sarmiento cross ended with a soft right foot shot into an empty goal. Coombs had come out to corral the ball but let it slip out of his grip...
...last few minutes of the game, Harvard regained a little of its earlier intensity. Villar almost banged home a beautiful, soft Walter Diaz chip with his knee and thigh but Coombs managed to come out to block the ball. Right before the whistle, captain and fullback John Sanacare, pushing forward for only the second or third time in the game, launched a cross that Keller-Sarmiento flicked with his head and Coombs had to tip over...