DENVER — Ian Enkema scored the winning goal in overtime to help send Telluride boys soccer to its first-ever championship game appearance.
The sixth-seeded Miners trailed 2-0 in the first half, but stormed back for the 3-2 win over No. 2 Fountain Valley in the Class 2A semifinals on Saturday afternoon.
Enkema’s goal came three-and-a-half minutes into the first overtime. He beat the Fountain Valley goalkeeper to a ball in the left side of the box, and flicked it over his head and into the net for a winner.
Fountain Valley had grabbed a 2-0 lead on a pair of goals from Aly Kassam, including a penalty kick with 5:15 to play before halftime.
Telluride got an important answer less than three minutes later, when Andreas Moorman scored on a PK of his own. That made it 2-1 at the break, and things stayed that way as the second half wore on.
The Miners then tied the game at 2 on Brian Sosa’s goal off a corner kick with 11:03 to play. Sosa tucked home a loose ball after a diving save.
Then, in overtime, Enkema scored the winner to send Telluride to the title game, which is set for next Saturday at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City.
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(1) Crested Butte 2, (4) Denver Christian 1
Crested Butte rallied from a 1-0 halftime deficit to advance to their first-ever championship game appearance.
The Titans tied the game at 1 less than five minutes into the second half when Gabi Marmolejo scored following a lot of pressure around the Denver Christian net.
The two teams continued to trade chances as the end of regulation drew near — including Denver Christian hitting the post — but it was Josias Navarrete, off an assist from Carlos Franco, who played the hero in the final minutes.
Navarrete tucked home a goal with 2:50 to play to put Crested Butte ahead 2-1, and the Titans held on.
Ryan Beattie scored for Denver Christian in the first half.
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