The Analy Tigers pushed their season record to 6-1 in a Dec. 14 varsity soccer visit to Healdsburg, employing a stingy defense and a formidable offensive attack to shut out the Greyhounds, 5-0.
Analy set the tone in the opening half when Brennan Blondin scored on a header off a cross pass from Arthur Taganashi. The Tigers made it 2-0 a few minutes later when Taganashi found the net to put Analy up 2-0 at the break.
As it turned out, Taganashi was just getting warmed up, adding a pair of second-half goals (assisted from Armando Parra and Blondin) to take a 4-0 lead.
Zach Kleinfeld put the final touches on the rout with an insurance goal en route to a 5-0 victory.
“It was our best game of the year, and we knocked the ball around well and scored some fantastic goals,” Analy coach Peter Meechan said.
The Tigers (0-1, 6-1) suffered their first loss of the season in the North Bay League Redwood Division opener at Maria Carrillo on Dec. 11, falling to the Pumas, 3-0.
Analy will host Sonoma Valley this Friday, Dec. 20, at 6 p.m. before taking a holiday break. Analy resumes league action at Cardinal Newman on Jan. 7.
