DETROIT LAKES — Being the new kid in town is never easy. For Luis Moreno, he’s accepted the challenge of bringing new life to the Detroit Lakes girls soccer team . The Moreno era began with a hard-fought 4-0 loss to Section 8AA rival Little Falls on Thursday, Aug.
22 at home. The Flyers walked away with their third consecutive season-opening victory over the Lakers. Despite the first-game jitters, the scoreboard didn’t reflect the effort of the Lakers throughout the first 40 minutes of the 2024 season.
ADVERTISEMENT “I think our girls were a bit nervous first half when we came out,” Moreno said. “How I would describe it was we were playing to not lose instead of playing to win. And then second half, I just told them to, ‘Hey, be yourself, it's okay and just let it go.
Iyou make a mistake, let it go.’ But I just needed more effort, more energy from all of them, and they really picked it up second half.” The night's first score came from the foot of Little Falls’ Richelle Thompson in the opening 10 minutes of the match.
She scored again 12 minutes later to give the Flyers a 2-0 lead with 19:23 left before the break. Detroit Lakes’ Sedrah Krogsgaard sent the game into halftime with a missed opportunity that had Laker fans convinced the ball found the back of the net. The Lakers kept the ball at the feet for most of the game but continued to narrowly miss shots on goal like Krogsgaard’s strike before the half.
Detroit Lakes carried the momentum into the se.