After winning its most important game of the season last Friday, a 3-2 victory over Venice, the Dolphins were off their game throughout a 2-0 loss to Fairfax Monday at Stadium by the Sea. “We’ve put ourselves in a position where we basically can’t afford more than one more loss if we want to make the playoffs,” PaliHi head coach Dave Williams said. “We pretty much have to win every game.” Against the Lions (3-2 in league), Pali controlled play in the first half but failed to score. The second half was all Fairfax. Christopher Orozco scored both goals, the first after a long run and centering pass by Kleber Ortiz in the 56th minute and the second on a breakaway in the 77th minute on a play that looked to be offside. Palisades (2-5-2 overall, 1-3-2 in league) might have lost by more if not for the goaltending of senior goalie Jason Cutler, who made several acrobatic saves, and the defense of Dave Villalobos. The loss tarnished a dramatic victory over Venice in which a corner kick deflected off of Villalobos and into the net in the 79th minute for the game-winning goal. Michael Larin scored in the 13th minute off of a pass from Rafael Martinez and Deyan Sabourian added a goal in the 28th minute off of an assist from Alex Francis. “We easily could be 3-3 or better in league right now,” assistant coach John Lissauer said. “We tied Westchester and University and we dominated for 70 of the 80 minutes and had 17 shots against Hamilton, but still lost 2-1. We’ve just had trouble scoring.”
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