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Saturday, July 25, 2009

LAREDO, TX -- It took the Laredo Heat 120 minutes plus an additional five minutes of compensation time to finally get passed a determined West Texas United Sockers team on Saturday night at the Texas A&M International University Soccer Complex. The 1–0 win over the Sockers gave the Gateway City club their third Mid South Division title in the last five years.

Not only did the Heat faithful see a hard fought match played out by two equally talented teams, they also witnessed seldom used reserve, 18 year old Alfredo Ramos, hit a laser of a shot from about 22 yards in the games 119th minute to seal the victory.

Ramos entered the game at the 103th minute when he was substituted in for veteran player Greg Mulamba.

The win also advances the Heat into the Premier Development League Quarterfinals as part of the Elite Eight next weekend.

“Yesterday (Friday, July 24th), we received word that we were the front runners to host one of the two Elite Eight tournaments; however, all we needed to do was beat West Texas,” said Heat General Manager J.J. Vela.

Vela added, “At this point, we are very excited to once again showcase Laredo to the rest of the United Soccer Leagues soccer members spread throughout the United States and Canada. Sixty-eight teams started this PDL season back in May and now only eight remain.”

“We (the Laredo Heat) are going to have a great soccer event this coming weekend with teams coming to Laredo from Florida, California and Washington. We are inviting all the soccer and sports fans to start making plans to come out and not only support us but the visiting teams as well,” concluded Vela.