Ayden Romo’s Clinical Left-Footed Half-Volley Secures Mater Dei’s Victory in CIF Southern Section Open Division Soccer Final

For a moment, the ball was floating 20 feet in the air and seemingly harmless. The next moment, it found itself on the left foot of Mater Dei's Ayden Romo, who used a clinical, left-footed half-volley to sizzle the ball into the back of the net. Romo's second-half goal was the difference in Mater Dei's 1-0 win over previously unbeaten Arlington High in the CIF Southern Section Open Division boys soccer final at Veterans Stadium in Long Beach Friday evening. "We play a game in practice called 'baseball'," Romo told the Orange County Register. "We just work on volleys, half-volleys,...