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  • Yorba Linda fans prepare an area they call "The Stable"...

    Yorba Linda fans prepare an area they call "The Stable" at the beginning of the game between Esperanza and Yorba Linda on Friday night.

  • Yorba Linda's Faraaz Uddin controls the ball as Esperanza's Robby...

    Yorba Linda's Faraaz Uddin controls the ball as Esperanza's Robby Newberry defends.

  • Yorba Linda's Brent Sienko, right, celebrates his goal in the...

    Yorba Linda's Brent Sienko, right, celebrates his goal in the early part of the game against Esperanza. Yorba Linda won 3-2.

  • Yorba Linda's Garrett Robb, right, attempts to redirect the ball...

    Yorba Linda's Garrett Robb, right, attempts to redirect the ball into Esperanza's net as Alberto Chavez, center, defends during their game on Friday night.

  • Esperanza's Tyler DeJianne controls the ball as Yorba Linda's Jake...

    Esperanza's Tyler DeJianne controls the ball as Yorba Linda's Jake Sowder defends during their game on Friday night.

  • Yorba Linda's Jack Benson, right, and Esperanza's Brain Hai, left,...

    Yorba Linda's Jack Benson, right, and Esperanza's Brain Hai, left, fight for control of the ball deep in Yorba Linda's territory during their game on Friday night. Yorba Linda won 3-2.

  • Yorba Linda's Costa Panagiotou, left, and Esperanza's JP Perfili lock...

    Yorba Linda's Costa Panagiotou, left, and Esperanza's JP Perfili lock arms as they battle for control of the ball during their game on Friday night.

  • Esperanza's Tyler DeJianne, left, scores past Yorba Linda's Cameron Remain,...

    Esperanza's Tyler DeJianne, left, scores past Yorba Linda's Cameron Remain, right, during their game on Friday night.

  • Yorba Linda's Faiz Kamran, left, dribbles past Esperanza's Jake Munivez,...

    Yorba Linda's Faiz Kamran, left, dribbles past Esperanza's Jake Munivez, right, as he prepares to take a shot on goal.

  • Esperanza's Jake Munivez, left, and Yorba Linda's Jack Benson, right,...

    Esperanza's Jake Munivez, left, and Yorba Linda's Jack Benson, right, lock up as they battle for possession of the ball during their game on Friday night.

  • Yorba Linda's Faraaz Uddin, left, celebrates with his teammates after...

    Yorba Linda's Faraaz Uddin, left, celebrates with his teammates after scoring a goal in the second half of his team's game against Esperanza on Friday night.

  • Esperanza's Jake Munivez, center, is sandwiched between Yorba Linda's Faiz...

    Esperanza's Jake Munivez, center, is sandwiched between Yorba Linda's Faiz Kamran, left, and Jack Benson, right, in a play that ended up with a yellow card for Benson and Munivez leaving the game with an injury.

  • Esperanza's Tyler DeJianne, right scores to tie the game at...

    Esperanza's Tyler DeJianne, right scores to tie the game at 2 goals a piece as Yorba Linda's Cameron Rehmani unsuccessfully tries to block the shot. Yorba Linda ended up winning 3-2.

  • Yorba Linda's Pasha Ghassemlou, center, threads the ball between two...

    Yorba Linda's Pasha Ghassemlou, center, threads the ball between two Esperanza defenders late in their game on Friday night.

  • Yorba Linda's Cole Taylor, left, redirects the ball into the...

    Yorba Linda's Cole Taylor, left, redirects the ball into the net with less than 2 minutes left in the game for the win against Esperanza on Friday night.

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    Yorba Linda's Cole Taylor celebrates his game winning goal against Esperanza on Friday night.

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Damian Dottore. Sports. HS Reporter.

// MORE INFORMATION: Associate Mug Shot taken August 24, 2010 : by KATE LUCAS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

YORBA LINDA – On Friday afternoon, Yorba Linda coach Kino Oaxaca pulled out the contracts he drew up during preseason camp and showed them to his boys soccer team.

The time had come to pay up. The signatures were all there, sealing the pact that said the Mustangs would take care of rival Esperanza this season.

“I said, ‘You put it in writing. You told me that this is the game that you wanted to win,” Oaxaca said. “Now, it was time to go out there and win it.”

Thanks to second-half goals from Faraaz Uddin and Cole Taylor, the host Mustangs did just that, edging Esperanza, 3-2, in Friday’s nonleague match.

Moments after Taylor headed in the winner in stoppage time off a long throw-in from Andrew Dirks, the Mustangs swarmed their coach, chanting “Kino, Kino, Kino” as they doused Oaxaca with what little water was left in their bottles.

This was a game, though, that Oaxaca said he hated to play. He coached at Esperanza for 23 years and Esperanza coach Conan Hawkins played for Oaxaca for four years. Oaxaca said Esperanza assistant coach Vodak Hawkins is “like a brother to me.”

Instead of shaking hands with the Esperanza players afterward, Oaxaca greeted each one in line with a big bear hug.

“Inside, I have a lot of respect for Esperanza and the program. They made a lot of things happen for me,” Oaxaca said. “We won CIF and league championships and that is all Esperanza. I love them, and I love the coaches. But I am glad that my kids came out and played today.”

Five minutes into the match, Yorba Linda took a 1-0 lead when Brent Sienko knocked in a throw from Dirks. To celebrate, Sienko sprinted to the bench, exchanging high-fives with his teammates on the bench before ending up in the arms of Mustangs goalkeeper Kevan Rehmani, who stopped two point-blank shots in the second half.

“This game was about pride from school to school,” Oaxaca said.

Tyler DeJianne tied the game twice for the Aztecs (7-5-4). Both goals were scored in similar fashion after he went one-on-one with a defender in the box. On his final goal in the 70th minute, he passed the ball to his non-dominant left foot and wrapped a curling shot around his mark and inside the far post.

“This week was a test to our character. We let games slip away in the last five minutes of the game,” Hawkins said. “But I am proud of the way the kids played.”

Contact the writer: ddottore@ocregister.com