A strong second half wasn’t enough to pull the Wolves (1-3 overall) ahead following a slow start in their home opener on March 26 against rival Port Angeles (4-0-1).

The Roughriders set the pace early as German exchange student Lukas Mobius scored six minutes in and again at 18 minutes on an assist from Tim Myer to go up 2-0.

Sequim’s Konner Parish followed up with the Wolves’ only goal at 58 minutes in after a teammates’ shot went off the goal post.

Sequim had a handful of shots after the goal but couldn’t capitalize on the momentum.

Sequim head coach Dave Brasher said his players knew about Mobius’ abilities and seemed overly worried about him and his goals.

“The focus became on that and not playing smart team soccer,” he said. “They lose focus on the big picture, but it’ll come.”

Sequim’s been battling slow starts all season, Brasher said, and have given up two goals in three of their first four games in the first 20-25 minutes and Klahowya’s lone goal in the season opening loss came in that timeframe, too.

“Once we get it cranked up, we’re pretty solid,” Brasher said. “We need to work on finishing those attacks. Physically we’re ready, but sometimes they talk themselves out of things.”

Austin Wagner had multiple saves against the Roughriders including a blocked penalty kick after a hand ball call against Sequim.

Earlier in the week, Sequim fell behind early to Coupeville but their rally on March 22 was successful going 7-2 for their first win.

Coupeville’s Zane Bundy scored 10 minutes in on an assist from Abraham Leyva

Elenes but Sequim’s Liam Harris and Joe Urquia scored back-to-back. Coupeville’s Elenes’ scored to tie it at 2-2 but Sequim went on to score five more times. Goals came from Thomas Winfield, Harris again, Josh Gonzalez, Cameron Chase and Evan James.

Going into this week, Brasher said he also wants his team to work on communicating better.

“They are great group of boys but they’re not vocal,” he said.

Many of the senior leaders are physically assertive on the field but not voicing what they or teammates need, Brasher said.

Looking ahead

This week, the Wolves spend two of three games on the road traveling to North Mason on March 29 and North Kitsap on March 31, and hosting Ketchikan High School from Alaska on April 1.

Olympic League standings

(as of March 28)

Kingston 2-0-0 4-0-1

Port Angeles 2-0-0 4-0-1

North Kitsap 1-1-0 1-1-1

Bremerton 1-1-0 1-3-1

Olympic 0-1-0 0-4-0

North Mason 0-1-0 1-2-0

Sequim 0-2-0 1-3-0