The Moorpark College men's soccer team tossed a monkey wrench in rival Oxnard's Western State Conference title push.

Again.

Bryan Gonzalez scored in the 76th minute as host Moorpark shared the points with county rival Oxnard for the second time this season, 1-1, on Friday afternoon.

The draw, which Oxnard only saved with Sergio Garcia's headed equalizer with four minutes left, knocked the Condors out of first place in the WSC table for the first time this season.

"We knew it wasn't going to be pretty," said Oxnard coach Ross Greaney. "This is what WSC battles are about."

Fourth-place Moorpark (5-6-5, 4-1-5) earned a scoreless draw at Oxnard on Oct. 2 and swept the Condors 2-0 and 2-1 last season.

"I think we're the most underrated team in this conference," said Moorpark coach Sean Roche.

Second-place Santa Barbara City took over the top spot with an 8-0 thrashing of Glendale. Los Angeles Mission was also poised to leapfrog Oxnard into a first-place tie with Santa Barbara with a win at Citrus on Friday.

Oxnard (8-3-5, 5-) now faces a must-win match Monday at L.A. Mission.

"Tell me about it," said Garcia.

Gonzalez's goal, which arrowed into the Oxnard net from 20 yards off Ivan Viguera's cross, capped a 20-minute period of Moorpark domination in which four different Raiders came close to breaking the deadlock.

From there, Oxnard awoke. Greaney sent on Jeff Erickson as a third forward, which created the space for Willie Gutierrez to cross for Garcia to nod home the equalizer sweetly from 10 yards.

"That's what I'm supposed to do," said the 6-foot attacker from Fillmore. "I knew right away, That's mine.' "

It was only the seventh goal Moorpark had allowed in its last 12 matches. The Raiders have allowed only 16 goals this season, the best defensive record in Southern California.

"To come back against the Moorpark defense like that is a huge accomplishment," said Greaney.

Yet the Condors almost stole the win. In the second minute of second-half stoppage time, Alberto Anguiano jinked through the Moorpark defense and sent a shot from the top of the penalty area that rattled Moorpark's right post.

"It hurt that we didn't get the winner, but it wouldn't have been a fair result," said Greaney.

Neither team was happy sharing the spoils, which was obvious by the postgame tussle in which a Moorpark player was shown the red card for spitting on an Oxnard player.

"Boys acting like children," said Roche.

The two coaches looked on bemused before lecturing their teams on keeping their poise in what is annually the toughest WSC race to win.

"It's funny because I don't really see Moorpark as a rival," said Greaney. "I see them more as a sibling.

"Maybe it's down to the respect I have for (Roche), but I see our rivals as Mission and Santa Barbara."