California State University-Northridge and Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville played their men’s soccer game 1-1 at the Matador Soccer Field on Sunday night.
Will Harris put the Cougars ahead when he headed in a free-kick by Ygancio Abeer Pou in the 15th minute. The Matadors equalized in the 38th minute. marley edwards Sent Idris Ublik With a run scored by Oubrik from just in front of the SIUE goal.
Each club scored two shots in the first 20 minutes of the final stanza. Edwards threatened with two attempts that were saved 29 seconds apart by Cougars goaltender Sam Gomez in the 64th. Jake Karolzak’s outburst at 72:59 was turned away by CSUN’s keeper Cooper Wenzel Who directed the ball out of bounds? The resulting Cougar corner was pushed away by the Matador defense.
With less than 15 minutes remaining, Gomez was whistled for a yellow card after tripping a CSUN offensive player in the box. The Matador was awarded a penalty kick taken by Edwards. His shot was high and he tied the score. Wenzel saved Max Broughton’s shot in the 79th minute.With five minutes remaining, Gomez Brian Bustamante An out of bounds attempt to give CSUN a corner kick was successfully defended by the Cougars.a Jammer Ricketts A shot with one second left spread quickly as time expired.
statistics
CSUN outscored SIUE (0-1-1) 16-13, but the Cougars were plus two (7-5) in goals… Wenzel made six saves to set a career-high for the Matadors. Recorded… Gomez, a graduate student, made his first career start and appearance for the Cougars… Gomez made three saves… Edwards posted a match-high four shots, and Al Sadik Hasan led SIUE with three attempts…Both teams scored four corner kicks…It was a physical match as SIUE whistled the Matador’s 9 16 fouls against one…The Matadors used nine substitutions in the first half, playing 20 of the 29 healthy players on the roster…CSUN held the advantage with 51-49 possessions.
“I’m happy with our progress as a team. We played against a good team at SIUE,” said head coach Terry Davila. “They fought back after losing at the LMU on Thursday. Very good.They are well trained and well trained.
“We had a chance to win. We missed a penalty kick that could have made it 2-1 with 10 minutes left. I don’t know if we could have tied the score. We created a penalty. It takes courage, and Marley did, even though most people don’t want to.
“It’s hard to play at this pace in the opening game of college football. There is a lot of competition for , which is good for the team.
After Matador
CSUN (1-0-1) makes its first move in 2022 when the Matador heads to the Pacific (1-1) on Thursday night. Kickoff is set for 7pm in Stockton and will be streamed by the WCC network.
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