Rutherford NJ - Felician University Men's Soccer went up against Chestnut Hill at Newark Academy this evening. In what would be a one-sided victory, with bench players receiving opportunities to step on the pitch for the first time this season, led to a score of 5-0. Here's a breakdown of what happened during the match.
First Half - The Golden Falcons would kick things off aggressively with shots coming in by Hugo Rodriguez, Nic Robinson, Shuntoro Morimoto, and Manuel Otero within the first 10 minutes but not connecting. Chestnut Hill would push for offensively, but ended with Emanuele Moretti collecting a save. At the 27 minute mark, Tim Jeager scores the first goal of the contest with an assist coming in by Manuel Otero. After 7 minutes went by, another goal for Felician, this time by Hugo Rodriguez and assisted by Tim Jeager. Felician would begin giving some new people opportunities and they would capitalize on the opportunity with a goal coming in by Sebastian Anaya with an assist coming in by Yusuf Mahmoud, bringing the score to 3-0 going into the second half.
Second Half - Going into the second half, the Golden Falcons wanted to submit their victory and that's what they did with another goal coming in by Hugo Rodriguez with the assist coming in by Alex Ramos. 9 minutes would go off the clock, and Felician would score once again, this time by Alex Ramos and the assist coming in by Tim Jeager bringing the score to 5-0. At the 59th minute mark, Felician would allow the majority of their bench players to step on the pitch for the first time. In the end, Felician would capitalize on this contest winning 5-0, adding another win on their impressive season.
Golden Falcons Player of the Game - The Golden Falcons Player of the Game goes to Hugo Rodriguez. He had 2 goals on 3 shot attempts helping Felician secure this victory.
Men's Soccer will be back on the pitch this Tuesday when they go up against Molloy University at 4 PM up in Rockville Centre, NY.