Titans Fall in Men's Soccer Season Opener, 6-1
August 31, 2007
The UDM men's soccer team dropped a 6-1 decision in its opening game of the season to Cal State University Northridge (1-0) Friday afternoon at the Matador Soccer Field in Northridge, CA.
Northridge opened up the scoring in the fifth minute as junior midfielder Devin Deldo put it in the left side of the net for the Matadors. Sophomore goalkeeper Bryan Kloss tallied a save for UDM in the 11th minute off of CSUN junior forward May Gomez, but Gomez went on to retrieve his own rebound. His second attempt at the net made it past Kloss to put the score at 2-0 in favor of the Matadors.
Junior Simon Zahra took a corner kick for UDM in the 30th minute and redshirt freshman Jake Munchiando (pictured) played it off of his foot and watched it sail by Northridge junior goalkeeper Kevin Guppy for his first goal as a Titan.
CSUN junior forward Michael Clegg had a breakaway in the 39th minute and fed it to freshman midfielder Nicholas Hamilton who netted Northridge's final goal of the first half.
Northridge opened up scoring in the second half after sophomore forward Sunghyun Kim netted the Matadors' fourth goal off of a pass from Deldo. The next two goals for CSUN came from freshman forward Camilo Rojas, both in the 70th minute, with one of the goals being assisted by senior midfielder Fergie Agwu.
The Matadors outshot the Titans, 22-9, but UDM had a 3-2 advantage on corner kicks. Kloss tallied five saves on the afternoon, while allowing six goals and sophomore goalkeeper Rich Fatyma saw action for just over 18 minutes for UDM. Guppy allowed one goal and had three saves, while Peter Bomar tallied one save in just over 19 minutes.
The Titans will return to action when they face Cal State Fullerton on Sept. 2 at 5 p.m. EST in Fullerton, Calif.
Box Score--Aug. 31, 2007
1 2 Final
Detroit (0-1) 1 0 1
Cal State Northridge (1-0) 3 3 6
Scoring Summary:
Period Time Team Scoring
1 4:36 CSUN Devin Deldo
1 11:35 CSUN Moy Gomez
1 31:17 UDM Jacob Munchiando (Simon Zahra)
1 39:03 CSUN Michael Clegg (Nicholas Hamilton)
2 58:22 CSUN Sunghyun Kim (Devin Deldo)
2 69:57 CSUN Camilo Rojas (Fergie Agwu)
2 70:36 CSUN Camilo Rojas
Shots: UDM 9, CSUN 22
Saves: UDM- Kloss 5; UDM - Fatyma 0; CSUN- Guppy 3; CSUN - Bomar 1
Corners: UDM 3; CSUN 2
YC: UDM-Susnja (23:48); UDM-King (37:33); UDM-Veit (61:19)
-Detroit Titans
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