Men's Soccer Edged by Cal State Fullerton, 1-0
September 2, 2007
UDM's men's soccer team played a hard-fought defensive game against Cal State Fullerton at Titan Stadium in Fullerton, CA, Sunday afternoon, but lost by a score of 1-0. With this loss, UDM falls to 0-2 on the year, while CSF improves to 2-0.
Just over a minute into the game, Fullerton's Michael Farfan took a corner kick and Amir Shafii headed it into the net to put the score at 1-0 for CSF.
In the 27th minute, CSF Skyler Thuresson shot a laser up the middle, but UDM sophomore goalkeeper Bryan Kloss grabbed one of his four saves of the afternoon. Detroit had a chance to tie it up in the 33rd minute as Mateusz Szwed fed a pass to Renato Susnja whose header went wide of the net.
Another chance for UDM came in the early in the second half as sophomore Michel Jonca had a breakaway, but he was tripped inside the box and no foul was called. Just a few minutes later, Ken Simon took a free kick and his attempt was high over the net.
Fullerton's Michael Farfan took a hard shot to the right corner of the net in the 70th minute, but Kloss was there to kick it out of the way and force an unsuccessful corner kick attempt for CSF.
With about 16 minutes left in the game, UDM freshman Chris Mulcahy took a shot to the center of the net, but Brent Douglas happened to be there for one of his three saves of the afternoon.
In the 75th minute, a CSF forward had one defender to beat, but Kloss ran up and had a slide tackle all the way at the top of the box to stop his attempt at the net. After that play, Kloss was hurt and sophomore Richard Fatyma came in at net for the remainder of the game.
With just under three minutes left, Ryan Kalor took a shot from about 30 yards out. Fatyma bobbled the ball and tried to keep his balance at the goal line and was able to keep the ball out of the net.
UDM's last attempt to tie the game came with just 10 seconds left in the game, as junior Christian King took a shot from the left side, but it was blocked by a CSF defender.
UDM will return to action when the Titans face Oakland in Rochester, MI, on Sept. 5 at 5 p.m.
Box Score--Sept. 2, 2007
1-2-Final
Detroit (0-2) 0-0-0
Cal State Fullerton (2-0) 1-0-1
Scoring Summary:
Period Time Team Scoring
1 1:25 CSF Amir Shafii (Michael Farfan)
Shots: UDM 6, CSF 8
Saves: UDM- Kloss 4; UDM - Fatyma 1; CSF- Douglas 3
Corners: UDM 2; CSF 4
-Detroit Titans
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