TOWSON, Md. - The Hood College men's soccer team ran out of time to complete their comeback after an early four-goal deficit. The Blazers drop 4-3 to Goucher.
Inside the Box Score
How It Happened
- The Gophers earned the early 1-0 lead over the Blazers with a goal by Xavier Dever off an assist from Yaya Diabagate two minutes into the first half.
- Three minute later, Goucher extended its lead Jeremiah Odubade buried the shot off a pass from Ali Kazim Nakhid.
- In the 30th minunte, Abou Makine netted an unassisted tally to push the lead to three.
- Coming out of the halftime break, Goucher's Kazim Nakhib found the back of the net to make the score 4-0.
- The Blazers' ended its scoring drought as Hammer tallied his third of the season off assists from Urbina and Paul Hagen in the 60th minute.
- Poisal netted Hood's second goal of the game to cut the Goucher lead in half, 4-2, in the 76th minute.
- With five minutes remaining, Urbina snuck a shot past the keeper on a free kick to bring the game within one.
- The Gophers held onto the one-goal advantage for the remaining five minutes of play to hand Hood its first loss of the season.
Analysis
- Goucher edged Hood 20-11 in shots and 6-4 for corners.
For the Opponent
- Kazim Nakhid lead the Gophers with one goal and one assist
- Dever, Odubade and Makine scored one goal apiece for the Gophers.
- Diabagate and Kazim Nakhid both had one assist.
Notes
- First year Hammer has scored in all three games this season for the Blazers.
- The Blazers move to 3-1 on the season.
- Goucher earned their first win of the season and move to 1-3-1.
From Coach Zafiratos
"The first five minutes of tonight's game really hurt us. We had two or three bad switch-off moments, you can't do that when you are on the road and if you expect to win at this level."
"I commend our players for the valiant comeback effort at the end, but we did not deserve to win tonight's game."
Up Next
The Blazers return home on Wednesday, September 15 when they host the Mary Washington Eagles at 7 p.m.
