Miscue Leads to Tough 1-0 For Men's Soccer vs. Cal State Northridge

Saturday, November 10

UC Riverside

Cal State Northridge

Miscue Leads to Tough 1-0 For Men's Soccer vs. Cal State Northridge

11/10/2007 1:16:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Riverside—UCR lost a tough 1-0 decision to Cal State Northridge at the UCR Soccer Stadium Saturday afternoon. The Highlanders fall to 5-6-6 overall and 2-4-4 in the Big West and the Matadors improve to 6-6-6 overall and 2-4-4 in the Big West.

Both teams played tough defense all of the first half with both teams getting good looks on net but both goalies stood tall with both sending the half to a scoreless tie.

The same type of play was shown in the second half with both teams battling to pick up three points. The two squads combined to commit 36 fouls, 20 against CSUN including three yellow cards against three different Matadors.

Northridge outshot the Highlanders 11 to 7 on the day, none bigger than the shot by Mattias Bovehi in the 75th minute. UCR senior keeper Charles Alamo had come up to the front of the box to clear the ball back downfield, but a Matador defender challenged Alamo's kick and deflected the kick straight up. The two players tangled as the ball came back down and then bounced out towards midfield. Bonvehi gathered the ball and lobbed a shot over the scrambling Alamo along with a leaping Highlander defender to find the back of the net for the eventual game-winner.

UCR travels to UC Irvine on Wednesday for a match set for 7:00 p.m. This match had to be rescheduled because the wildfires in late October forced the Big West to postpone the game.