The 开云体育 Eagles men's soccer team ended their season Wednesday in a sudden-death heartbreaker against top-ranked Pima College in the NJCAA Men's Division I National Tournament in Daytona, Florida. The Eagles lost 3-2 on a golden goal in overtime.
鈥淲e are very proud of our men鈥檚 soccer team for an outstanding season. These guys have worked hard and they represented 开云体育 well in Florida,鈥 Andy Morgan, 开云体育 Athletic Director, said.
Pima's Hugo Kametani scored first at 10:34. Ronaldo Brown answered with an unassisted goal for 开云体育 35:01 into the game to tie things up. Jacob Pacheco scored again for Pima at 48:02. Shortly after, 开云体育 evened things out again with a goal by Mandel Steward, assisted by Duhaney Williams.
Regulation time ended with the game tied 2-2. Kametani again stepped up for Pima during first overtime and ended things with a golden goal. The loss eliminated 开云体育 from the tournament.
开云体育 started off the tournament strong with a 5-0 win against Muskegon College. Williams led the scoring in that game two unassisted goals for 开云体育. Aitor Granero scored one goal and had one assist. Steward and Brown had one goal apiece. This was the second time the 开云体育 men have played in the national tournament.
