Men's Soccer Earns Draw at Home with FDU

Men's Soccer Earns Draw at Home with FDU
October 14, 2021

Central Connecticut and FDU battled to a 3-3 draw at CCSU Soccer Field in Northeast Conference men's soccer action on Thursday night. The Blue Devils took a lead with two second-half goals, but the Knights would score the equalizer with just under six minutes to play and the contest would end in a deadlock.

The Blue Devils travel to Merrimack on Sunday, Oct. 17.

GAME INFORMATION
Score: Central Connecticut 3, FDU 3
Records: CCSU (2-8-1, 2-2-1 NEC), FDU (5-5-3, 3-0-2 NEC)
Location: CCSU Soccer Field | New Britain, CT

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KEY MOMENTS

  • FDU opened the scoring just 1:27 into the game when Tony Gomez headed home a corner kick from Kevin Leonhard.
  • The Blue Devils answered 10 minutes later off a corner of their own. Sophomore John Michael Torres rose above a crowd to head home a corner from junior Sean Gannon to make it 1-1.
  • The Knights took a lead just before intermission when Leonhard cleaned up a rebound of an Edoardo Calzola shot to make it 2-1.
  • CCSU would tie the game in the 49th minute on a designed play off a free kick. Gannon played a short pass to freshman Brian Son, who slipped a pass behind the defense to an on-rushing freshman Birk Martinsen who buried his shot.
  • The Blue Devils took the lead in the 61st minute when freshman Kacper Skonieczny charged in from the left wing and slipped a pass to freshman Ola Telje who tucked home his shot to make it 3-2.
  • FDU got the equalizer at the 84:08 mark when Diego Arribas took a free kick and found Hugo Bacharach for the header at the far post to tie the game 3-3.

NUMBER TO KNOW
3- The Blue Devils have scored three goals in each of the last two meetings with FDU, including a 3-0 win over the Knights in the shortened spring season of 2021.

NOTES

  • The Blue Devils have gone 3-2-4 against the Knights in the series since 2013-14. 
  • Junior Jason Dubrovich finished the game with three saves.
  • Central is 1-0-6 in overtime contests dating back to Oct. 13, 2017.
  • FDU held a 17-9 lead in shots and 8-5 edge in corner kicks.
  • The physical contest included six cautions and a total of 33 fouls.

UP NEXT
The Blue Devils travel to Merrimack on Sunday, Oct. 17.

 

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