Simon Adjakple
Steve Musco
2
Winner West Virginia WVU (3-0-0, 0-0-0)
0
Yale YALE (0-1-0, 0-0-0)
Winner
West Virginia WVU
(3-0-0, 0-0-0)
2
Final
0
Yale YALE
(0-1-0, 0-0-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
West Virginia WVU 1 1 2
Yale YALE 0 0 0

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | Will Matuszak

Bulldogs Drop Season Opener To West Virginia

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's soccer team dropped its season opener 2-0 to West Virginia University on Friday night at Reese Stadium. With the win, the Mountaineers improve to 3-0-0 this season.

"We are happy about our overall performance against an NCAA-caliber team and I thought we were the better team for large portions of the game and consistently in more dangerous areas of the field," said Kylie Stannard, the 5K Corral Head Coach of the Bulldogs. "The game changed on a highly questionable penalty kick call, but we didn't let down and our guys responded very well after that. They did well to execute the plan and we are unfortunate not to get more from this game. This was a great test early on and a great foundation to build on."

How It Happened
  • 1' | Forward Eric Lagos gets behind the West Viginia back line, but his shot attempt sails wide right.
  • 20' | Quanah Brayboy sends a free kick into the box for defender TJ Presthus, but heavy contact from a Mountaineers defender causes a misdirected header.
  • 33' | Following a hand ball in the box on Yale, Yutaro Tsukada converts on a penalty kick to give West Virginia a 1-0 lead.
  • 36' | Yale Goalkeeper Chris Edwards makes an outstanding diving save to stop a shot from inside the 18 to keep the deficit at one.
  • 52' | After the halftime break, Marcus Caldeira extends the visitors' lead to two, finding the top-right corner of the net. 
  • 61' | Another free kick attempt from Brayboy narrowly flies over the head of Presthus keeping the Bulldogs off the scoreboard.
  • 67' | Jake Schaffer rockets a shot from outside the box that bounces to the right of the goal for the final scoring threat of the night.
Game Notes
  • Edwards recorded three saves in the season opener.
  • Three Bulldogs made their collegiate debuts: Joseph Farouz, Ryder Mills, and Simon Adjakple.
  • Yale is now 1-1-0 against West Virginia over the past two seasons. 
  • The Bulldogs fall to 2-2-1 in season openers over the past five seasons.
Up Next
Yale travels to UMass for a Labor Day matchup against the Minutemen at 4 p.m.
 
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