Florida Gulf Coast University men's soccer dropped their match Friday 2-0 to Georgia Southern in Statesboro, Georgia.
"We have to learn from this. We were not at the level tonight, and the guys are aware of it," associate head coach
Sheldon Cipriani said. "We will get back to work on Monday. We have control of what is ahead of us, and this will be our focus.
Georgia Southern's goals came less than 90 seconds apart, both from crosses into the box. The first goal came from a Georgia Southern cross that found the chest of Ricky Louis, redirecting into the goal. The next goal found the foot of Mitch Picksley after a cross was headed down by a Georgia Southern player. Julien Seher assisted on both goals.
FGCU was 3-0-1 all-time against Georgia Southern before this match, having only allowed one goal in the previous four matches.
The best chance for the Green and Blue to score came in the 44th minute when
Addrian Knights-Browne got his head on a cross and redirected it down toward the bottom corner of the goal before the save was made.
Shoki Yoshida peppered the net with two shots on goal, both in the second half. Both of his attempts came from outside the 18-yard box and were simple for the opposing keeper.
Goalkeeper
Oliver Weng was stellar once again, making two key saves back-to-back as the first half was coming to a close.
Many key components of the team were missing in this match.
Alon Drey and head coach
Jesse Cormier were out serving a red card suspension while
Job Choute did not play due to injury.
