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ORONO – The University of Maine men’s soccer team lost their last game of the season on Saturday morning, falling 5-0 to Boston University, ending their season without a win, 0-17-0. The win for BU clinched them the fifth spot in the America East conference standings and they will face Albany in the America East quarterfinals next week.
“Honestly, I was disappointed with the performance today. Most games at home this year we played pretty well, and very hard and had some close matches. It’s a tough way to end the year and we had five or six starters out of the lineup today,” Evans said after the game.
UMaine started the game without five of their starting players on Saturday, including key players such as senior captain Cooper Friend, whose absence from the midfield was evident.
The Terriers’ first goal came just 6:37 into the game. Sophomore Jin Oh scored off a pass from freshman Samuel Appiah from five yards out. Boston University’s Neil Hlavaty netted the second goal for BU 10 minutes later with an assist from Dan Schultz.
BU dominated play in the first half, outshooting UMaine 10-2. The first half also saw several fouls with seven called against UMaine and six against Boston University, and many other players on the ground going without calls. BU’s Jarryd Goldberg became the target for accusations of flopping yelled from the sidelines as fans repeatedly chanted, “number 10, you suck!” whenever he received the ball. Goldberg responded by turning and pointing at the scoreboard, holding up his hands at the fans signaling 2-0, the current score.
The game was a little reminiscent of the physical play of a 2006 Men’s World Cup game with six yellow cards being given out: four to UMaine and two to the Terriers.
Spectators showed up in relatively high numbers to Saturday’s homecoming game. One group of students wore shirts with each letter spelling out a nickname for one of the players.
UMaine stepped up their play in the second half, holding much of the play in BU’s defensive half. The effort proved fruitless as UMaine failed to get off many shots, collecting five total for the half and only two on goal, despite possessing the ball for long periods with in Boston’s 18-yard box.
In the second half, BU was able to launch successful counterattacks and tallied seven shots and three corner kicks. Boston’s third goal of the game came again from Jin Oh who beat a defender just inside the box to open up the shot 59:02 into the game with an assist from Jon Jonsson.
Neil Hlavaty scored Boston’s fourth goal, his second of the game unassisted from four yards in the 62nd minute of play. The fifth goal came from 10 yards out on the right side by Dan Schultz and assisted by Jarryd Goldberg.
UMaine goalkeeper Ben Piotrowski made five saves. Boston University used three different keepers play in the game, and together they tallied four saves.
