ORLANDO, Fla. – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) men's soccer team scored a pair second half goals to force overtime before falling 3-2 to No. 15 University of Central Florida (UCF) on Sunday at the UCF Soccer and Track Complex.
Trailing 2-0 in the second half, UTRGV (2-1) got a goal from senior
Kyle Edwards in the 67
thminute. Edwards picked up the loose ball on a corner kick senior
Arthur Rogers and found the back of the net for his second goal of the season.
UTRGV put on the pressure late in the second half and in the 90
thminute got a goal from sophomore
Lukas Moser tying the match at 2-2. Moser took the pass from Rogers
off of another corner kick and got it by a diving
Yannik Oettl (2-1-1).
UCF (2-1-1) got the game-winner from
Yoni Sorokin, who converted on a penalty kick in the 107
thminute.
UCF jumped out to the early lead after getting a pair of goals in the opening minutes from
Cal Jennings and
Andres Hernandez in the third and fourth minutes of the match.
UTRGV outshot UCF 14-11 but was outshot 6-7 on shots on goal.
UTRGV will be back in action on September 17 when it faces off against Marshall University at 6 p.m. at Hoops Family Field.
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