The University of the Fraser Valley Cascades men’s soccer team dropped its fifth straight CWUAA regular season game to the University of Alberta Golden Bears, 3-1. The Cascades league record now stands at 1-5-0 for 3-points.
The match played at Bateman Park , started off with the Cascades attacking the Golden Bears defense and the crisp passing and control of the match from the opening whistle paid off five minutes in as Josh Atebe, Mission, BC scored a beautiful goal over the out stretched arms of Alberta’s goalkeeper, Jaswinder Gill, Edmonton, AB. Stuart Rowlands, Chilliwack, BC set Atebe up with a great pass beating the Alberta defense. The goal sparked UFV as they continued to control the midfield and win the majority of the “loose balls” during the first 30 minutes of the match. Gill kept the Cascades from doubling their lead with several excellent saves.
The Golden Bears offense starting to kick in and they tied the match at the 34th minute when Marcus Johnstone, Edmonton, AB set up Milan Timotijevic, Calgary, AB in front of the UFV net and Timotijevic made no mistake in slipping the ball past the Cascades goalkeeper, Colton Keam, Langley, BC.
The Golden Bears came out strong in the second half, showing the Bateman hopeful why they are Nationally Ranked 9th, they controlled the play and 11 minutes into the half Samuel Lam, Edmonton, AB score the goal-ahead goal on a pass from Johnstone that beat the Cascade defense. The Cascades continued to win their share of balls during the final 20 minutes but Alberta’s team defense kept them from any dangerous scoring opportunities. Lam would close out the scoring in referee time to send the Cascades to their fifth straight loss.
“I am disappointed especially after the great first half we had,” said UFV Head Coach Alan Errington. “Some of our players had brilliant performances today like Josh (Atebe) and Colton (Keam).”
The University of Alberta Player of the Match was Lam, and the Cascades honor went to Atebe.
Alberta 1 2 = 3
UFV 1 0 = 1
Scoring:
First Half:
05:00 UFV Atebe (Rowlands)
34:00 ALB Timotijevic (Johnstone)
Second Half:
56:00 ALB Lam (Johnstone)
90:00 ALB Lam (Timotijevic)
Goalkeeping:
Alberta: Gill W (Saves: 5)
UFV: Keam L (Saves: 9)
Shots on Goal:
Alberta: 18/ UFV: 14
Corner Kicks:
Alberta: 12/ UFV 7
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