HUDSON RIVER STUNNER!!! NEW JERSEY CITY UPSETS #6/7 NYU, 2-1, IN LATE FINISH THRILLER
JERSEY CITY, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | In the blink of an eye, the New Jersey City University men's soccer team went from a 1-0 heart-breaking loss to a 2-1 stunning upset winner. Unbeaten and #6/7 ranked New York University took a 1-0 lead with 10:24 remaining, and after giving up just three goals in its first nine games, appeared to be on its way to another win. But the Gothic Knights struck for two goals in a span of 1:47—the game-tying score off the head of rookie center midfielder ALEC METSCH (East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick), before senior midfielder NANA KOFI KUSI (Newark, NJ/Kumasi Academy (Ghana) tucked a rebounder under the crossbar with just 3:45 remaining, as NJCU stunned NYU, 2-1, in a non-conference game on October 3 at the Robert L. McNulty Memorial Soccer Field.
NJCU improved to 9-4, while handing NYU its first loss in 10 games (9-1). The Violets, ranked #1 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) East Region Poll, entered the contest as the #6 team in the country in the NSCAA Division III national poll, and 7th overall by D3soccer.com.
NYU had outscored opponents, 25-3, in its first nine contests, not allowed more than one goal in any contest, and owned the fourth lowest goals against average (0.33) in the nation.
The Violets become the second Top 10 opponent the Knights have upset in the past four years. On October 30, 2009, NJCU stunned then #3/4 Montclair State University by the same 2-1 score in overtime in Jersey City. Its last game against a ranked opponent resulted in a tie on October 26, 2011 when NJCU deadlocked with #10/16 Rutgers-Camden, 1-1, in Camden, NJ.
NJCU junior goalkeeper SHELDON PARKINSON (New Rochelle, NY/Herbert H. Lehman (Bronx, NY)made eight saves in the win. NYU senior Jonas Poster (Newton, MA/Newton North) made four stops in absorbing his first defeat.
"I told the guys afterwards that this waiting until the other team scores to kind of really get after it [offensively] is going to make me a lot older than I am, a lot faster," first-year head coach Patrick Snyder joked, about his club's late offensive prowess. "But it kind of woke us up. I feel confident going forward against almost anybody that we have a good chance. We have a lot of talent and a lot of ability to attack. It's innate in our guys and it's going to serve us well when conference play continues."
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