Frogs lose season finale in overtime heartbreaker
Men’s soccer team ended its season Saturday afternoon with a 1-0 overtime loss to South Florida.
By Olga Bograd
Skiff Staff

With a disappointing 1-0 sudden-death overtime loss, the men’s soccer team wrapped up its season and said goodbye to eight of its seniors.

Associate Head Coach Blake Amos said he was somewhat relieved it was the last game, because the season did not go as well as was expected.

“Unfortunately, I’m kind of glad it’s done because it was a rough year.” Said Amos. “We start Monday for next August.”

Among those graduating are the team’s three co-captains, Carrington Brown, Michael Lahoud and Nick Browne.

In Saturday’s season closing match against the South Florida, only one of the co-captains, Brown, got to play in the match.

Lahoud was forced to watch the game from the sidelines due to a back injury received right before the match against Louisville. He has been struggling with injuries all season, missing several games earlier on, due to a pulled groin.

Browne was not able to play in the match because the football team had a game scheduled for the same afternoon as the soccer team, and he kicked for the Frogs in their 17-10 win.

The match was uneventful, with both teams playing defensively-minded and finishing up with two scoreless halves to go into overtime.

“The defenses on both teams did a really good job of allowing it to be a midfield game.” Brown said. “One breakdown at the end, the guys not getting back, the ball played through and they are in the back of the net. Just one letdown and as a result we end up losing the game 1-0.”

Brown was disappointed with the outcome, especially because it was his last game.

“I’m kind of disappointed,” Brown said. “It’s not the way you want to draw it up. Coming into the season with these high expectations, we just had these bad breaks here and there and we really could never get any momentum going. But I had a good time here. The team is great.”

Olga Bograd