Army Falls, 2-1, in OT to Fairfield

Tuesday, September 18

Fairfield, CT

7 PM

Army West Point

3-3-1

Fairfield

3-3-0

OT 2

Army West Point

Fairfield University

Army Falls, 2-1, in OT to Fairfield

September 18, 2018 | Men's Soccer

Box Score

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – A penalty kick goal in the 92nd minute sealed a 2-1 victory for Fairfield over the Army West Point men's soccer team on Tuesday night at a foggy Conway Field at Rafferty Stadium.

With a heavy fog hovering over a wet playing surface, both sides struggled to generate many quality scoring chances throughout the early portion of the contest. However, the Stags (3-3) were able to come away with the win in their home opener despite being outshot 8-7 by the Black Knights (3-3-1).

Keenan O'Shea was responsible for the game-tying score for Army in the final seconds of regulation, putting one past the Fairfield goalkeeper to force an overtime period.

"I'm extremely proud of this team tonight," head coach Russell Payne said. "This is the kind of group I love to coach. We've been less than full strength for a while now but yet our spirit is so strong and we're finding ways to stay in games, push through and gut things out through tough circumstances. I can't ask for anything more. We'll focus on tightening up in a few areas and I know we'll be ready for Lehigh this weekend."

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

O'Shea netted his fifth goal of the season and the 11th of his career.
He has now tallied at least one point in each of the Black Knights' first seven matches.
His goal in the 90th minute was the latest score by a Cadet since Tyler Mitchiner scored in the 104th minute in an overtime win against Siena on Sept. 13 of last season.
Alex Grave de Peralta notched his first assist of the year.
Army won the advantage in shots for the fifth time this season.
The Black Knights generated four corners compared to the Stags' three.

HOW IT HAPPENED

In the 84th minute, Cooper Knecht dished a ball from the center of the box to the left and Jack Weiss buried it into the far right corner of the goal to put the Stags on top, 1-0.
The match was seconds away from ending when O'Shea connected on a cross into the box from Grave de Peralta and sent a booming strike that sailed into the back of the net for the equalizer.
Less than two minutes into overtime, a foul was called on Justin Stoll inside the box, granting Fairfield a penalty kick. Diego Casielles stepped up for the Stags and scored to secure the win.

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