ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's soccer team scored three times in the second half to get past Salem, 3-0, Sunday afternoon in a non-conference contest at Callaghan Stadium.
The first half featured just four combined shots, with none on target for either team.
However, action picked up quickly in the second half. The Mountain Lions (5-2-2) had a chance in the 50
th minute, but was whistled for offsides, and in the 52
nd minute sophomore forward
Ignacio Alvarez Maina half-volleyed a shot that just missed the target.
But, in the 57
th minute CU broke through with junior midfielder
Patrick Alouidor sliding a pass down the line for freshman midfielder
Kyle Gordon to score his second goal in as many games from the top of the six-yard box.
Just six minutes later, Concord struck as junior midfielder
Darian Bradshaw threaded a through ball onto the foot of junior forward
Richard Henry down the right flank. Henry beat the defender and the goalkeeper for his third goal of the season.
The Mountain Lions continued the attack as they took 14 shots in the second half, but did not score again until 88
th minute when a corner kick could not be cleared away cleanly by Salem (2-8). Junior defender
Kai Forsyth roofed his first goal of the season, and second of his career.
CU's back line of junior
Julian Correa, Forsyth, sophomore
Zakari Messam and junior
Ted Roberts as well as second-half substitute junior
Erik Lotysz kept Salem quiet, limiting the Tigers to three shots and none on goal.
Junior goalkeeper
Nathan Scargill did not have to make a save in recording his second shutout of the year.
Seven of the 17 shots were on frame for Concord. Henry tallied three shots while Alvarez, Bradshaw and Gordon all had two.
The Mountain Lions head to Wheeling for a Mountain East Conference game 7:00 p.m. Wednesday.
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