BUCKHANNON, W.Va. – The Concord University men's soccer team got a late goal from junior forward
Issa El Assal to down West Virginia Wesleyan, 1-0, Sunday afternoon in a Mountain East Conference game at Culpepper Stadium.
The Mountain Lions (4-0, 3-0 MEC) remain undefeated on the season and will await a matchup with nationally-ranked Charleston 4:00 p.m. Wednesday at Callaghan Stadium.
Throughout the contest, neither team could get on the front foot as the first 45 minutes featured three combined shots. In the first 20 minutes of the second half, CU peppered the WVWC (0-3, 0-3 MEC) goal with four of its 13 shots in the contest, but the Bobcats kept each attempt out.
With time winding down in the final 10 minutes, Concord lined up one of its five corners in the game. The set piece by senior defender
Ted Roberts found El Assal whose lunging header pushed Concord ahead in the 86
th minute.
Concord nearly doubled the lead in the 88
th minute as senior defender
Kai Forsyth just missed putting a header on frame. The Mountain Lions did have to do some last-minute defending as West Virginia Wesleyan forced a save from senior goalkeeper
Miguel Oliveria with 50 seconds left. Â
CU took 11 of its 13 shots in the second half with junior forward
Jaden McKree leading the Maroon and Gray in shots with three. Senior defender
Julian Correa and senior forward
Richard Henry both had two shots.
All five Wesleyan shots in the game were on goal as Olivera collected his first solo shutout of the season.
The Mountain Lions held West Virginia Wesleyan without a corner in the game, and had 55 percent of the possession.
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