Riverdale, NY - Junior Lucas Da Silva's (West Palm Beach, FL / Palm Beach Atlantic) goal in the 22nd minute lifted Manhattan to a 1-0 win over Sacred Heart in non-conference action at Gaelic Park.
With the victory, the Jaspers improve to 2-1 for the first time since the 2001 season with the Pioneers falling to 0-3.
22' | Da Silva puts Manhattan up 1-0 over Sacred Heart! #JasperNation pic.twitter.com/nu41UjyKZS
— Jaspers Men's Soccer (@JaspersSoccer) August 31, 2017
Manhattan owned possession for most of the night before a strange play briefly shifted the momentum. Sophomore Marcellin Gohier (Pouance, France / CENS), who was making his first Jasper start, punched the ball away in the 68th minute but was unaware that he had left the box and thus given a red card. On the ensuing play, junior Connor Hayes (El Dorado Hills, CA / Oak Ridge) made a diving save on a free kick to keep Sacred Heart off the board.
After the defensive stop, Manhattan would threaten to again dent the scoreboard in the 72nd minute but sophomore Lorenzo Froehle's (Anchorage, AK / Bartlett) shot was blocked by his own teammate. In the 78th minute, senior Troy Carrington (Verona, NJ / Syracuse) blasted a shot that was narrowly deflected by a diving Robert Strain.
Over the final 11-plus minutes, Sacred Heart would register three more shots but was unable to get any of them on goal.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Da Silva now leads the team in points with three after assisting on the lone Jasper goal at FDU.
- Despite the ejection, Gohier earned his first win at Manhattan in making one save.
- Hayes notched two saves in relief to combine in giving the Jaspers their second shutout this season.
- The Da Silva goal was just the third in the first half for Manhattan since the start of last season.
- The Jaspers have scored exactly one goal in all three matches.
- Manhattan posted advantages in shots (13-10), shots on goal (4-3) and corners (5-2).
- There were 33 fouls called, including 17 on the visitors and 16 on the Jaspers.
- Freshman Desmond Cole (Aurora, CO / Cherokee Trail) earned his first career start with junior Ryan Shields (Standish, Wigan, England / Standish Community).
UP NEXT
Manhattan will be idle this weekend before traveling to the City of Brotherly Love to take on Saint Joseph's on Wednesday, September 6 with first kick tabbed for 7:00 pm.