Riverdale, NY - Sophomore forward
Brandon Joseph-Buadi (Brighton, England / Woodard) broke a scoreless ballgame in the 57th minute, and sophomore goalkeeper
Micheal Kennedy (Yonkers, NY / Fordham Prep) made three saves as Manhattan bounced back to defeat Siena 1-0 on Wednesday evening at Gaelic Park.
The Jaspers improve their record to 2-1 in MAAC play and 9-2 overall, while Siena stumbles to 2-1 against conference foes and 3-5-3 in 2018.
With almost 12 minutes gone by in the second half, sophomore forward
Berti Fourrier (Marseille, France / IFC Marseille) gained possession in the middle and sent the ball to Joseph-Buadi. The sophomore deked right and entered the box, firing a strike past Saints netminder Greg Monroe for the game's only goal.
Kennedy earned first career win in his first career start, making a couple of leaping saves to deny Siena in the first and second half. His three stops are a career-high after he collected two against Saint Peter's.
Manhattan looks to build another winning streak when they face off against Quinnipiac on Saturday, October 6 at 2:00 pm in a rematch of last year's MAAC Quarterfinal battle.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- With this victory, the Jaspers have earned nine wins in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1990-1991, when they won 10 contests in those campaigns.
- Manhattan's last three wins have come in the form of a 1-0 decision. It is the fourth time it has reached that score in a win this year.
- Fourrier recorded his team- and conference-leading fifth assist of the season.
- Manhattan is 8-0 on the year when Fourrier notches a point.
- Joseph-Buadi and Fourrier are now tied for the team lead with 11 points.
- With the second-half goal, the Jaspers have scored 15 of their 19 tallies after halftime (78 percent).
- Manhattan registered its sixth shutout in 2018.
- By recording 17 shots, the Kelly Green and White have reached double figures in 10 of 11 matches, going 9-1 in the process.
- The eleven corner kicks marked a season-high for Manhattan.
- The Jaspers have had multiple goalkeepers earn a win for four straight years.
- For the second straight season, a Manhattan goalie has not allowed a goal in his first career start. Gohier did the same in 2017 against Sacred Heart.
FIRST HALF
- Junior captain Tristan Doran (Jupiter, FL / Benjamin) had a solid defensive play in the eighth minute, running down a Siena forward for 50 yards to force him out of bounds for a goal kick.
- In the 18th minute, junior midfielder Milan Devuyst (Ostend, Belgium / ODU) uncorked the first shot of the night, though a Siena defender blocked it.
- Fourrier poked a 25-yard free kick from the middle into the hands of Monroe in the 24th minute, the first save for either side.
- As the Saints tried to counter a minute later, freshman midfielder Thomas Hitchins (Raleigh, NC / Wakefield) blocked a cross and sliced a skilled clear that curved along the right sideline.
- Doran fed a through-ball into the box for junior forward Noah Amissah (London, England / Orleans Park), but the pair couldn't connect in the 31st minute.
- Kennedy made his first save in the 34th minute, jumping up to send a Matt Chrisafulli shot above the crossbar.
- Junior defender Adrien Awana (Bordeaux, France / University of Bordeaux) fired a free kick from 20 yards out in the 36th minute, but Monroe made a diving save to his right.
SECOND HALF
- Prior to his goal, Joseph-Buadi had two chances for a goal, bending a 15-yard shot from the middle wide left and earning a ball off a broken Siena play in their zone that was sent into Monroe's torso as he fell to his right.
- Kennedy had another leaping save off a Siena corner kick as Conor McGlynn sent a header high. The Yonkers native tapped it over the crossbar, and Manhattan cleared the ensuing corner.
- Manhattan totaled five shots and three corners in the first 15 minutes out of the half.
- From 66:20 to 69:47, the Jaspers had three shots and two corners.
- In the 80th minute, junior defender Angee Komano (Toulouse, France / Universitié Montpellier) flicked a pass to Amissah and, in a similar play to his goal at Monmouth, toed the 18-yard box to his right a fired a shot, but Monroe was there to make the play.
