Ags go 1-1 at home in men’s soccer
The USU men’s soccer team went 1-1 over the weekend. USU lost 6-3 to BYU-Idaho on Friday, and beat the Idaho State Bengals 5-2 Saturday.
BYU-Idaho took an early lead and USU was not able to overcome it.
“They came out quick and got a couple goals real early,” USU’s Dave Firmage said.
USU was able to score two goals in the first half, to make the score 2-2 at the break. The Aggies added one more goal in the second half, and BYU-Idaho scored four. The final score was 6-3 for BYU-Idaho.
“We were just playing hard,” Firmage said. “We just have a few offensive things we need to work on, a few team chemistry things we need to work on.”
In Saturday’s game USU came out fast.
Dasheek Akwenye scored the first goal on a breakaway, 15 seconds into the game. USU scored again when Billy Harlow kicked a goal from midfield to give the Aggies a 2-0 lead.
The Bengal’s responded scoring two quick goals, to make it 2-2. Greg Larsen scored for the Aggies just before half to make it 3-2 at the break.
The Aggies seemed to be getting things worked out in the second half. The Bengal’s did not score for the rest of the game, while the Aggies added two more goals – both from Firmage. Firmage said USU made some adjustments at halftime.
“I got served a couple good balls, you know, just catching the defense off guard,” Firmage said. “I was just in the right position. I was where I was supposed to be.”
The Aggies have only been playing as a team for three weeks and Firmage said he feels like they have a lot of learning to do.
“We are still trying to get things worked out,” Firmage said. “A lot of it was we started to get some control, we got some positions figured out, we made a couple of changes as far as positions,” Firmage said.
The Aggies play at Rocky Mt. Rival on Friday, and at home Saturday against St. George at 4 p.m.
The Aggies play at Tower Field.
–p.d.k@aggiemail.usu.edu