Box Score Oct. 25, 2014 – The Concordia-Chicago men's soccer team traveled to Concordia Wisconsin on Saturday with the Cougars looking to keep their chances alive for a Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference tournament berth. The Cougars took an early lead in the 11
th minute but eventually succumbed to the Falcons by a 2-1 score
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"The guys have worked hard throughout the season," said CUC head coach
Micah Middendorf. "Today was a tough match that didn't go our way. I look forward to finishing strong with our two games next week."
The Cougars came out strong and went up 1-0 at 10:25.
Martin Vargas (Cicero, IL/Morton East) lobbed a ball down the middle that
DeAndre McLaurin (Joliet, IL/Joliet West) finished from the top of the 18 for his eighth goal of the year. CUw had an immediate response at 10:42 as the Falcons won a penalty kick that
Jorge Guzman (Cicero, IL/Morton East) saved to keep the Cougars ahead.
As was the case in the previous game against Dominican University, the Cougars relied on the outstanding play of Guzman to keep them in the game despite being outshot 33 –4. Guzman made 13 saves, many of them of the tremendous variety . However, in the 66
th and 69
th minutes CUW was finally able to breach the CUC goal and take a 2-1 lead. The Cougars had a number of counter attacking opportunities over the final part of the game but were denied.
The Cougars' next game is a non-conference game against Lawrence University on Monday in River Forest at 2:00.
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