BUZZARDS BAY, Mass — Saturday afternoon, the Buccaneers men’s soccer team took on the Regis Pride in the season opener for both teams. Having lost their game against the Pride the last two seasons, the Bucs pulled this one out in comeback fashion, 2-1.
The Basics
Final: Buccaneers 2, Pride 1
Records: Maritime 1-0-0
Regis 0-1-0
Inside the Numbers
Maritime
- Freshman Brody Calvert netted his first career goal in the 68th minute that tied the game at the time.
- Harry Cooley scored his first goal of the season in the 80th minute which went on to be the game winner.
- Freshman John Burke and senior captain CJ Vincent provided the assists on the two goals.
- Freshman goalkeeper Kaden Winter made four saves in his Buccaneers debut and allowed one goal in 90 minutes of work.
- In total, the Bucs took 10 shots and had four corner kicks.
Regis
- Sebastian Ortiz scored his first goal of the season for the Pride in the 36th minute giving his team a 1-0 advantage.
- Michael Arguelles provided the assist on Ortiz’s goal.
- Goalkeeper Caleb Russo made six saves and allowed the two Buccaneers goals in 90 minutes.
- In total, the Pride took 14 shots and had three corner kicks, all in the first half.
How It Happened
The Buccaneers controlled the first 15 minutes of the game, rattling off a handful of shots and nearly scoring on two Calvert shots early in the match. Then, with 10 minute left in the first half, Ortiz found the back of the net on a pass from Arguelles inside the box to give the visitors a 1-0 lead that they carried into the halftime break.
In the second half, the Buccaneers went down to ten men after Ethan Somers received his second yellow card in the 58th minute. That didn’t stop the Bucs from getting back into the game as Calvert scored his first career goal on a pass over the Pride defense from Burke. Calvert dribbled the ball into the bottom right portion of the net to tie the game at 1-1 with just over 20 minutes left. The Buccaneers had grabbed back the momentum in the match and took advantage of the Regis defense. After a missed penalty by Vincent, CJ got redemption on a pass into the box to the head of Cooley who buried the go-ahead goal in the 80th minute. Maritime held on for the final 10 minutes and defeated the Pride by a 2-1 final at home in their season opener.
What’s Next
The Bucs are on the road for their next match on Wednesday, September 6th against Curry College in Milton, MA at 7pm.
