In the spirit of Halloween, the men’s soccer teams from Army and Cornell will be trick or treating with each other this year on Berman Field tonight at 7 p.m. However, the Red hopes to be doing most of the tricking and then treating itself to a second straight victory.
The team comes off a miraculous double-overtime win over the Princeton Tigers on Saturday. Senior Richard Stimpson broke the scoreless tie with a brilliant goal.
Coach Bryan Scales was pleased with the improved defense. After giving up a combined eleven goals over three games, the defense held Princeton scoreless.
“Good individual defending leads to good collective defending,” Scales said.
With a newly solidified defense, the goaltender issue still remains a question. Though both sophomore goaltenders Andrew Gordon and Doug Allan played admirably on Saturday, the distinction between the two is negligible and this makes for a difficult situation for Scales. Whichever netminder is called to duty today will be ready to respond with a strong performance.
A big loss for the Red is its freshman midfielder Colin Nevison. He has been a key contributor, but he is sidelined due to to a nagging hip injury and a bad cold. The team will miss his speed and passing dexterity.
Though he will be sidelined, expect to see this warrior on the bench rooting his team on.
With a win today, the Red could get back to a .500 winning percentage. Cornell looks even up its record and continue its winning ways against this non-league opponent.
Archived article by Jason Skolnik