Trey Jackson tallies the game winner while Victor Claudel records his first career goal.
TAMPA (Sept. 6, 2019) – Trey Jackson (Ocala, Fla). scored the game-winner, and Victor Claudel (Strasbourg, France) netted his first career goal, as the USF men’s soccer team notched its first win of 2019 with a 2-1 victory over Marquette in its home opener on Friday night. The Bulls improve to 1-1 on the year while the Golden Eagles drop to 1-1-1.
Despite the one goal advantage, USF dominated the match on both ends, outshooting Marquette 26-9 while not giving the Golden Eagles many chances on their offensive end of the pitch.
Claudel tallied the first goal of the year for the Bulls in the 10’ when he took a pass from Henrique Gallina (Atibaia, Brazil) – who served it up from midfield – and beat the Marquette defender, then goalkeeper Jackson Weyman, giving USF a 1-0 edge.
It wouldn’t be until the 79’ that the Golden Eagles tied the game at one-all on a goal by Alex Mirsberger. Jackson, however, didn’t wait long to put the Bulls back on top beating Weyman, from five yards out, in the 82’ off a pass from Jonathan Rosales (Kissimmee, Fla.) for the winner.
Harrison Devenish-Meares (Sydney, Australia) recorded two saves in the victory for the Bulls.
Quotable
“I think that the guys played pretty well, although we were a little unfortunate that we didn’t have a few more goals, but I think in general we created a lot. Maybe the finishing needs to be cleaned up a bit but overall I think it was a pretty good game for us and one we deserved to win.” – USF head coach Bob Butehorn
Key Stat
26-9 – The Bulls completely controlled the tempo of the match on the offensive end firing off 26 shots on the night as opposed to just nine for the Golden Eagles.
Notable
- Tonight’s win against Marquette improves USF’s all-time record in home-opening matches to 39-13-5 … The Bulls are 3-2-1 in their last six home-openers and are 6-3-2 in their last 11.
- USF improves its all-time record against Marquette to 10-5-1, including a 5-3 record against the Golden Eagles in Tampa.
- Although he didn’t find the back of the net against, Stephen Rudderham (St. Petersburg, Fla.) wreaked havoc on the offensive end with a match-high six shots, including two on goal and one that went off the cross bar.
- Adrian Billhardt (Berlin, Germany), Avionne Flanagan (Baltimore, Md.) and Jackson all recorded four shots on the night.
Up Next
USF will have a quick turnaround as it returns to Corbett Stadium on Monday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m., to face Louisville. The Cardinals will come into the match ranked No. 8 in the nation in the Topdrawersoccer.com Top 25 poll while also receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches poll.
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