Cardinal Men’s Soccer Ties 5-5

Men’s soccer played Trinity Lutheran College today in a brutal game that resulted with a tie in the last minutes of the game.

Adam Talley made the first goal within the first five minutes of the game, and the Eagles came back with two attempted goals, the third which ricocheted off the post into Card’s goalie Robert Powel’s hands.

Trinity player number 4, Bryant Maxey made the first goal for his team off a free kick.

Cardinal forwards went to score several times but were off sides, until player number two Tony Quesnell passed it to Talley who crossed the ball in front of the keeper right in the corner of the net.

Trinity made the next couple goals and put themselves in the lead by intercepting the Cardinal defense’s passes and turning it around to score.

The spectators were very aware of the combative playing, and many of them and the players actively turned to the referee to take out their aggression.

There were a total of six yellow cards for unsporting behavior, one for the Cards and the remainder for Trinity. The referee called a few on behavior after plays were dead.

The Cardinals were behind when Alec Johnson made two goals to bring the score up to 4-5.

In the last two minutes of the game, Trinity fouled in the box resulting in a penalty kick.

Trinity goalkeeper Ghristos Voglis blocked the attempt by Talley, but the referee called a foul on him when he lunged forward off the line to block the ball too early. The second try, Talley made the goal to tie the game 5-5, also giving himself a hat trick.

“Our team has gotten incredibly more in sync,” Quesnell said, “We’re playing for each other and will take on any team any time now.”