Men’s Soccer Recap
By: Anthony Doria
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WMUL-FM). The 14th-ranked and second-seeded Marshall Thundering Herd (11-2-4) cruised to a dominant 4-1 win over the seventh-seeded Kentucky Wildcats (3-10-4) on Sunday. Over 1,900 fans gathered at Hoops Family Field and were treated to a great Herd performance.
Marshall’s first goal came in the 11th minute from a centering pass by Joao Carvalho, which was headed into the net by Carl Romberg for his seventh goal of the year and his third in the last two games.
Around 10 minutes later, Romberg uses his passing to help on a goal. Romberg sent a ball to Carvalho, who made another assist, this time to Haruhi Taneda, who had a wide-open net off a misplay by the Kentucky keeper. Taneda channled happy gilmore and just tapped the ball into the goal to put Marshall up 2-nil, which would be the score at halftime.
Coming out of halftime, Kentucky showed some fight, as they scored in the 65th minute to cut the deficit to one.
In the 77th minute, Kentucky keeper Benjamin Rasmussen looked to have a routine catch after a cross pass was set high in the sky into his hands. However, Rasmussen dropped the ball, and Adam N’Goran, as he seems to be often, was in the right place at the right time, as the ball went right to his foot and he punched it in to give Marshall a 3-1 lead.
A few minutes later, Joao Roberto had a run as Rasmussen rushed to cut him off, but Roberto read Rasmussen perfectly and chipped it high over him to a wide open net to put the bow on the game to give Marshall a 4-1 win. Four of Marshall’s six shots on goal resulted in goals.
With the win, Marshall will host South Carolina in the semifinals. FM88 Sports Owen James and Ethan Peltier will have the call with pregame coverage beginning at 6:45 p.m., first touch at 7.
You can listen on FM88.1 or on stream one at https://www.marshall.edu/wmul/.