Panthers Drop Home Match Tuesday Night To No. 2 Marshall, 3-1

Tuesday, September 5

Pittsburgh, PA

6 PM

Pitt

1-2-1, 0-0-0

#2 Marshall

4-0-0, 0-0-0

Marshall

Pittsburgh

Panthers Drop Home Match Tuesday Night To No. 2 Marshall, 3-1

9/5/2023 9:11:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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PITTSBURGH – The Pitt men's soccer team (1-2-1, 0-0-0 ACC) dropped their second straight match Tuesday night as No. 2 Marshall netted a pair of second half goals to earn the 3-1 road victory. Luka Kozomara netted his third goal in his past three matches for the Panthers in the loss.

ESSENTIAL GAME INFO
Pitt starting XI: Cabral Carter, Jackson Gilman, Felipe Mercado, Albert Thorsen, Guilherme Feitosa, Mateo Maillefaud, Noah Hall, Filip Mirkovic, Mathys Lefebvre, Eben McIntyre, Michael Sullivan
Marshall starting XI: Adam Aoumaich, Taimu Okiyoshi, Alvaro Garcia-Pascual, Matthew Bell, Pablo Simon, Takahiro Fujita, Alexander Stjernegaard, Theo Godard, Morris Duggan, Rai Pinto, Gabriel Perrotta
Records: Pitt (1-2-1, 0-0-0 ACC) | #2 Marshall (4-0-0, 0-0-0 Sun Belt)
Location: Ambrose Urbanic Field | Pittsburgh, PA
Attendance: 1081

SCORING INFO

Pitt Goal: Luka Kozomara (3)
Pitt Assist: Albert Thorsen (1)
Marshall Goals: Alvaro Garcia-Pascual (3), Adam Aoumaich (2), Marco Silva (4)
Marshall Assists: Matthew Bell 3 (3), Adam Aoumaich (2)

HOW IT HAPPENED – FIRST HALF

Pitt had the first scoring chance of the match in the 15^th minute as Guilherme Feitosa found Eben McIntyre who sent a cross into the box where Albert Thorsen nearly missed the sliding shot, going right of the cage
The Herd got on the board first in the 26^th minute as Alvaro Garcia took the pass from Matthew Bell and beat Cabral Carter to the low left corner
Pitt tied the game, 1-1, in the 39^th minute as Thorsen gathered his own blocked shot and dished a pass off to Luka Kozomara who beat the keeper to the low left corner of the net from in tight on the right side of the box

HOW IT HAPPENED – SECOND HALF

The Herd had a great chance to open the second half in the 46^th minute as Bell ripped a shot towards the left corner that Carter made a great stop on to preserve the tie
In the 53^rd minute, Abdoulaye Toure found Kozomara who ripped a shot just wide right to keep the match tied, 1-1
Filip Mirkovic had a great chance in the 60^th minute but his hard shot sailed just over the cross bar and out of play
The Herd took the 2-1 lead in the 65^th minute as Adam Aoumaich took a shot that deflected off a Pitt defender and bounced aimlessly into the left corner of the goal
Marshall put the game away in the 70^th minute as Marco Silva took a perfect through ball from Aoumaich and beat Carter to the left corner
In the 86^th minute, Thorsen was dragged down just outside the box and the Marshall defender was awarded a red card. On the ensuing free kick, Mateo Maillefaud had a hard shot that was blocked and cleared out of harms way

MATCH STATS

The Panthers held the 18-16 edge in shots while Marshall owned the 5-1 edge in corner kicks in the road win
Carter finished off his match with a season-high five saves while Perrotta made three saves in the win for Marshall
Kozomara had a career-high five shots and Mirkovic added a season-high four shots in the loss

MATCH NOTES

With the loss, Pitt is now 2-2-2 all-time against Marshall and have lost two straight in the series
Pitt is now 33-5-6 in the past five seasons at Ambrose Urbanic Field

UP NEXT

Pitt returns home Saturday night as they welcome No. 9 Wake Forest to Ambrose Urbanic Field for the ACC opener at 7:00 pm. Saturday's match will air live on ACC Network Extra.