Bronx, N.Y. – It was Senior day for the Fordham men's soccer team but it was a sophomore from the visiting team that made the difference as Rhode Island scored with 16 minutes left to break a 3-3 tie and held off a Fordham comeback attempt as the visiting Rams took down the home team, 4-3, in an Atlantic 10 contest at Moglia Stadium.
With the loss, Fordham falls to 5-5-2, 3-1-1 in the Atlantic 10, while Rhode Island improves to 6-7 overall, 4-1 in the conference.
Fordham was led by grad student
Sam Delgado, who scored two of the three Fordham goals and assisted on the other.
Delgado gave Fordham an early 1-0 lead when he corralled a long throw-in from
Kamran Mojabi and beat the Rhode Island keeper from ten yards in the fifth minute.
Rhode Island tied the match just 1:44 later and the game would remain 1-1 at the half.
The second half featured an offensive outburst, starting with a Rode Island goal in the 68
th minute followed by
Nico Linares tying it for Fordham two minutes later when he took a cross from Delgado, settled a bouncing ball, and drilled one from 15 yards into the left side of the net.
The game remained toed until Rhode Island scored on a penalty kick in the 72
nd minute but Delgado tied it for Fordham when his shot was deflected into the Rode Island net before Rhode Island got eth eventual game-winner 20 seconds later.
Notes
• Fordham outshot Rhode Island, 18-12.
• The game was played in a steady rain.
• Eleven members of the program were honored with a special pregame ceremony.
• It was also Alumni Day for Fordham, who honored the 1996 Atlantic 10 Championship team.
What's Next?
• The Rams are next in action next Saturday, October 19, as they travel to Dayton, Ohio, to face the University of Dayton Flyers for an A10 contest at 7:00 p.m.
