Josh Glover turned in a solid performance in goal, helping Westmont finish in a 1-1 draw with Concordia in a Golden State Athletic Conference men’s soccer match Saturday at Thorrington Field.
The Warriors (7-3-2, 4-1-2 GSAC) scored in just the second minute and held on to a 1-0 lead until giving up the equalizer in the 75th minute.
“You saw a couple of good goalkeeper performances today,” said Westmont head coach Dave Wolf. “I think Josh Glover is having a great year. One of the issues that we have eliminated this year is that we have not given up any bad goals … at all. And, Josh has taken a couple of pretty sure goals away. Holding them to one goal is noteworthy and obviously, Josh played a big part.”
The Warriors’ early goal came after Austin Lack dribble down the field and fired a ball that ricocheted off Concordia goalkeeper Jordan Brinkley’s foot and up into the air. Matt Lariviere was on the right side of the net and headed the ball into the goal for the score.
Concordia’s equalizer came off the foot of Edgar Orozco, the Eagles’ leading goal scorer. Orozco received a pass from the left sideline, turned, beat a defender and fired off a shot to the far post.
Neither team could come up with a golden goal in overtime.
“I was very proud of how the team played in the overtime periods,” said Wolf. “I thought after 90 minutes of hard labor they really found something down deep in the overtime periods and that was pleasing to see. They were able to produce some very good moments and a couple of decent chances.”
Wolf was pleased with the play of senior midfielder Sebastian Kent.
“I thought Sebo was outstanding,” said the coach. “He is very important to our team. We have five senior and three of them our out injured right now. He stepped into a big void with those guys being out and performed very well.”
