Men's soccer team's season ends with penalty kicks loss
The Eastern Florida State College men's soccer team lost to Daytona State College in penalty kicks Saturday night at Orlando Health Stadium
The Eastern Florida State College men's soccer team lost a thriller Saturday night at Orlando Health Stadium.
After 110 minutes the Titans and Daytona State College were still tied, forcing penalty kicks to decide who would advance to the Southeast District Championship next weekend.
After three rounds of penalty kicks, the teams remained tied but Daytona State goalkeeper William Diaz guessed right on Junior Smith's strike, giving the Falcons a 5-3 edge in PKs and the Region 8 Conference title.
Eastern Florida State College got on the board first in the game as Jaidon Seldon found an open Jack Nelson nine minutes into the match. Nelson buried the Seldon cross for his 12th goal of the season.
The Titans would remain out front into halftime but less than a minute into the second half Daytona State College's Lisandro Molina hit a nice shot to tie the game 1-1.
In the first overtime, the Titans had one of the best chances to sneak out a win as Junior Smith hit a nice through ball to Rolando Onu who broke for the net. Diaz came out and the two collided and Diaz got a piece of Onu's shot, sending it wide of the net.
Less than two minutes later it was Daytona's turn as Kevin Kelly hit a rocket to the corner but backup goalkeeper Kodai Tsuzuki made the save to send it to the second overtime.
The game had 36 fouls and saw one red card and nine yellow cards.
Sam Bayly, Moritz Hohmann and Nelson all made their penalty kicks in the shootout.
The Titans finish the season 7-5-2 on the season.
