Madison Ferrara

Box Score

Frederick Community FREDERIC (1-6-0, (8-5-0))

Harford Community Co HARFORD (0-6-0, (9-3-1))

Frederick Community FREDERIC

(1-6-0, (8-5-0))

Final

Oct. 25, 2017

Harford Community Co HARFORD

(0-6-0, (9-3-1))

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Frederick Community FREDERIC	0	1	1
Harford Community Co HARFORD	0	0	0

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | 10/25/2017 10:28:00 PM

Frederick Ends Harford's Season With a Dramatic Finish

Tournament: NJCAA Region 20 Division I Semifinals
Final Score: Harford Fighting Owls 0 - Frederick Cougars 1
Records: Harford 12-5-2 | Frederick 11-6
Location: CCBC Dundalk - Dundalk, Md.
The Short Story: The Fighting Owls' season came to an unceremonious ending as the Frederick Cougars shut out Harford in a physical contest. Harford had a last gasp attempt at goal knocked away in dramatic fashion that broke the hearts of the Fighting Owl faithful.
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HOW IT HAPPENED

Both teams came out firing in the first five minutes as the energy and pace of the game was blistering.
After the initial surge, the game slowed down significantly as the two sides resorted to trench war fare in the midfield.
As the tackles started to get harder, the cards began to fly as the referee pulled them out of his pocket eight times in the game including a late red card that saw Frederick go down to 10 men for the last couple of minutes into the game.
Harford was relegated to just one shot in the first 45 minutes while goalkeeper Michael Nelson was forced into making a couple of saves in the first half.
Nelso was again called into action in the first 10 minutes of the second stanza as he saved a long attempt by Carlos Granados Torres.
In the 57th minute, Frederick brought the ball down the left side then crossed it into the path of Kareen Salmon who had his point blank shot saved by Nelson only to see it bounce to Elmer Ochoa who knocked it into an empty net.
With just 10 seconds left and Harford still looking for their first shot on goal in the game, Fighting Owl defender Grant Stefan unloaded a long shot from the 50 yard line. The Cougars goalkeeper came off his line in an attempt to grab it, but misjudged the trajectory and the ball bounced over his head and appeared destined for the back of the net to tie the game. However, Frederick defender Lovet Cheg chased the ball down and made a sliding defensive save to knock the ball away with just seconds remaining to capture the victory for the Cougars.
Harford defenders Jason Stump and Enrique Castilho were named to the All-Region team for their efforts in the game.
The Fighting Owls' 12 wins and .684 winning percentage both rank as the second best in Harford men's soccer program history.

UP NEXT

Harford will be forced to say goodbye to a fantastic sophomore class including student-athletes that have been on campus for multiple years like Larsen Green, Daniel Milad, Frank Assaro, Shaq Wilhoyt, Corey Alt and Tanner Peterson.
They will also miss several important sophomores that had a great impact at Harford in their lone season in blue like Harford single season goal record holder Antonio Savi, defenders Jason Stump and Grant Stefan, as well as midfielder Dakota Bridge.