Farmingdale State - 1, Yeshiva - 0
TEANECK, N.J. | The Farmingdale State men's soccer team earned a 1-0 victory on the road against Yeshiva University on Sunday afternoon. With the win, the Rams improved to 8-3-2 overall and 5-1-1 in Skyline Conference play, while the Maccabees fell to 5-3-2, 5-1-2.
FSC and Yeshiva played a fairly evenly matched first half as each team attempted four shots.
In the 19th minute, junior midfielder
Anthony Bileddo (Carle Place, N.Y.) put the first shot on target, which was saved by Maccabees goalkeeper Kellian Marty.
Only 37 seconds later, Farmingdale State freshman forward
Jose Gil Mejia (Guatemala City, Guatemala) forced a turnover, gathered the ball and sent a pass for senior midfielder
Rafael Castro (Cartagena, Colombia), who buried the goal to the left of the keeper to give FSC a 1-0 advantage.
Yeshiva had just one shot on goal the remainder of the half as the Rams took the 1-0 lead into the halftime break.
Five minutes into the second half, the Maccabees attempted a shot from 25 yards out, but Farmingdale State senior goalie
Justin Silva (Bellerose, N.Y.) made a diving stop to maintain the lead.
With 30:42 remaining, a foul in the box to set up a penalty-kick shot for Yeshiva, but Silva dove to his left to make the save and quickly coraled the rebound to keep the Maccabees off the board.
Yeshiva had three more shots down the stretch with Silva stopping each one to secure the 1-0 shutout victory for Farmingdale State.
Silva now has 20 solo shutouts in his career at FSC and has tied the school record held by Patrick Gubbins since 2009.
The men's soccer team will next play host to Skyline Conference opponent Maritime on Tuesday, October 17th at 6:00 p.m. on Senior Night.
