Mingoes drop to MAU 5-1 in season opener
DORAL, FLORIDA - The University of The Bahamas men's soccer team ended the first half against Millennia Atlantic University with a 0-0 tie at Doral Meadow Park. The second half was a different story. The Macaws from MAU came out strong and scored in the first minute of the second half and never relented enroute to the 5-1 loss for The UB Mingoes.
The Macaws scored in the 46th minute of the match and never yielded after that point in the match.
The lone Mingoes' score came off a solo goal from Peter Julmis in the 55nd minute of the match. Julmis took the ball from about midfield and charged for the clean strike into the bottom corner. After the score Julmis appeared to hype up the team for a bit.
"I didn't really feel excited like the way I normally feel after scoring a goal because I felt like we as a team weren't playing our best football," he said. "Overall I felt like it gave us a little momentum, unfortunately it wasn't enough but I'm looking forward to Friday's game."
The Mingoes possessed the ball for considerably more time than the Macaws and had several shots on goal in the first half. Mingoes keeper Antonio Beckford also had three brilliant saves in the first half.
"The Macaws won the tactical battle in the second half and some of that is on me," head coach Alex Thompson said. "They made a key change in their attack and we made a key change in our defense and that change was exploited. Arguably their best player came on in the second half and changed the game and we lost one of our players to an injury which forced us to adjust and they just exploited that."
Midfielder Junior Kelly left the match with hamstring issues in about the 55nd minute and that was the change in the dynamics of the game.
The Macaws scored in the 46th, 51st, 59th, 78th, and 87th minutes of the match.
The Mingoes next compete 11 a.m. September 22 in Doral Florida against MAU.