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HCC men kick to a win in soccer

Staff report

Posted 9/02/09

The Harford men’s soccer team took a 1-1 tie into overtime but didn’t get a chance to mount any offense as Northern Virginia converted during the 92nd minute to take the 2-1, extra-time, win in the Fighting Owls (0-1) 2009 season opener on Friday night at Harford Stadium.

The Raiders (1-0) wasted no time as Scott Taylor gathered a ball off a botched clear attempt by the Harford defense and fed Edwin Zolano, who dribbled one past Harford sophomore keeper Taylor Dize at the 4:13 mark.

The Harford offense quickly retaliated, however, as freshman Derek Hyde (Fallston) headed down a ball in the midst of a scramble and dished it to freshman Nick Burdick (Bel Air) who fired it past the NOVA keeper to knot the score in the seventh minute.

NOVA would come out firing in the second period, pelting Dize with 11 shots, seven of them on goal, but all were turned away by the veteran Owl keeper who totaled eight saves on the day. The Harford offense managed just three shots of its own, none of them on goal, leaving NOVA goalie Prashant Singh with just one save for the game.

As regulation time ticked away, neither team would manage a shot in the final four minutes, sending the game into overtime.

The Raiders took control of the ball to start the extra period and would not relinquish their possession until the conclusion of the contest. As the game entered its 92nd minute, there would be a scramble directly in front of the Harford goal and Juan Pierre Kanashiro would connect with a bicycle kick that floated just over the hands of Dize into the net for the game-winner at 91:05.