PHILADELPHIA – Sophomore Clement Bourret (Orleans, France/Lycee Jean Giraudoux) scored the golden goal in the Rider University men's soccer team's 1-0 overtime victory at Temple Sunday night. With the win, the Broncs improve to 2-1-0, while the Owls are now 1-1-2.

Temple tested Rider goalkeeper David Pastuna (Robbinsville, NJ/Robbinsville) in the first half, forcing the redshirt senior to make five saves. Included in the tally was a one-on-one opportunity from point-blank range that Pastuna steered away with his right hand in the 41^st minute.   
 
Following another 45 minutes of scoreless action, the game headed to overtime. Rider kept the pressure on from the outside, earning a corner kick in the 93^rd minute. Temple goalkeeper Alex Cagle came away with the ball following the corner, but his punt was controlled at midfield by Rider. Jose Aguinaga (Madrid, Spain) fed Pablo DeCastro (Madrid, Spain) and the latter lofted a ball into the box that Bourret beat his defender to and chipped it over the charging Cagle for the game winner.
 
Quotes and Notes
"Very good win. Temple's a good team. They had some really good results, beating Villanova and going down to Delaware and getting a draw. So, getting a win against a bigger conference team on the road is huge. I thought we played a really good first half and I think we could've been up two in the first half. We didn't tuck away our chances. In the second half, we weren't so good. Maybe it was a fitness thing early in the season. But it was good that some veteran guys stepped up and rose to the occasion to contribute at the end."
 
"Clement drew a penalty kick on the exact same play last year. It was a good team win and for a young group of guys, we've got to be happy with it. Now we have to rest up and get ready for La Salle."
 
"David Pastuna made two huge saves – one in the first half and another in the second. It was good to see him step up and, to me, he was probably the man of the match tonight." – Rider Head Coach Charlie Inverso
 
- The Broncs are now 2-3-0 against Temple under Inverso. Following three-straight losses to the Owls to begin Inverso's tenure leading the Broncs' in 2012, 2013 and 2015, Rider has defeated Temple in each of the last two.
- Rider didn't utilize a substitution in the first half for the second time in three games this season and just two Broncs – Aaron Gabriel and Chase Ealy - saw time off the bench.
- The overtime contest was the Broncs' first of the season after Rider went an unbeaten 1-0-3 in four overtime matches in 2016.
- Rider is unbeaten in its last 10 overtime contests (4-0-6) covering four seasons. The last time the Broncs lost in overtime was the 2013 season finale against Quinnipiac.
-DeCastro has now registered a point in each of his first three collegiate games with two goals and an assist.
- Rider handed Temple its first-ever loss at the Temple Sports Complex. Opened in 2016, the Owls went an unbeaten 8-0-2 at home last season.
 
Broncs By The Numbers
- Continuing a trend from 2016 in which 78 percent of the Broncs' goals came after halftime, four of Rider's five goals in 2017 (80 percent) have been scored following the intermission.
- Pastuna made six saves to secure the victory and his seventh career shutout in goal. The shutout was his first since Sept. 30, 2015, against Saint Peter's.
- The Owls edged the Broncs in shots, 12-11, including a 6-2 edge in shots on goal.
- Bourret led the Broncs with three shots, while DeCastro, Elliott Otmani (La Ciotat, France/Bonaparte) and Mathis Catanzaro (Montpellier, France) added two shots each.
- Rider took five corner kicks to the Owls' one.