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Garret Potter
Peter G. Borg (Rider University)
1
Fairleigh Dickinson FDU (0-0-1)
1
Rider RID (0-0-1)
Fairleigh Dickinson FDU
(0-0-1)
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Final
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Rider RID
(0-0-1)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 OT 2 F
Fairleigh Dickinson FDU 0 1 0 0 1
Rider RID 1 0 0 0 1

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Men's Soccer Ties FDU, 1-1, to Open 2018

Potter makes three saves in collegiate debut

LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – The Rider University men's soccer team played Fairleigh Dickinson to a 1-1 tie to open the 2018 season Friday night at Ben Cohen Field. Elliott Otmani (La Ciotat, France/Bonaparte) scored on a penalty kick in the 11th minute as the Broncs move to 0-0-1.

The Broncs were awarded the penalty kick in the 11th minute after Pablo DeCastro (Madrid, Spain/Universidad Francisco de Vitoria) was taken down in the box. Otmani calmly deposited the opportunity into the back of the net to stake the Broncs to a 1-0 lead.

Rider maintained the lead for nearly 70 minutes, before the Knights evened the score in the 80th minute. Ahu Obhakhan headed in a cross off assists from Jacob Labovitz and Noah Chia. The Knights played the ball down the left sideline before crossing from near the goal line to Obhakhan in front.

Seven seconds later, Labovitz was sent off with a red card, leaving the Knights to play a man down the rest of the way. But the Broncs couldn't capitalize and the game ended in a draw.
 
Quotes and Notes
"I thought we were good for the first 35 minutes and then you could see where our lack of fitness really came into play. You could kind of see the air going out of the balloon, so to speak. I thought the first 30 minutes, maybe if Sergio's shot, the one that hit the post, that puts us up 2-0 and maybe that's the game right there. But it's kind of been our plan all along. We don't want to peak now. We want to peak in October or November. So the fitness part will come in time. I saw a lot of signs that I'd be encouraged about tonight." – Rider Head Coach Charlie Inverso

- Fairleigh Dickinson now leads the all-time series, 15-19-4.    
- Sophomore goalkeeper Garret Potter (Lafayette, NJ/High Point) made his collegiate debut in net, while Guillermo Pavia Vidal (Madrid, Spain/La Salle Sagrado Corazon) and Borja Ares Ortiz (Entrambasaguas, Cantabria, Spain/Universidad Europea del Atlantico) also made their Rider debuts off the bench.

Broncs By The Numbers
- The goal was the 24th of Otmani's career, giving him 60 career points.
- Potter made three saves in his debut.
- Fairleigh Dickinson took a 14-7 edge in shots, but both teams put four shots on goal.
- FDU took four corner kicks to the Broncs' three.  
 
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