LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – Manhattan got a pair of Ronaldo Da Silva goals en route to a 3-0 win over the Rider University men's soccer team Wednesday night on Ben Cohen Field in the MAAC opener for both teams. With the loss, the Broncs fall to 1-6-1 (0-1-0 MAAC), while the Jaspers are now 3-3-2 (1-0-0 MAAC).

Da Silva opened the scoring in the 25^th minute, knocking in an Omar Torres cross from the left post. Still 1-0 at the half, Da Silva again was the beneficiary of solid Manhattan connection in the 54^th minute, as Anthony Denis played Gunnar Studenhofft down the right sideline, before Da Silva finished in front off Studenhofft's cross. The Jaspers would tack on another goal in the 61^st minute, as Johan Velez scored his team-leading fourth goal of the year off a Dorian Bounab assist.

Quotes & Notes
"I'm not an excuses guy. But we played without our two best players tonight and we're missing one of the best forwards in the country. So it makes us a different team. But guess what: life could be worse. It's been difficult. But we've got to be mature and fight our way through it." – Rider Head Coach Charlie Inverso

- Manhattan has now won two straight and three of the last four against Rider to cut the Broncs' lead in the all-time series to 14-7-5.
- After not surrendering a second-half goal through its first five games, the Broncs have given up five second-half goals in the last three games.  
- Rider is now 0-6-0 in games in which the opponent scores first and 1-0-1 when it scores the game's first goal.
- Veinante made his eighth-straight start in net and made four saves.
- Ben Collins (Wellington, New Zealand/Wellington College) subbed on for the final 11:05 and made two saves without surrendering a goal.     
- Tom Skrocki (Havertown, PA) was the lone Bronc to play all 90 minutes.
- Rider played without reigning MAAC Offensive Player of the Year Zaki Alibou (Meknes, Morocco/Meknes) for the sixth time in the last seven games, as well as Guillaume Sarrabayrouse (Toulose, France/Pierre Paul Riquet) for the third-straight game due to injuries.   

Broncs By The Numbers
- Five Broncs registered a shot, with Lenny Cidolit (Montpellier, France/Montpellier Univ.) and Mo Bocher (Powell, OH/Univ. of Nebraska HS) putting one shot apiece on goal.
- Momo Diop (Thies, Senegal/Prive Serigne Touba), Nick Cruz (Monroe Township, NJ/Saint Joseph [Rutgers]) and Adel Al Masude (Brussels, Belgium/GO Lyceum Gent) also got off one shot apiece.
- Manhattan outshot Rider, 13-5, including a 9-2 edge in shots on goal.
- The Jaspers also enjoyed a 5-3 edge in corner kicks.  
- The MAAC's leader in yellow cards with 28 entering the game, Manhattan was not issued a caution in the game. Meanwhile, the Broncs were issued their 11^th and 12^th cautions of the season.

Up Next
- The Broncs return to action on Wednesday, Oct. 5, when they travel to Iona for a 1 p.m. kickoff.