First Half Red Card Hurts Men's Soccer Against USC Upstate

Saturday, October 9

Radford, Va.

4:00 PM

Radford University

3-7-0, 1-2-0

USC Upstate

3-5-3, 1-1-2

Team	1	2	Final F
USC Upstate	3	3	6
Radford	0	0	0

First Half Red Card Hurts Men's Soccer Against USC Upstate

10/9/2021 6:33:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

RADFORD, Va. – After a competitive start to the match, a straight red card left the Radford Men's Soccer team playing with just 10 men for the final 65 minutes and the home squad fell to USC Upstate, 6-0, at Cupp Stadium as a result on Saturday.

With the clock reading 24:45, Joseba Incera held his ground and stopped a point-blank shot, but the rebound fell right at the feet of another Spartan and his follow-up shot attempt hit the raised hand of Noah Haddad. Haddad was shown a red card for stopping an obvious scoring chance.

USC Upstate's Mario Arrocha scored the subsequent penalty kick and then added another in the 27^th minute to truly open the floodgates.

The Big South foes added a third goal in the 40^th minute, and then scored a trio of goals in the second half to bring their final total to six.

KEYS STATS

Freshman midfielder Tony Martinez made his first career start
Hansy Velasquez, a freshman forward who was recently selected to represent the Puerto Rico U-20 team, made his collegiate debut
Incera did his best in goal, making four saves

UP NEXT
The Highlanders head to Clinton, S.C. for a midweek Big South showdown with Presbyterian College on Wednesday, Oct. 13. The game will be streamed live on ESPN+.

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