RICHARDSON, Texas - The #21 UT Dallas men's soccer team scored a pair of goals in the final 6:05 of the game to defeat Texas A&M International 4-3 at UTD Soccer Field Saturday.
With the win, the Comets remain in first place in the Lone Star Conference regular season standings with one game to play.
Before the game, senior midfielder/forward
Hamza Syed was honored.
First Half Highlights
- The Dustdevils (3-8-5, 1-7-1 LSC) took an early lead with a goal from Felipe Garcia in the 8th minute, followed by an own goal in the 10th minute to go up 2-0.
- The Comets (11-4-2, 7-1-1 ) responded in the 15th minute when
Julio De Los Reyes scored, assisted by
Callum Thompson and
Ryan Anderson, reducing the deficit to 2-1.
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Evan Pustejovsky equalized for UTD in the 37th minute, leveling the score at 2-2 before the break.
Second Half Highlights
- Tiziano Klamler put the Dustdevils ahead 3-2 with a goal in the 65th minute, assisted by Jonathan Cervantes.
- Pustejovsky leveled the match at 3-3 for the Comets with 6:05 left in the game, assisted by
Osi Iyamah.
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Avery Brazzell scored the decisive goal for UTD in the 3:40 remaining, assisted by Pustejovsky and Iyamah, securing a 4-3 victory.
Stats Breakdown
The Comets outshot the Dustdevils 21-7 overall and 6-3 on goal. UTD also led in saves, 6-3, while TAMIU committed more fouls, 12-9.
UT Dallas Performances
Evan Pustejovsky - 2 goals and an assist, moving his season totals to 4 goals and 3 helpers. He also took 7 shots.
Avery Brazzell - team leading 5th goal and 3rd game-winner.
Julio De Los Reyes - 1st goal of the season and 5th of his career.
Osi Iyamah - 1st career 2-assist performance.
Ryan Anderson - team-leading 4th assist of the year.
Callum Thompson - second assist this season.
Thompson, De Los Reyes, Anderson and
Josh Zemanski played all 90 minutes.
Texas A&M International Performances
Felipe Garcia - 2nd goal of the season, 3 shots
Tiziano Klamler - 3 shots and 4th goal of the year
Jonathan Cervantes - 1 assist
Up Next
UTD will end the season and try to wrap up the LSC regular season title against UT Tyler on Wednesday in Tyler, Texas at 7 p.m.
