{"id":50149,"date":"2025-10-15T01:13:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T05:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=50149"},"modified":"2025-10-15T01:14:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T05:14:17","slug":"mens-soccer-terriers-fall-short-to-northeastern-in-back-to-back-late-game-scorings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2025\/10\/15\/mens-soccer-terriers-fall-short-to-northeastern-in-back-to-back-late-game-scorings\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Soccer: Terriers Fall Short to Northeastern in Back-to-Back Late Game Scorings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senior defender Giuseppe Bagnato (16) waits for when he can throw in the ball.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Featured Image by Jenny Chen<\/em><\/p>\n

By Jane Guay\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Boston University Men\u2019s Soccer Team (8-4, 4-1) suffered a tough loss at home against the Northeastern University Huskies (3-6-3, 1-4-1 PL) Tuesday night after Huskies\u2019 forward Bryce Flowers scored a late, 89th-minute goal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Coming off of a four-win streak, the Terriers were looking for another tally to add to the win column, though they fell short after what seemed like a strong momentum from the team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although the first 20 minutes of the first half were scoreless, much of it was spent in Northeastern territory, resulting in BU midfielder Jack Grossman scoring the first goal of the game \u2014 his first goal of the season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think he hits it quite complete but still finds the back of the net,\u201d said Head Coach Kevin Nylen of Grossman. \u201cGood for him to find his first goal. Unfortunately, it’s kind of overshadowed by the loss.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The goal came from a free kick after Huskies\u2019 defender Rohin Kapila committed a foul. In the first half, fouling was a consistent issue the Huskies faced, committing nine fouls in comparison to the Terriers\u2019 five.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With a struggling offense in the first half \u2014 only recording one shot in comparison to the Terriers\u2019 nine \u2014 the Huskies needed to rely on their defense. Northeastern goalkeeper Tobias Jahn made two saves, while BU senior Sheraz Saadat stopped one \u2014 though much of the action stayed away from Terrier territory.<\/span><\/p>\n

By the end of the first half, the Huskies used the Terriers\u2019 late fouls to their advantage, recording five free kicks in the later portion of the first. This momentum continued, leading Northeastern to its first goal of the night \u2014 scored just under four minutes to go before halftime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although the Huskies ramped up their offensive strategy heading into halftime, the Terriers quickly shut it down. Senior defender John Roman, assisted by sophomore midfielder Pharis Petrica and senior midfielder Diego Rived, found the back of the net, marking the second goal of his BU career.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the Terriers\u2019 early goal in the second half, the Huskies were able to up their shot count, recording five \u2014 four more than in the first half. BU still doubled Northeastern\u2019s shot total with 10, but foul trouble and costly mistakes shifted the momentum.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Infractions by Rived, junior forward Keke Abai, freshman defender Austin Mobray, senior midfielder Ethan Gill, senior defender Giuseppe Bagnato and sophomore forward Dylan Williams all contributed to the Terriers\u2019 second-half struggles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Along with fouling, a mid-second-half injury to Mobray, who started the game, slowed the Terriers\u2019 momentum that was created in the first half.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As BU\u2019s offense stalled, Northeastern capitalized. Midfielder Neil Devnani and Bryce Flowers scored back-to-back goals \u2014 Flowers\u2019 coming with just 49 seconds left \u2014 to seal a 3-2 win for the Huskies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Looking ahead, Nylen said the Terriers will shift their focus to conference play and prepare for Sunday\u2019s game against American University. The team\u2019s mentality is \u201cwe regroup, and we move on,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn’t the end of the world,\u201d Nylen said. \u201cWe’re eight-and-four and still in a good spot in conference play, and that’s what we have to play for.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers will travel to Washington, D.C. for Sunday\u2019s game against the American Eagles, with kickoff scheduled for 1 p.m. Streaming will be available on ESPN+. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Featured Image by Jenny Chen By Jane Guay\u00a0 Boston University Men\u2019s Soccer Team (8-4, 4-1) suffered a tough loss at home against the Northeastern University Huskies (3-6-3, 1-4-1 PL) Tuesday night after Huskies\u2019 forward Bryce Flowers scored a late, 89th-minute goal.\u00a0 Coming off of a four-win streak, the Terriers were looking for another tally to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25421,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1026,1030,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25421"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50150,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50149\/revisions\/50150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}