Riverdale, NY –For the second time in three seasons, the Manhattan Jaspers will play postseason soccer, thanks to a 1-0 win over Niagara on Senior Day at Gaelic Park.
Junior Brandon Joseph-Buadi (Brighton, England / Woodard) tapped in the goal off a beautiful cross from a quickly-taken free kick from senior Callum Carsley (Birmingham, England / Princethorpe College) to give the Jaspers the lead in the 85th minute.
Joseph-Buadi's score was his third of the season and the second game-winning goal of the year.
Senior goalkeeper Marcellin Gohier (Nantes, France / CENS) made three saves to earn the win for the Jaspers.85' | Joseph-Buadi opens the scoring with his third goal off a cross from Carsley!
— Jaspers Men's Soccer (@JaspersSoccer) November 2, 2019
Manhattan leads Niagara 1-0!#JasperNation pic.twitter.com/y5BD1z8ocY
Manhattan posted advantages in shots (17-12), shots on goal (5-3) and corner kicks (3-1).
With the win, the Jaspers improve to 6-8-0 and 5-4-0 during MAAC play, while Niagara drops to 5-11-1 and 3-5-1 in the league.
Josh Savoni made four saves in net for the Purple Eagle
Manhattan will close out regular-season play at Siena on Wednesday, November 6 at 3:00 pm.
Coach Scott On The Seniors
Inside the Numbers
- All nine Manhattan seniors started.
- The Jaspers could finish as high as fourth or as low as sixth in the MAAC.
- Manhattan will play a MAAC First Round game on Sunday, November 10 with location and time to be determined.
- Fourteen of the Jaspers' 17 goals have come after halftime.
- Additionally, eight have come after the 80th minute of action, including five of the last seven.
- Manhattan concludes the home portion of its schedule with a 4-1 record.
- Joseph-Buadi now has 12 career goals, with the Jaspers going 9-1 when he finds the back of the net.
- Eleven of Manhattan's 15 games have been decided by one goal, including all but one MAAC game.
- Carsley's assist was his first of the year and the sixth of his career.
- Gohier's shutout was the 16th of his career - improving his own school record - to go along with 23 wins.
- The Jaspers have now won seven of the last eight meetings between the teams.