LAKEWOOD, N.J. (Sept. 24, 2022) - On an afternoon packed with youth soccer teams, the capacity crowd was treated to an entertaining match between Georgian Court and Felician men's soccer. Georgian Court took an early first half lead, but couldn't hang on, as a Golden Falcon goal in the 86th minute evened the match and brought it to the 1-1 final.

How it Happened
• It was a low-scoring, physical match that featured 14 yellow cards and 34 total fouls called. 
• Felician had the advantage offensively with 18 shots, eight on net, to the Lions six total shots, four coming on goal.
• The Golden Falcons were also able to generate eight corner kicks to the Lions three.
• Felician was peppering the net to start the half. Lion goalkeeper Sotirios Gkosdis made five saves in the first 20 minutes.
• Shots were tough to come by for GCU, but in the 31st minute they made one count. Cherif Tammar sprung Jay Abraham with an outlet pass down the middle of the field. He went one-on-one with the goalkeeper and beat him shooting right to left for the 1-0 lead.
• The Golden Falcons nearly tied the match just five minutes later, but Anthony Medina hit the crossbar and the ball stayed out of the net.
• Gkosdis was forced to make another save in the 39th minute and that was the final shot of the half as GCU led 1-0 at the break.
• The intensity really picked up in the second half. All 14 cards were issued in the latter 45 starting with one on each side in the 51st minute.
• The Lions had a chance to get ahead 2-0 as Ryan Lee got a shot on net after a GCU corner kick, but Felician goalie Uche Santschi made the save.
• As the physicality picked up, the fewer shots were attempted. After a 16 shot first half, there was just half that, eight in the second stanza.
• With less than five minutes remaining, the Golden Falcons took advantage of a GCU foul in the defensive end. Riccardo Benini's free kick was placed on net where Danny Bzura got just enough of a head on it to get it up over Gkosdis and into the net to tie the match.
• There were no other shots on net in the final 4:21 and the buzzer went off ending the match in a 1-1 tie.

Lion Stat Leaders
• Jay Abraham scored and played all 90 minutes of defense.
• Cherif Tammar picked up an assist and had a shot.
• Sotirios Gkosdis made seven saves in goal.
• Ryan Lee put two shots on net.

For the Golden Falcons
• Danny Bzura scored on his only shot of the game.
• Riccardo Benini added an assist and two shots.
• Anthony Gomez had a game-high four shots, two on net.
• Uche Santschi made three saves.

News and Notes
• The goal was Abraham's second of the season. He's tied for second on the team with two goals.
• Cherif Tammar's assist gives him a team-high-tying two for the year.
• Sotirios Gkosdis has allowed one goal or fewer in five of his six starts.
• Gkosdis leads the league in save percentage among goalkeepers with at least five games played. 
• The Lions nine yellow cards were the most in a match this season.
• The Lions hosted Youth Soccer Day as area youth teams were admitted to the game and played on the field during halftime.

Up Next
• Georgian Court is back in action Tuesday, Sept. 27 on the road at Queens College.