The Drexel University men’s soccer team lost 2-0 against the Elon University Phoenix at Vidas Field on Oct. 15, Drexel Alumni Day.

With the loss, the Dragons losing streak increased to eight consecutive games, with the team’s last and only victory of the season being a 3-2 overtime defeat of Temple University Sept. 13.

The Phoenix peppered the Dragons’ net early and often, attempting five shots in the first 32 minutes of play. However, Elon was not able to convert on any of their shots in the first half.

Drexel showed signs of life late in the first half. After not attempting a shot for the first 39 minutes of play, they took four attempts in a matter of five minutes. However, the Dragons were also unable to capitalize on their shot opportunities as all four of their attempts were blocked by an Elon defender.

Elon took control of the game by scoring shortly after halftime concluded. In the 48th minute, Tuki Tayali ripped a shot at the Drexel goal, but it was wide left and ricocheted off the left post. Jaiden Fortune, Tayali’s teammate, got control of the rebound and fired it past Dragons goalkeeper Tyler Afflerbach for the game’s first goal.

In the ensuing few minutes of play, the Dragons countered with an attack of their own. Junior Colin McGlynn attempted a shot at the end of the 52nd minute, but his shot was blocked by a Phoenix defender.

A few seconds later, sophomore Ilai Shvika took a shot, but it was saved by Elon’s goalkeeper Matthew Jegier. Shvika’s shot would be the last the Dragons would get on the afternoon as Elon would control the game the rest of the way.

The Phoenix doubled their lead when Elijah Agu scored in the 73rd minute. Agu’s goal was his ninth of the season, which moved him into the lead for goals scored by a player in the Colonial Athletic Association.

It appeared that the Phoenix had scored again in the 88th minute, but after a few minutes of discussion, the referees waved off the goal and ruled that an Elon player was offsides.

With the final score of the game being 2-0 in favor of Elon, Matthew Jegier picked up his sixth shutout of the season, putting him in second in the CAA.

Following the loss to Elon, the Dragons dropped to 1-10-2 on the season and 0-5-0 in the CAA.

Next up for Drexel is a CAA matchup with James Madison University at Vidas Field Oct. 22 at 4 p.m. The Dragons’ final home game, which is their Senior Day, will be against the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Oct. 25 at 7 p.m.

The Drexel University men’s soccer team put an end to its scoreless games streak but was unable to end its losing streak after a 4-1 loss on the road against Hofstra University Pride Oct. 12.

Hofstra dominated the game on the offensive end from the first whistle, taking 12 shots before the Dragons could attempt one.

The Pride got on the board first when Meshack Eshun Addy scored off of an assist by a teammate’s corner kick in the 29th minute.

In the 43rd minute, the Pride doubled their lead when Adam Savill found the back of the net for his first goal of the season.

Heading into halftime, the Dragons had been out shot by the Pride 13-1 and trailed Hofstra 2-0.

Coming out of halftime, the Dragons had an opportunity to cut the Pride’s lead to one when junior Colin McGlynn struck a shot towards Hofstra’s goal in the 52nd minute. However, Hofstra’s goalkeeper Alex Ashton was able to secure McGlynn’s shot for a save.

It did not take long for the Pride to respond to Drexel’s efforts. In the 55th minute, Savill scored his second goal of the game off an assist from Nino Alfonso, which pushed Hofstra’s lead to 3-0.

A few moments later in the 59th minute, Hofstra was able to put the game out of reach when Luke Brown scored his fifth goal of the season for the Pride.

Despite the game being practically out of hand, the Dragons fought until the final whistle. In the 73rd minute, McGlynn got the Dragons on the board with a goal off an assist from senior Aaron Thompson. The goal snapped a seven game scoreless streak for the Dragons, which dated back to the team’s 3-2 overtime victory against Temple University Sept. 13. It was McGlynn’s second goal of the season and moved him into a tie with sophomore Ilai Shvika for the team lead.

McGlynn’s goal would be the last shot the Dragons were able to get, and the game would ultimately end with the score 4-1 in favor of the Pride. Hofstra outshot the Dragons 22 to 3 for the entire game.

Senior keeper Tyler Afflerbach flashed at moments, notching five saves during the Drexel loss.

The Dragons have dropped seven straight games and their record has fallen to 1-9-2 this season. With Hofstra being a Colonial Athletic Association opponent, Drexel fell to 0-4 in the conference.

Next up for the Dragons is a home game at Vidas field against Elon University Oct. 15. On this date, the team will celebrate Alumni Day.

The Drexel University men’s soccer team continued its offensive struggles this week with a 1-0 loss to the University of North Carolina in Wilmington Oct. 1 and a 2-0 loss to Columbia University Oct. 4.

The Dragons have now lost, and been scoreless in, six straight games since the team’s sole victory against Temple University Sept. 13.

Drexel travelled to the Upper West Side Oct. 4 to take on the Columbia Lion’s, which happened to be their third Ivy League opponent of the season.

Early on in the match, the Dragons had some opportunities to strike first. Sophomore Ilai Shvika, Drexel’s leading goal scorer this season, missed a shot high over the crossbar in the 10th minute and subsequently missed a shot wide of the goal post in the eleventh minute.

From that point on, the Lions dominated the first half, taking seven shots without allowing the Dragons to get off an attempt. In the 34th minute, Rhys Williams scored a goal for the Lions off an assist from Dylan Mott to give Columbia a 1-0 lead. The Lions would take their 1-0 lead into halftime.

At the start of the second half, the Dragons had a few good opportunities for an equalizer, but were unable to capitalize.

In the 50th minute, Dragons freshman Eden Ben Hemo saw his shot sail high over the crossbar. Hemo got another chance to score in the 53rd minute, when he headed the ball towards Columbia’s goal off a corner kick from senior Aaron Thompson. However, Hemo’s shot was saved by the Lion’s keeper Dylan Castanheira.

Following Castanheira’s lone save of the match, the Lion’s went on a stretch of play where they attempted five shots before allowing Drexel to attempt one.

Columbia had a golden opportunity to add to their lead in the 70th minute when a yellow card by Drexel’s junior Erik Alexandersson set up a penalty kick for the Lions. However, Drexel’s senior keeper Tyler Afflerbach deflected away Alex Bangerl’s penalty shot for a save. The ball ricocheted to Williams, who attempted a shot for the Lions, but Afflerbach was able to make another great save to preserve the 1-0 score and keep the Dragons in the game.

After freshman Carlos Cuevas and Shvika missed shots wide left of the goal in the 73rd and 75th minutes respectively, Columbia took a 2-0 on a goal by Francisco Agrest in the 78th minute. Agrest’s goal was all the insurance the Lion’s would need as they held the Dragons scoreless for the remainder of the match, en route to a 2-0 victory.

Earlier in the week, the Dragons lost 1-0 at home Oct. 1 to the UNCW Seahawks, who were ranked 24th in the nation heading into the match.

Despite UNCW completely dominating the game in terms of shot attempts by out shooting Drexel 17 to 3, the Dragons were able to hang in with the Seahawks for the majority of the game.

Afflerbach put forth a tremendous effort for the Dragons, saving five shots on the day. In the fourth minute, Afflerbach got his first save of the contest, which also happened to be the 210th of his career and moved him into a tie with Dan McKendry for seventh place on the Drexel career saves list.

His tie with McKendry was broken in the 15th minute when Afflerbach saved a shot that came off the foot of UNCW’s Huntley Munn. Then in the 25th minute, Afflerbach saved a shot by Stian Sandbekkhaug on a breakaway one-on-one opportunity for the Seahawks.

Despite Afflerbach’s superb play, the Dragons were not able to get their offense going. In the 42 minute, Drexel sophomore Armin Efendic’s shot was saved by UNCW keeper Ryan Cretens. It would be Drexel’s only shot on goal of the game. The game went into halftime with both teams scoreless.

UNCW threatened to score in the 64th minute, but were once again denied by a superhuman effort from Afflerbach. Joel Bylander attempted a shot on goal, but had it sent away by afflerbach. Then, a second after Afflerbach deflected Bylander’s shot, Mark Lindstrom struck the ball towards the goal for the Seahawks. However, Afflerbach recovered and denied the Lindstrom shot, which preserved the tie and kept Drexel’s hopes for an upset victory alive.

In the 71st minute, it appeared that the Seahawks had scored the first goal of the game, but after a minute of discussing it, the refs retracted the call and ruled that a UNCW player was offsides.

The Seahawks coaching staff did not appear to agree with the call, but UNCW got a call in their favor when a questionable foul was called on Drexel in the 72nd minute, resulting in a penalty kick.

Julio Moncada attempted the penalty kick for UNCW. Afflerbach guessed left, but Moncada struck the ball to the right and converted to give UNCW a 1-0 lead. The Dragons had no answer to Moncada’s goal, and the score remained 1-0 until the final whistle blew.

With the two losses, the Dragons are now 1-8-2 on the season and 0-3-0 in Colonial Athletic Association matches.

Next up for the Dragons is a road match with the College of Charleston Oct. 8.

With a 5-0 loss to the University of Pennsylvania Sept. 24 and a 2-0 loss to the University of Delaware Sept. 28, the Drexel University Men’s soccer extended its losing streak to four games.

Since freshman Carlos Cuevas’ dramatic game winning goal in overtime against Temple University Sept. 18, the Dragons have been unable to find the back of the net.

The Dragons played host to the Delaware Blue Hens at Vidas Athletic Field this past Wednesday night. Delaware took command of the game early, firing four shots before Drexel could even get off its first attempt.

In the 13th minute, one of Delaware’s shots found its way into the Drexel net when Fede Prieto cashed in a header for the blue heads off of an assist by John Schroeder.

In the 21st minute, the Dragons looked had an opportunity for an equalizer when Dakota Peterson’s shot was deflected out over the backline by a Blue Hen defender to set up a corner kick. Peterson sent in the corner and found his teammate Armin Efendic in front of the goal. However, Efendic’s shot was saved by Delaware’s keeper Todd Morton and the score was held at 1-0.

In the proceeding 21 minutes of play, Delware put heavy pressure on the Dragons’ defense. From the 23rd minute to the 44th minute, the Blue Hens attempted five shots and were awarded three corner kicks. Delaware was unable to capitalize on all but one of their shot attempts, which happened to be the final one of the 21 minute sequence.

In the 44th minute, Drexel’s keeper Tyler Afflerbach saved a shot that came off the foot of Delaware’s Dani Laguna. Unfortunately for the Dragons, Afflerbach’s save was deflected directly to the body of Fede Prieto. Prieto, wide open in front of the goal, capitalized on the opportunity and gave the Blue Hens a 2-0 lead at halftime with his second goal of the day.

At the beginning of the second halftime, the Dragons had an opportunity to get on the board when junior Colin McGlynn headed a shot attempt on goal in the 49th minute. However, McGlynn’s shot was cleaned up by the Blue Hens’ Todd Morton.

In the 62nd minute, Drexel once again had a golden opportunity to score when Aaron Thompson was able to get a shot past Morton. It appeared at first to be on target, but luck was not on the Dragons’ side as the ball traveled wide and clanked off the goal post.

In the 65th minute, Efendic attempted a shot for the Dragons, but it was blocked by a Delaware defender. Efendic’s shot would be the last one a Dragon would attempt all game as the Blue Hens held on for a 2-0 victory.

On an individual note, Afflerbach picked up the 209th save of his career in the 75th minute, which moved him into a tie with Cory Robertson for ninth place on Drexel’s all time career saves list. Afflerbach’s next save will move him into a tie with Dan McKendry for eighth place on that list.

The loss to Delaware dropped the Dragons to 1-6-2 on the season. More importantly, it was a loss in a Colonial Athletic Association match, so Drexel fell to 0-2 this season in the conference.

Earlier in the week, the Dragon’s fell 5-0 to University City riva,l University of Pennsylvania.

Much like the Blue Hens, the Quakers applied pressure on the Dragons early and took the first six shot attempts of the game. The Quakers converted on their fifth attempt, in the 23rd minute, when Alec Neumann scored the first goal of the game.

Efendic tried to answer for the Dragons by putting a shot on goal in the 25th minute, but his attempt was saved by the Quakers’ keeper Scott Forbes. Penn countered Drexel’s attack with a goal in the 26th minute, again off the foot of Neumann, and took a 2-0 lead.

Neumann continued to pour it on for the Quakers, scoring his third goal of the game in the 40th minute. In just 40 minutes of play, Neumann managed to pick up a hat trick and single-handedly give his team a 3-0 lead.

At the beginning of the second half, Efendic once again had a chance to get Drexel on the board. However, his shot in the 50th minute was saved by Forbes.

Penn scored their fourth goal in the 57th minute, which virtually put the game out of reach. The Quakers scored once more in the 86th minute, holding the Dragon’s scoreless, which made the final score 5-0.

Drexel’s next game is at home against the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The Dragon’s will take on UNCW at Vidas Field at 4 p.m. Oct. 1.

After a thrilling 3-2 overtime win against Temple University Sept. 13, the Drexel University men’s soccer team lost 2-0 in back-to-back games to Northeastern University Sept. 17 and Princeton University Sept. 20.

The Dragons 2-0 loss at Vidas Field to the Princeton Tigers this past Tuesday marked the fourth time this season in just seven games in which Drexel didn’t score.

Early in their match against the Tigers, it appeared as if the Dragons were bound to break through the Princeton defense for a score. Towards the end of the tenth minute, Drexel freshman defender Eden Ben Hemo struck a powerful header, off of a free-kick, towards the Princeton goal. However, the shot traveled directly to the hands of Princeton’s senior keeper Josh Haberman and was deflected away for a save.

In the nineteenth minute, the Dragons had another chance to take an early lead when junior midfielder Colin McGlynn, who led Drexel in scoring last season, got behind the Princeton defense and had only the keeper to beat. McGlynn rifled his shot past Haberman, but it traveled wide ride and clanked off of the right goal post before sputtering back towards the Princeton defense.

The early missed opportunities would come back to hurt the dragons. Princeton broke the scoreless tie in the forty-first minute when Mark Romanowski assisted Henry Martin for a goal in the middle of a scrum in Drexel’s goalie box. Martin’s goal would be the only one of the first half for either team.

At the start of the second half, Drexel came out strong in search of an equalizing goal. In the 47th minute, McGlynn put a shot on target, but it was once again saved by Haberman. Then in the 53rd minute, Hemo got another opportunity to head-in a free kick, but his shot traveled wide right and missed the goal.

Princeton doubled its lead in the fifty-seventh minute when Nicholas Badalamenti scored off of an assist by Bryan Windsor’s corner kick.

McGlynn had a chance to cut the deficit in half with a header in the 59th minute, but Haberman was able to once again come up with a save to keep his clean-sheet in tact.

Drexel junior Dakota Peterson attempted a shot in the sixty-second minute, but it traveled wide and out of play. Peterson’s miss was the Dragon’s final shot attempt of the day as Princeton was able to contain the Drexel offense for the final 28 minutes of the game.

With the loss to Princeton, Drexel fell to 1-4-2 on the season. However, it was a non-conference matchup for the Dragons, so they did not lose any ground in the Colonial Athletic Association standings.

The only conference game the Dragon’s have played in thus far was a 2-0 loss on the road to the Northeastern Huskies Sept. 17.

Similar to their game against the Tigers, the Dragon’s had two opportunities early in the game against the Huskies to take the lead. In the twelfth minute, Drexel sophomore Armin Efendic struck a shot wide of the goal. Then in the fourteenth minute, Colin McGlynn headed a shot on target towards the goal, but Northeastern’s keeper Jonathan Thuresson came up with a save to keep the Dragons off the scoreboard.

In the eighteenth minute, Northeastern’s Christian Mckenna scored his first goal of the season to give his team a 1-0 lead. The Huskies would add to their lead in the 41st minute when Ackim Mpofu found the back of the net off an assist from Brendan Massie.

Despite trailing 2-0 at halftime, the Dragon’s came out in the second half and slightly outplayed the Huskies. Drexel managed one more shot and two more corner kicks than Northeastern on the second half. However, the Dragon’s were unable to find the nylon on any of their shot attempts and the Huskies held their 2-0 until the final whistle.

With the loss, Drexel fell to 0-1 in the CAA standings.

The back-to-back scoreless losses were particularly disappointing for the Dragon’s considering the offensive output they were able to produce in their 3-2 overtime victory over Philadelphia Soccer Six rival Temple.

Heading into their game against the Temple Owls, the Dragons were 0-2-2 and still in search of their first victory of the season.

In front of a solid home crowd, the Dragon’s got off to a shaky start and allowed Temple’s Jorge Gomez Sanchez to score in the fourth minute of the game.

However, the Dragon’s rallied to tie the game in the seventeenth minute when Colin McGlynn scored his first goal of the season off of an assist by freshman Xavier Hernandez.

Then in the twenty-ninth minute, Drexel sophomore Ilai Shvika struck a volley from a few yards in front of the Temple goal and placed a shot just inside of the right post to give the Dragon’s a 2-1 lead.

Drexel’s lead was short lived. In the thirty-sixth minute, Gomez Sanchez would score again off of an assist from Joonas Jokinen to tie the game 2-2.

Armin Efendic was able to put a shot on goal for Drexel in the forty-fifth minute, but Temple’s keeper Alex Cagle corralled for a save and preserved the 2-2 tie.

In the second half, the Dragon’s moved the ball well offensively but were unable to convert with a goal. However, neither was Temple.

The Owl’s threatened to take the lead in the eighty-fifth minute, but Tyler Afflerbach kept the Dragon’s hopes alive by saving two shots just seconds apart from one another. Afflerbach deflected away a shot from Temple’s Kevin Klett, but the ball ricocheted to Klett’s teammate Albert Moreno. With cat-like reflexes, Afflerbach was able to recover in time to send away Moreno’s attempt and keep the tie intact.

With both teams even at 2-2 by the end of the 90 minutes of regulation time, the game went into a sudden victory overtime. Temple had the ball first, but was unable to convert on three shot attempts within the first six minutes of overtime.

In the ninety-seventh minute, the Xavier Hernandez led a breakaway for the Dragon’s. Hernandez sent a pass towards the left side of the penalty box ahead of a cutting Colin McGlynn who beat his defender to the ball, took one dribble, then delivered a cross on the ground in front of the goal to freshman Carlos Cuevas.

“I saw my midfielder Chavy (Xavier Hernandez), he got the ball. Colin, he just ran up the field. Chavy played a great ball, I saw open space in the middle of the field, he crossed it in. It was right in front of the goal,” Cuevas said Sept. 13.

Wide open upon receiving the pass, Cuevas buried the ball into the back of the net and scored his first career goal while simultaneously giving the Dragon’s their first win of the season.

“It feels amazing. I’m just, I’m speechless right now. It was a crazy game. We had a great crowd out today, and I just have no words. I’m speechless,” Cuevas said.

Having come back to win after trailing Temple 1-0, the Dragons pulled off their first come-from-behind victory since Oct. 15, 2014 when they beat James Madison University 2-1 at home in overtime.

The Dragon’s will be back in action 7 p.m. Sept. 24 when they take a short road trip to play the University of Pennsylvania in their final Philadelphia Soccer 6 matchup of the season.