Boston, Mass. – The Buccaneer men's soccer team, led by head coach Greg Perry in his 29^th season, traveled to Boston Wednesday evening to take on the Suffolk University Rams in what has become the traditional opening game of the season for the two squads. In Maritime's first game since November 1^st, 2019, they fell to the Rams 4-0.

Final

Suffolk        4

Maritime     0

Records

Maritime     0-1 (0-0)

Suffolk        1-0 (0-0)

For The Bucs

• Sophomore Ty Chafa (Quincy, Mass) led the Buccaneers in shots with three total, one on target.
• Sophomore CJ Vincent (Carver, Mass) took two shots in the game, both on target.
• Seniors Michael Carey (Plympton, Mass) and Brian Tannian (Reading, Mass) each took two shots, each with one on goal.
• Freshmen Ethan Somers (Boston, Mass) and TJ McCabe (Canton, Mass) rounded out the shooting for the Bucs, each with an off target shot.
• Starting goalkeeper, Mitch Hardy (Pepperell, Mass), faced six shots, made two saves and allowed four goals in the loss.

For The Rams

• Miguel Varela netted the first goal of the season for the Rams in the third minute and added his second goal of the game in the 68^th minute.
• Dai Podziewski scored his first goal of the season in the 51^st minute.
• Jack Phelps scored an unassisted goal in the 80^th minute.
• Declan Mee, Nigel Leo, and Edwards Abouzeid each picked up assists in the game.
• Suffolk goalkeeper Xander Balog face five shots on target from the Bucs and made five saves in the win.

How It Happened

The Rams opened the scoring early in the season opener with a goal from Varela in the third minute from Mee. Though both teams threatened throughout the first 45 minutes, neither team found the back of the net again in the first half. Maritime outshot Suffolk in the first half in terms of total shots and shots on target. Suffolk took their 1-0 advantage in to the half time break.

In the second half, it took five minutes before the Rams extended their lead to two over the Bucs with a goal from Podziewski in the 51^st minute. After another 17 minutes the hosts found the back of the net once again, this time on the second goal of the match for Varela, making it 3-0 Rams with just over 20 minutes to play. In the 80^th minute, Phelps scored an unassisted goal to make the score 4-0, which would end up being the final at the full-time whistle.

In the game, the Bucs outshot the Rams 12-10 though they fell short in the shots on goal battle with five to the Rams 6. There were six corners between the teams in the game, four for Suffolk, and two for the Buccaneers. The Bucs were presented the only booking of the evening, a yellow to Carey in the 81^st minute.

What's Next?

The Buccaneers will take on the Regis College Pride on Saturday, September 4^th at home in Buzzards Bay in their home opener at Clean Harbors Stadium at 6pm. Spectators who are fully vaccinated are permitted at all Buccaneer home games this fall season. For more information go to mmabucs.com