My take—What an incredible program win for Sasho and the University of Maryland Soccer squad. I watched the entire game on the Cal TV network and believe me it was touch and gowith both teams missing key go ahead opportunities but now for Maryland it’s back where they belong in the College Cup this Fiday and hopefully Sunday in Philadelphia. Today it was Mikey Sauers the Freshman, who sent a rocket into the nets with 5 minutes remaining.
Palo Alto Paulwas on the scene today and was able to get the post game press conference from Sasho.
Freshman Michael Sauers tallied the game-winning goal in the 86th minute to give No. 5 seed Maryland a 2-1 victory at No. 4 seed California Saturday in the quarterfinals of the 2013 NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship.
Sauers found the back of the net from 25 yards after Mikias Eticha found the rookie in space for Maryland’s (16-3-5) 10th consecutive victory. The win avenges a September loss to the Bears. Junior Alex Shinsky also scored for the Terps who advance to their 13th College Cup in program history.
Shinsky put the Terps on the board in the 33rd minute with a header to the near post from close range. Mikey Ambrose’s free kick sailed across the box and found Shinsky for the Maryland lead. It was the first career goal for Shinsky – a native of York, Pa., which is about an hour and half from next week’s College Cup.
Stefano Bonomo provided Cal (14-5-2) with the equalizer five minutes into the second half. After a point blank save from Zack Steffen, Bonomo followed with a tap-in from a yard out for a 1-1 match in the 50th minute.
The Maryland defense was spectacular when it needed to be, clearing multiple strikes off the goal line and limiting a dangerous Golden Bear attack for the remainder of the second stanza.
Sauers put the Terps on the top with his third goal of the postseason when he caught Cal keeper Alex Mangels on a long strike to his right for the winner with 85:41 to play.
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