William and Mary Men's Soccer Defeats American, 4-2, in Exhibition

Andreas Nydal Scores Pair of Goals for Tribe

08/24/02

WASHINGTON, DC - William and Mary’s men’s soccer team defeated American, 4-2 in an exhibition match this afternoon. Three 35-minute periods were played in the contest, which was held on AU’s Reeves Field in Washington.

The Eagles scored first when Peter Philipakos scored off a long pass from Charlie Koniver in the 21st minute. Neither team would score again through the first two periods, although the Tribe, which outshot the Eagles 7-1 in the second, had a number of strong opportunities.

The W&M attack picked up in the third, when the Tribe took a commanding 4-1 lead on four unanswered goals, scoring its first three in a span of less than 10 minutes. Redshirt freshman Andreas Nydal (McLean, VA) evened the score in the 79th minute, taking a pass from junior Phillip Hucles (Virginia Beach, VA) and heading it past the keeper.

Senior Justin Smiley (Prince George, VA) quickly put the Tribe up for good with a goal less than two minutes later at 80:34. Hucles recorded his second assist as he passed the ball down the right side of the field to Smiley, who dribbled towards the end line and shot the ball across the goal mouth and into the left side of the net.

In the 88th minute Nydal scored his second goal, chipping the ball up and over the keeper from the right side of the penalty box. In the 96th minute senior Alan Golden (Arlington, VA) rounded out the Tribe scoring, heading the ball in from just in front of the goal, off a pass from senior Ralph Bean (Devonshire, Bermuda) on the right side of the field.

Brett Breeder scored American’s final goal at 98:42 off a pass from Andrew Herman on a corner kick just a few minutes before the game was called with 3:45 remaining due to lightning in the area.

Senior W&M goalkeeper Trevor Upton (Richmond, VA) made six saves, while three AU keepers combined for three saves in the match.

William and Mary will open its regular season next Saturday, August 31, with a home match against Appalachian State at 8:00 PM.