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Edwin Bonilla
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Edwin Bonilla Converted the Game-Winning PK At Plymouth State
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Winner Southern Me. USM (4-5-1, 2-1-0)
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Plymouth St. PSU (2-2-3, 0-2-1)
Winner
Southern Me. USM
(4-5-1, 2-1-0)
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Final
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Plymouth St. PSU
(2-2-3, 0-2-1)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Southern Me. USM 2 1 3
Plymouth St. PSU 2 0 2

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | Christina Cracolici, Director of Athletic Communications

Southern Maine Downs Plymouth State 3-2

GORHAM, Maine   -  Senior Edwin Bonilla (Dracut, Mass.) converted a penalty kick in the 72nd minute to lead the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a 3-2 win on the road over the Plymouth State University Panthers in a Little East Conference men's soccer game Wednesday afternoon at Arnold Field.
 
The win is the second consecutive for the Huskies in Little East Conference, who improve to 2-1 in the LEC. The Huskies' two LEC wins are the most since the 2018 season when USM went 2-5-1 in conference play.  In 2022, the Huskies were 1-4-3.
 
The Records:
Southern Maine (4-5-1, 2-1 Little East)
Plymouth State (2-2-3, 1-1-1 Little East)
 
Today's game marked the 76th meeting between the University of Southern Maine and Plymouth State University. The Panthers lead the overall series 56-15-5.  In the last five seasons the Huskies are 2-1-2 against Plymouth State. Both teams played to a scoreless draw in 2022. 
 
How It Happened:
  • In a high-scoring first half, that saw both teams combined for four goals in the opening 45, Southern Maine senior Noah Perry (Waterboro, Maine/Massabesic) put the Huskies ahead early, scoring in the first minute for a quick 1-0 advantage, off of an assist from freshman Jack Brady (Jensen Beach, Fla.). It is the earliest goal scored by the Huskies this season. Perry's goal was the first shot of the game.
  • Plymouth State's Ethan Bryce tied the game up in the 26th minute completing an assist from Faisal Abdallah with a strike to the low center of the goal.
  • USM wasted little time regaining its one-goal advantage scoring just 40 seconds after the restart.  Husky freshman Liam Conneely (Weymouth, Mass.) scored the first goal of his intercollegiate career in the 26th for a 2-1 Southern Maine lead.
  • Scoring took a break in the half, but was not yet done, when the Panthers pulled even just before the halftime break. Faisal found Arieal Membreno for the equalizer in the 44th minute.
  • PSU put two shots on frame in the 51st, but Husky goalkeeper junior Simon Gabaree (Windham, Maine) was up to the task both times.
  • The Huskies went ahead in the 72nd after a Plymouth State foul in the box resulted in a penalty kick, converted by Bonilla. After the Bonilla goal, only one more shot was registered on goal in the game, and it was PSU for the 3-2 final.
 
The Goalkeepers:
SM, Simon Gabaree (4-4-1), 90:00, 2 GA, 6 saves
PSU, Parker Spaudling (2-2-3), 90:00, 3 GA, 3 saves
 
Inside The Stats:
  • The Huskies have scored 18 goals through 10 games this season, which is seven more goals than the 2022 season. It is the most goals by a USM men's soccer team since 21 were scored during the 2017 season. 
  • Bonilla's goal is the third of his career, and the second game-winner in his career. 
  • Perry now has four goals in 2023, and leads the Huskies with nine points with four goals and an assist.
  • Conneelly's goal is the first of his career.  He has played in nine of the Huskies 10 games this season, primarily as a substitute. He has started the last two games for the Huskies – both 3-2 Little East Conference wins.
 
Up Next:
The Huskies are on the road for its next contest, traveling to UMaine Farmington on Sunday (1:00 pm) for a non-conference game. USM is back home on Tuesday, October 3 (6:00 pm) against Bates College in non-conference action, and then at Rhode Island College on Saturday, October 7 (1:00 pm) in LEC action. 
           
 
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