Seattle Scores Twice Late to Defeat Dartmouth, 2-1

Sunday, September 20

Seattle, Wash.

4:00 PM

Dartmouth College

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Seattle Scores Twice Late to Defeat Dartmouth, 2-1

9/20/2015 5:57:00 PM | Men's Soccer

By: Dartmouth

SEATTLE, Wash. — The Dartmouth men's soccer team saw a 1-0 second-half lead disappear in the final 17 minutes as host Seattle rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Big Green on Sunday afternoon. Goals from Hazma Haddadi and David Olsen barely seven minutes apart enabled the Redhawks (5-2-0) to send Dartmouth (2-3-1) back to the East Coast with a pair of one-goal losses following a 3-2 defeat at Washington on Friday.

The Big Green might have been able to fend off Seattle, but shortly after taking the lead in the first two minutes of the second half, junior Ricardo Gomez was surprised to receive a red card, leaving Dartmouth down a man from the 52nd minute until the contest concluded.

“The red card seemed to come out of nowhere, but I thought our guys did a solid job of dealing with the adversity,” said Dartmouth head coach Chad Riley. “Playing our second game in three days after a long trip to the West Coast, and going a man down for most of the second half seemed to catch up to us a bit. We might have done a better job defensively as a team on the second goal, but I can't fault the effort we put forth throughout the game.”

The game featured a fairly stiff wind, which went into the faces of the Big Green in the first half. Seattle did what it could to put pressure on Dartmouth goalkeeper Stefan Cleveland, attempting 10 shots (many from long range), but the three that were on goal were thwarted by the senior stopper. At the other end of the field, the Big Green could manage just one shot on goal, which was foiled by Seattle keeper Shane Haworth.

In the second stanza, Dartmouth utilized some beautiful passing to set up a textbook goal. After several swift kicks around the field, Seattle managed to half-clear an entry, only to have the Big Green send the ball deep down the right side. Sophomore Tyler Dowse delivered a cross to the middle of the box from where classmate Yima Asom sent the ball into the top right corner of the net for his first goal of the season and a 1-0 lead.

The red card came less than five minutes after Asom's tally, and while the Green managed to frustrate the Redhawks for a long stretch, they could not keep the Seattle offense at bay. In the 74th minute, Haddadi took a cross from far out on the right side and flicked a header past Cleveland for his sixth goal of the year, knotting the score at one.

Olsen was able to fight through a bit of traffic in the box to gather a pass from Sergio Rivas little more than seven minutes later for his second goal of 2015 and give Seattle the 2-1 lead.

Haworth had three saves in the game, the last two coming in the final five minutes as Dartmouth frantically tried to send the game into overtime. Freshman Noah Paravicini had his attempt gathered by Haworth, and the last gasp came in the final seconds as rookie Amadu Kunateh put a shot on goal to no avail.

Seattle had a decided advantage in shots, 21-6, with eight of the 21 going on goal and Cleveland stopping six to match his season high set against the Huskies two nights prior.

“One of our tenets for scheduling is to truly test our team against excellent opponents, and both Seattle and Washington fit the bill,” Riley said. “Our guys responded to the challenge, despite the end result from both games, and I expect a tremendous amount of growth from this experience as we go forward. We also look forward to having these two teams come to Hanover next season, which will give our fans the type of soccer they have grown accustomed to seeing.”

Dartmouth returns home to Burnham field on Saturday, Sept. 26 to start a three-game homestand beginning with Hofstra at 5 p.m. The game will be streamed live via Big Green Insider on the Ivy League Digital Network. Visit ildn.tv for information on how to subscribe and watch the Big Green in action on your computer, tablet or phone.