Betancourt Scores, Owls Fall 4-1 to American

Friday, September 8

Philadelphia, PA

4:00 PM

Temple University

0-2-2, 0-0-0

American

1-2-1, 0-0-0

American

Temple

Betancourt Scores, Owls Fall 4-1 to American

9.8.23 | Men's Soccer

Box Score

Freshman nets first career goal.

PHILADELPHIA- The Temple men's soccer team fell to American, 4-1, at the Temple Sports Complex on Friday. The loss drops the Owls to 0-2-2. Elias Betancourt scored his first career goal in the second half.

How it Happened
> The Eagles got on the board quickly, scoring within the first five minutes.
> American scored twice more before the end of the first half, including once on a penalty kick.
> A lightning delay with less than 90 seconds left in the first suspended play for nearly two hours.
> Betancourt scored Temple's only goal in the 72nd minute.

Game Notes
> Betancourt and Nikolai Zapolskikh led the Owls with two shots on goal apiece.
> Temple had 11 total shots to American's eight, and had one more shot on goal (6-5).
> All three of Temple's goals this season have been scored by freshmen (Betancourt, Zapolskikh, and Gudmundur Neilsson).
> Andrew Kempe made his debut in net for the Owls, subbing in for Flannan Riley and playing the final 17:45.

Up Next
> Temple will be back on the road Monday to take on St. John's at 7:00pm. It will be the Owls' final match before conference play starts the following weekend at FIU.