New York, N.Y. – The Yeshiva University men's soccer team suffered a non-conference loss to the City College of New York, 2-1, on Randall's Island Field 10 on Wednesday evening. Yeshiva now falls to 5-10, while CCNY advances to 2-13.

The key moment of the match was sophomore goalkeeper Max Goldstein picking up a red card, for controlling the ball with his hands from outside the box, interfering with a scoring chance for CCNY in the 33^rd minute. As a result, the Maccabees had to play the remainder of the match with a man down.

Each team had chances, but the first half ended with a scoreless tie. Yeshiva struck first in the second half, as junior forward Albert Dichy tipped the ball into the net from inside the box off a one-touch pass from junior midfielder Dan Cohen, in the 48^th minute. Freshman midfielder Alberto Benhamu was also credited with the assist.

CCNY responded just over two minutes later, as Camara Mustapha intercepted the ball and kicked it into the back of the net from inside the box, to even the score at 1-1. In the 75^th minute, Kamaroudine Tchabalandja took a feed from Eden Akika and rifled the ball into the net from 30-yards out on the right wing, to give the visiting team a 2-1 advantage.

Yeshiva had plenty of chances in the remaining 16 minutes to tie the match, but the Beavers' defense and goalkeeper Marcus De Pompeis did not allow YU to produce an equalizer. City College went on to earn the non-conference win, 2-1.

For the evening, both teams were even in shots, 20-20. Despite being down 11-on-10 for the majority of the match, Yeshiva had the edge in shots on goal, 10-7, and in corner kicks, 9-2.  Senior goalkeeper Benjamin Aboudi made four saves in relief, after starting the match in his usual position as defender.

The Maccabees will host the Knights of Berkeley College N.Y. on Sunday, at Votee Park, beginning at 8:30 p.m. It will be senior day as Aboudi will be honored prior to the start of the match. The Bala Cynwyd resident has now played in 60 matches during his collegiate career, which ties Itamar Ben David ('17) for the most in program history.