Air Force Academy
California
Falcons Blanked By No. 5 Cal, 3-0
9/27/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Sept. 27, 2009
Andrew Weideman scored two first-half goals and Demitrius Omphroy added a goal and an assist to lead the fifth-ranked California men's soccer team to a 3-0 victory over Air Force Sunday in the third-place game of the Stanford Nike Classic in Berkeley, Calif. Cal improved to 5-2 this season while the Falcons fell to 3-3-1.
Stanford, with a 2-0 win over New Mexico earlier today in Palo Alto, Calif., won the Classic with a 2-0-0 record. Cal and New Mexico each finished 1-1-0, while Air Force was 0-2 in the tournament.
Weideman opened the scoring just 8:13 into the game by heading a pass from Jeff Cosgriff past Falcon freshman goalie Mike Mauro, who started the first game of his career. Omphroy also collected an assist on the play.
After having his penalty kick saved by Mauro in the 25th minute, Weideman made it 2-0 when he pounced on the rebound and found the back of the net past Mauro.
Omphrey wrapped up the scoring with a goal in the 59th minute. Cosgriff sent a crossing pass into the box that deflected off a Falcon defender right to Omphrey, who beat Mauro for a 3-0 advantage.
With the early goal, the Cal defense stifled Air Force's offense the rest of the way, allowing the Falcons just one shot on goal, which was by senior Steven Noller in the 71st minute and the only save by Cal keeper Robby Gogatz, who also made his first career start. The Bears held a 17-6 advantage in overall shots and had nine corner kicks, compared to none by AFA. Mauro made seven saves for Air Force.
The Falcons travel to Houston, Texas next weekend for the Houston Baptist Tournament. Air Force will play Howard University on Friday, Oct. 2 at 5 p.m., followed by a game against Houston Baptist on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 3 p.m.
