Navid Mashinchi
Rich Lam/UBC Thunderbirds
Navid Mashinchi scored his second goal of the season in a 1-0 UBC win on Sunday
1
Winner UBC UBC (2-0)
0
UFV UFV (0-2)
Winner
UBC UBC
(2-0)
1
Final
0
UFV UFV
(0-2)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
UBC UBC 0 1 1
UFV UFV 0 0 0

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Mashinchi's late goal gives T-Birds their second straight win

VANCOUVER – The No. 1 UBC Thunderbirds men's soccer team completed a perfect season-opening weekend by defeating the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades 1-0 in Abbotsford, B.C., on Sunday afternoon.

"Our group delivered on a tough first weekend away and we are thrilled with two road wins that set us up well going forward," said UBC head coach Mike Mosher. "Today in Abbotsford was a difficult game against a well organized and well coached UFV team. They are always one of the hardest working teams we face and today was no exception with the high temperatures making things even tougher. I was happy with the play of our entire back four as they did a solid job overall limiting the number of top quality chances."

For the second match in a row, fifth-year midfielder Navid Mashinchi, a Sauder School of Business student from Port Moody, B.C., scored the game-winning goal for UBC.
 
Mashinchi broke the scoreless tie in the 80th minute. Just seconds earlier, UFV goalkeeper Alex Skrzeta came out of his net to stop a shot by rookie forward Boris Si, but the rebound was collected by UBC and eventually, Sean Einarsson, the reigning Canada West Rookie of the Year from Surrey, found Mashinchi just inside the 18-yard box.
 
Mashinchi placed a beautiful shot to the lower right corner of the net that beat an out-of-position Skrzeta as well as a UFV defender on the goal line. On Friday night, he scored UBC's second tally of the game at Victoria, which ended 3-1.
 
Sunday's game was evenly played and Fraser Valley forced UBC goalkeeper Ante Boskovic to make eight saves. Skrzeta stopped three shots.
 
The Thunderbirds had five corner kicks to the Cascades' four.
 
UBC, now 2-0, will play its first home games of the 2014 Canada West regular season next weekend. The T-Birds will host the University of Northern BC on Saturday and Sunday, with a 2 p.m. kick off on both days. The Saturday game will be at Varsity Field while the Sunday match will be on David Sidoo Field at Thunderbird Stadium.

- with files from Paul Esau (Fraser Valley Sports Information)
 
Print Friendly Version