By Danny Lovi, Special to The Chronicle
The Hofstra men’s soccer team took an early 1-0 lead, but could not hang on, losing to conference foe Northeastern 3-2 Wednesday night.
Hofstra was aggressive out of the gate, getting a few good looks at goal in the early minutes. Sophomore midfielder Florian Popp had a wide-open shot in the ninth minute, but whizzed it just past the left post. It was an opportunity missed, a theme that would plague Hofstra for the entire game.
In the thirty-fourth minute, senior forward Brett Carrington had a golden opportunity to score, chipping the ball right over the goalkeeper’s head. Right before the ball crossed the goal line however, Northeastern defenseman Don Anding got a foot on the ball, saving his team from going down what would have been 2-1 at the time.
Hofstra also had a goal negated early on, due to an offsides call, which would have put the Pride up 2-0. The Pride had many more opportunities to score, outshooting Northeastern 17-9, but could not capitalize.
Sophomore goalkeeper Roberto Pellegrini was frustrated by the missed opportunities.
“I see so many chances that we have that we don’t finalize,” Pellegrini said. “It’s small things that change the whole game. If we pulled in the second goal, the whole game would be