Colin Seigfried and Alassane Kane each scored for the American University men's soccer team, but it was not enough in a 3-2 loss to Georgetown on Wednesday afternoon at Reeves Field.

Georgetown (5-5-1) came out in the first half on the attack, as a 10th minute score by Jose Colchao gave the Hoyas a 1-0 advantage. Georgetown continued to pressure the Eagles' defense over the next few minutes, as AU goalkeeper Matt Makowski made back-to-back saves on close range opportunities by Jimmy Nealis and Chandler Diggs. Later in the half, the Hoyas appeared to have a golden chance to make the score 2-0 when Seth C'deBaca had a breakaway into the AU goal box. But American defender Cristobal Soto tracked down C'deBaca from behind, and his slidetack poked the ball away to fend off the Georgetown chance.

In the 31st minute, the Hoyas took a 2-0 lead when Steve Neumann knocked home a deflection off a cross. Less than two minutes later, Georgetown nearly made the score 3-0 on an Ian Christianson point-blank shot. Makowski, however, was there for American (5-5) to make the key save.

Facing a 2-0 deficit, American (5-5) dug in and swung the momentum in the match late in the first half, creating opportunities in the offensive end. The Eagles were able to trim the Georgetown lead in half when Seigfried converted his first-career goal. Off a set piece, Patrick Mehlert served a cross in front of the Georgetown goal where David Menzie got a touch on it, feeding a pass to Seigfried for the close-range shot.

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The score remained 2-1 into halftime, although the Eagles knotted the score at two with Kane's score in the 62nd minute. The play was setup when Jamie Davin's shot bounced off the right post, and came out in front of the goal. Kane was the first one to the ball, and put in the easy score to draw the Eagles' even. For Kane, the score was his Patriot League-leading fifth of the season.

The Eagles nearly took the lead in the 78th minute when a streaking Jack Scott received a pass in the open field on his way toward the Georgetown goal. But Hoyas goalkeeper Matthew Brutto came out to make a fantastic save on Scott's shot to keep the score at 2-2.

After back-and-forth action, Georgetown's Neumann recorded his second goal of the match in the 85th minute in what was the game-winner. Neumann received a cross from the left side from Andy Reimer, and headed his shot past Makowski to give the Hoyas the 3-2 road victory.

"It's frustrating to fight that hard to get back into a game and give up a late goal," Head Coach Todd West said following the match. "We did a lot of reactive things today and it put us on the wrong foot. Give them [Georgetown] credit, but our energy and effort was poor for the most part today, and that's something we need to improve."

American actually outshot Georgetown in the match by a 18-14 margin, although the Hoyas held a 9-8 advantage in shots on goal. AU earned seven corners compared to five for Georgetown.

The Eagles will look to improve to 3-0 in Patriot League play when they visit Lafayette on Saturday, October 9. Game time from Easton, Pa., is slated for 7 p.m.