Josh Markowitz

Box Score

Colgate Colgat (3-2-1, 0-1-0)

American Americ (1-4-1, 1-0-0)

Colgate Colgat

(3-2-1, 0-1-0)

Final

Sep. 13, 2025

American Americ

(1-4-1, 1-0-0)

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Colgate Colgat	0	0	0
American Americ	0	1	1

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | 9/13/2025 3:20:00 PM

Men’s Soccer Blanks Colgate, 1-0, in Patriot League Opener

WASHINGTON - With a clean state to start Patriot League play, the American University men's soccer team made the most of it by earning a 1-0 shutout victory against visiting Colgate in front of an energetic crowd at Reeves Field on Saturday afternoon. Just 22 seconds into the second half, senior Sebastian Garces scored the game-winner for AU's first victory of the season.

Notable

The goal for Garces was his first of the season and second of his career, and was scored on the Eagles' second shot on goal of the contest.
The first six shots of the game in the opening 23 minutes were all taken by Colgate, but American was more dominant the rest of the way.
Graduate student Mustapha Sowe assisted on the goal by Garces for his first of the season.
Total shots favored the Raiders, 11-7, and Colgate earned five corner kicks to AU's three.
The Eagles are now 1-4-1 on the season, and 1-0-0 in the Patriot League.
Colgate moves to 3-2-1 overall and 0-1-0 in the conference.

How it Happened

Senior Matthew Tibbetts made his only needed save of the game in the 20th minute, and a shot missed just high for Colgate a minute later.
The first six shots of the game were all taken by Colgate in the first 23 minutes.
AU's first chance came in the 32nd minute on a shot by Garces that was blocked.
Freshman Finn O'Brien kept a ball in play near the endline and played it over to junior Reyes Parra for a close-range shot on the low left with five and a half minutes remaining in the half, but it was saved by Colgate keeper Eric Widrick. The first AU corner followed, but no shot resulted on the play.
With two minutes left, sophomore Moad Ezzahir drove towards the box off a pass from senior Johah Fogel and sent a strong crossing shot from the right side that went just over the top of the goal.
Fifteen seconds into the second half, the Eagles gained control on the far side after a Colgate throw-in.
Sowe laid the ball off for Garces who sent a long strike from outside the top left of the box that sailed into the center of the goal for a 1-0 lead just 22 seconds into the half, in the 46th minute.
Garces had another shot on goal to the low right that was saved in the 59th minute.
Colgate earned back-to-back corners in the 62nd minute, but nothing came of them.
The Raiders earned a free kick right at the top of the box in the 72nd minute, but the shot by Aidan Wright sailed high.
Sophomore Chris Sullivan nearly added to AU's lead with 13 minutes left on a roller from the right that just missed wide past the far post.
The Raiders put a header on the post with less than four minutes left in a scramble in front of the goal, and then had a corner in the final minute that did not result in a shot.