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Johan Portales Recap Photo 10.31.19
Steven Christy
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Lubbock Christian LCU (8-5-1, 4-2-1)
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Winner Tex. A&M Int'l TAMIU (10-4-1, 6-2-0)
Lubbock Christian LCU
(8-5-1, 4-2-1)
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Final
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Tex. A&M Int'l TAMIU
(10-4-1, 6-2-0)
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Lubbock Christian LCU 1 0 1
Tex. A&M Int'l TAMIU 2 4 6

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Dustdevils register season-high six goals in victory over Lubbock Christian

LAREDO, Texas – Texas A&M International University men's soccer (10-4-1, 6-2-0 LSC) scored four second-half goals en route to coasting to a 6-1 Lone Star Conference home victory over the Lubbock Christian Chaparrals (8-5-1, 4-2-1 LSC) on Thursday evening. With the win, TAMIU improves to 4-3-0 against the Chaps dating back to the 2013 season.

LCU forward Tariq Bakkali finished a feed from Hector Rodriguez-Cabo that beat Dustdevil goalkeeper Josh Jones at the 16:44 mark to break the scoring ice.

The Dustdevils showed their resiliency as they responded 38 seconds later when Elias Perales registered a goal on a pass from Ruben Nielsen to knot the game at one apiece. 

In the 35th minute, Charlie Michel scored his second goal of the season on Nielsen's second assist of the match to give TAMIU a 2-1 edge. 

Johan Portales took the final shot of the half but sailed to the right of the goal to send a 2-1 match into intermission. 

In the second half, the Dustdevils tallied four goals starting with a goal scored in the 48th minute by Nielsen that got by Chaparral goalkeeper Broxton Thorne to extend the lead to a pair of goals (3-1). 

In the 69th minute, Dustdevil midfielder Cem Izgec found the back of the net to give TAMIU a comfortable three-goal advantage (4-1). 

TAMIU then netted two goals in a span of 52 seconds starting with Elias Perales' second goal of the match that was assisted by Portales at 76:25. The goal sealed his first-career multi-goal match and finished with a career-high five points. Dustdevil forward Steve Taylor then registered the final goal of the match on an assist by Portales. The assist marked a career-high two-assist match for Portales that would settle the convincing 6-1 win.

Jones stopped the lone shot that he faced while Thorne stopped a pair of shots in defeat for the Chaparrals.

TAMIU led the way in shots (22-4), shots on goal (9-2) and corner kicks (4-0).

The Dustdevils will conclude their home slate against UT Permian Basin (5-9-1, 2-5-0 LSC) in a Lone Star Conference showdown on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 1 p.m.

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