BEATRICE, NE — When the Allen men’s soccer team traveled to Southeast Community College on Wednesday, they were greeted with their second 1-1 tie in their last three games.
The Red Devils (7-4-3; 4-4 KJCCC) scored first before allowing Southeast to score a goal of their own and knot the match at 1-1, the final score. Musa Abdeldgir scored the lone goal for Allen but Southeast was consistently around the goal more, totaling 13 shots.
“At the end of the day it’s a team effort and we need every single player on the team to give their 110% on and off the field,” Allen’s Ayoup Bader said after the tie.
Even with the tie, Allen secured a spot in the KJCCC playoffs this fall with the lone goal.
“It’s really discouraging to end with ties, especially after having multiple chances and not scoring them,” Allen’s Ayoup Bader said. “Yesterday’s tie was as important as a win because we needed one point to make it to the playoffs.”
Abdeldgir scored his lone goal of the match 25 minutes in for the 1-0 lead.
Allen sent six shots on goal but could only finish one of those chances in the first half.
Abdelgdir sent a team-high two shots at the goal and had three shots total. Patrick Alouidor had two shots and a lone shot on goal. Pedro De Silva, Amogeland Mofoke and Santino Brignone each had one shot on goal. Wisdom Nkwamba also had a shot off target.
Southeast then netted a team goal in the final 20 minutes of the match to knot it at 1-1.
“All of these teams play with different styles and we have to get used to them and listen to the coaches instructions,” Bader said. “One of the things that would help us is moving the ball faster between the lines in tight spaces.”
The Red Devils have been going to a multi-goalkeeper system the past few games. Gaurav Sandhu starts in goal while Dickson Phoon ends the game in goal. Sandhu made four saves out of Southeast’s five shots on goal while Phoon made two saves and didn’t allow a goal.
Allen hosts Southeast for their final regular season match of the season on Saturday at 4 p.m.
