Who gives a hoot about Monday Night Football on TV when you have Monday Night Football at Vidas! This game had it all - Goals, a dramatic winner by Ken Tribbet and an almost more impressive top class equalizer by Nate "that's why they call me Gerrard" Page. Late-game heroics, Drexel coming back in the second half from 1-0 down to win 2-1 with just seconds left on the clock. History (gonna plug my own glory days here), Ken Tribbet's goal was a near replica of Drexel's win over Georgia State in 2008. Injury, see "Poop Squad" Player of the Game below. Yellow Card Drama, with who other than Manny Cazares and "The Red Dragon" each picking one up. Manny grabbed his 3rd caution in 4 games (at some point kid, it's your fault not the referees) and Doug seems to be keeping Woody Hartman's tradition alive of being the most hated coach by every referee on the east coast.
Before you get too excited... Drexel basically "poop squaded" the bed the entire first half being completely out possessed by NJIT. Offensively, we seemed to magically forget that there is an offsides rule in soccer for the entire second half as well as blow the lion's share of easy chances in front of goal. Defensively, Tal Bubil had another solid game and Justin Johnson did well as a late game substitution at right back. All in all it made for an exciting comeback win at home, and the Dragons stay 4-0 on the season. I like the display of resilience from a very young Drexel team.
- For the expertly crafted official game recap and box score visit drexeldragons.com.
- Also for John and Mary Tribbet, your gonna want to head over to SideLine Photos and pick up a few prints of your son's game winning goal.
MAN OF THE MATCH: Who other than freshman Kenny Tribbet. This kid is a player, NCAA Compliance look away while I go out an buy him an Escalade.
"POOP SQUAD" PLAYER OF THE GAME: Was a tough choice between 5th year ringer Tony Bafile for giving NJIT a PK in the first half. Baf tried to post up and dunk on the NJIT striker in our box, forgetting that you can't use your hands in soccer... & Assistant Coach Cory Robertson for spraining his ankle in the frenzied victory celebration after the game winning goal. If Cory hasn't burned it yet, hopefully we will be able to get a hold of that video clip to post up on the site soon. Both Baf & Cory did redeemed themselves as Baf assisted on the game winner and Cory injured and all, sucked it up and hobbled over to Cav's for the post-game reception. After due consideration - I leave the "Poop Squad" Player of the Game up to a vote...
What about the NJIT keeper that made no saves and couldn't take his own goal kicks
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