Men's Soccer Finishes Regular Season with Draw

Saturday, November 6

Kansas City, Mo.

7:00 PM

Kansas City

3-7-4, 2-2-2

(RV) Denver

9-3-3, 4-1-1

Denver

Kansas City

Men's Soccer Finishes Regular Season with Draw

11/6/2021 10:05:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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The Roos will take on Denver again in the Summit League Semifinals this Thursday

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City Men's Soccer took Denver to the wire this evening, playing to a 1-1 draw with the Pioneers. With the result, Kansas City earns the fourth seed in the Summit League tournament, and will have a rematch with Denver on Thursday at 11 a.m. in the Semifinals.

KEY MOMENTS

9' | Kazuki Kimura took the first shot of the game, but it was too high.
11' | After a corner kick by Kotaro Hirokawa, Seth Kacich connected on a header, but the ball was saved by the Pioneers.
13' | Arne Neufang found an opportunity and took a shot towards Denver's goal, but the ball went too high.
25' | Hugo Von Reis took a shot, and it was blocked by the Pioneers.
48' | Denver was the first on the board after a defensive mishap by the Roos.
54' | After Mario Sandoval drew a foul in the box, Kotaro Hirokawa capitalized on the opportunity and deposited the penalty kick to equalize.
86' | Kimura took a shot towards the Pioneers' goal, but it sailed a bit high of the mark.
91' | Cooper Clark came off his mark on a Denver corner kick, securing the ball to keep the game alive.
94' | Neufang found an opportunity to take a shot at goal, but the ball was blocked by Denver's back line.
107' | Hirokawa took a shot at the goal from a spot kick but, Denver saved the ball.
110' | Mario Sandoval took his first shot of the game in the final minute.

STATS TO NOTE

Kimura tied his season-high with five shots.
The Roos out-shot Denver 15-11 and held the Pioneers to just two shots on goal.
Hirokawa's goal was the first of his Kansas City career, and his three shots and two shots on goal are career highs.
Kansas City's four draws this season are their most in a season since 2013.
Seven Roos played all 110 minutes.
Kansas City's penalty kick goal was their second PK scored this season.

COACH RYAN PORE, QUOTED

"Any time we have an opportunity to come out and play in front of our home fans, 11 vs. 11, under the lights, we take those opportunities very seriously. We wanted to win tonight, not only for our standings but just for the pride of the program. I think the guys represented the program in a tremendous way tonight and I couldn't be more proud of them."
"I thought everybody fought. Denver's a competitive team and we needed to match that. I thought we matched it, if not exceeded it."
"I was very impressed with Arne (Neufang), I thought he was the best player on the field. Seth (Kacich) and Kyle (Reese) played well in the back, I think Kotaro (Hirokawa) had his best game as a Kansas City Roo."
"We get to see these guys again on Thursday. We know we gave these guys everything they had and probably could have won the game."

UP NEXT
The Roos are queued for another battle with Denver on Thursday in Macomb, Ill. in the Summit League Semifinals. It is the Roos' first postseason appearance since 2019 and their first Summit League Tournament appearance since 2012.