Koffi's 89th Minute Goal Leads Roos Past Detroit Mercy

Monday, September 5

Kansas City, Mo.

7:30 PM

Kansas City

2-2-0, 0-0-0

Detroit Mercy

1-2-1, 0-0-0

Detroit Mercy

Kansas City

Photo by: Syd Siemens

Koffi's 89th Minute Goal Leads Roos Past Detroit Mercy

9/5/2022 10:17:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

Hirokawa (24'), Lar (41') and Koffi (89') all found the scoresheet in the win

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City Men's Soccer fought through early mishaps against Detroit Mercy on Monday evening, using an 89th minute game-winner to outlast the Titans, 3-2. Kotaro Hirokawa and Shfeo Lar each scored equalizing goals in the first half before Christian Koffi's late magic.

KEY MOMENTS

2' / 0-0 | The game started with an early shot from Detroit Mercy that was stopped with a great save by Copper Clark.
4' / 0-1 | The Titans opened the score sheet with an early goal.
24' / 1-1 | Hirokawa earned a foul in the penalty box, and took the subsequent penalty kick. He notched his first goal of the season, taking the penalty to the left bottom while goalkeeper dove to his right.

.@kotaroyowa with the equalizer! https://t.co/tZy8UuEfsz pic.twitter.com/ZPBQ704v4E
— Kansas City Men's Soccer (@KCRoosMSoccer) September 6, 2022

35' / 1-2 | Detroit Mercy goes back up in the score with a free kick goal.
41' / 2-2 | Kansas City equalizes the score with a beautiful play by Koffi, who crossed the ball, and it was finished with a header by Shfeo Lar, his second goal of the season.

You don't get a much better connection than that ???? https://t.co/miEmqAOYiW pic.twitter.com/pQ5F0VPPIz
— Kansas City Men's Soccer (@KCRoosMSoccer) September 6, 2022

64' / 2-2 | Kazuki Kimura takes a shot after taking a defender off his way, saved by the Titans goalkeeper.
89' / 3-2 | Kansas City goes up in the score with a last-minute goal by Koffi. Lar returns the favor by crossing the ball to the Titans' box, and Koffi scored his first goal of the season with a header to the right upper corner of the goal.

An absolute masterclass for the game winner ?? https://t.co/6ltE4RaKw7 pic.twitter.com/iNf4zeAzm6
— Kansas City Men's Soccer (@KCRoosMSoccer) September 6, 2022

STATS TO NOTE

The Roos out-possessed the Titans, 65%-35%, firing off 19 shots against Detroit's seven.
Koffi notched his team-leading third assist of the year on Lar's goal. Last season, no Roo logged more than two assists.
Kansas City only reached onto the bench for four players. Samuel Nagy, Kimura, Koffi, Hirokawa, Bryson Gosch and Lar all played the full 90 minutes.

COACH RYAN PORE, QUOTED

UP NEXT
The Roos take on another quality opponent at home on Saturday at 7:30 p.m., hosting (RV) Dayton. The Roos and Flyers played last year as well, finishing in a 1-1 draw.