CLIFTON, N.J. — The Bloomfield College men's soccer team suffered a 5-1 setback on the road against Berkeley-NJ on Wednesday afternoon at Anzaldi Park. The loss left the Bears with a 5-4-2 overall record and a 3-4-1 mark in NACIA play.
Despite an equalizing strike in the second half by forward
Arturo Delgado, the Bears were unable to withstand a four-goal second-half outburst by the Knights. Goalkeeper
Ariel Lopez registered eight saves on the day while playing the full 90 minutes in goal for Bloomfield.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Arturo Delgado netted Bloomfield's lone goal of the match in the 65th minute (65:00) to level the score at 1-1 after Berkeley-NJ's Imanol Flores opened the scoring in the first half at the 10:00 mark.
- The home team had a second-half offensive surge as they erupted for four unanswered goals in the second half—struck by Matheus Iwamoto (68:00), Christopher Andrade (75:00), Elvin Rios (81:00), and Sixto Gonzalez (86:00)—that sealed the 5-1 decision.
- Bloomfield goalkeeper Ariel Lopez logged 90:00 minutes and turned away 8 saves against 13 shots on goal, while Berkeley-NJ's Jack Giannini played 90:00 minutes and made 2 saves against 3 shots on target. Berkeley-NJ held a 20-5 edge in overall shots.
UP NEXT
Bloomfield returns to Foley Field for their next showdown on Saturday, October 17 when they host BSC Albany. The Bears will celebrate Senior Day as they honor the program's four seniors prior to first touch scheduled at 2:00 pm.
