Box Score

PORTLAND, Ore. --- The Loyola Marymount Lions scored twice in the first half and overcame a goal from Portland's Derek Boggs in the second half to hold on for a 2-1 win over the Pilots in a West Coast Conference men's soccer game played on Sunday afternoon at Merlo Field. The game was physical as LMU lost two players to red cards, allowing Portland to play with a two-man advantage during the final 28 minutes.
 
But the Lions would ultimately prevail, improving to 6-3-2 on the season and to 2-1-1 in the WCC. Portland, which defeated San Diego 2-1 at Merlo on Friday night, drops to 7-5-0 overall and to 2-2-0 in the conference.
 
Momentum swung in Portland's favor after LMU's Leon Prikhodovskiy was shown a straight card with the Lions leading 2-0 in the 62nd minute. This came after Sean Sears was shown his second yellow of the match only a few minutes earlier.
 
The Pilots immediately went on the attack looking to take advantage, and Boggs got a goal back when he headed in a shot off a corner kick from Hugo Rhoads in the 75th minute. The goal is Boggs' first of the fall and it pulled the Pilots within 2-1.
 
But LMU did well to limit Portland's chances from there and the Lions would hold on for the victory.
 
LMU out-shot the Pilots 16-9, but the Pilots claimed a 6-3 advantage in the second half. Lions' goalkeeper Paul Blanchette, who was given a 2-0 lead in the first half, made three saves.
 
John McFarlin scored the game's first goal when he re-directed a nice cross from the left wing inside the right post. It was Adrian Perez who sent the cross in and it's McFarlin's second goal of the season.
 
LMU then made it a 2-0 game in the 36th minute when Akio Ohtake-Gordon found the back of the net from about 20 yards out. The ball fell to the feet of Ohtake-Gordon and he finished inside the left post for his first goal this fall.
 
The Pilots next hit the road for a pair of WCC games this week. First Portland will be in Spokane, Wash., on Wednesday for a 3 p.m. game against the Gonzaga Bulldogs. The Pilots then travel to Santa Clara for a game next Sunday.