Fayette, Mo. The Central Methodist University men's soccer team struck early against the 5^th ranked Missouri Valley College Vikings on Wednesday evening, on their way to a 3-2 victory at Davis Field.
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With the victory, Central Methodist improves to 6-1-2 overall and 1-1-0 in Heart of America Athletic Conference play. With the loss, the 5^th ranked Missouri Valley College Vikings fall to 5-2-0 overall and 1-1-0 in Heart of America Athletic Conference play.
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The Eagles came out aggressive on Wednesday evening, in a match that featured eight combined yellow cards and one red card.
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Central Methodist got on the board first off of a free-kick from Rafael Ortiz-Ferreira that Andres Manuel Chalbaud put in the back of the net for the early 1-0 lead in the 21^st minute.
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Just 12 minutes later, CMU was at it again as Andres Manuel-Chalbaud his second goal of the evening on a pass from Daniel Tesoro. David Hillmann added the third goal of the evening for the Eagles to give CMU a 3-0 lead headed into halftime.
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In the second half, both teams came out slow before the Vikings came alive. Juan Carlos Heras scored the Vikings first goal of the evening in the 69^th minute to draw within two goals at 3-1.
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Then in the 86^th minute, Raul Beneit was awarded with a penalty kick and made the shot to make the score 3-2. Eagles' goalkeeper Cameron Metcalfe took exception to the goal and pushed Beneit after he came to grab the ball out of the net, Metcalfe was served with a yellow card for his actions.
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Metcalfe earned the victory for CMU between the pipes, while recording eight saves.
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The Eagles get set to head out on the road for a four match roadtrip beginning this Saturday when CMU travels to Kansas to face the University of Saint Mary for their final non-conference match of the season.
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