Men’s Soccer Battles Emmanuel to 2-2 Tie

BOSTON – In a Title Town Tuesday tilt, Suffolk men's soccer came to a 2-2 draw against its Beantown rival Emmanuel at Roberto Clemente Field. The Rams took a two-goal lead before the Saints scored two unanswered for the stalemate.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 2 | Emmanuel 2
RECORDS: Suffolk (1-1-2) | Emmanuel (1-0-3)  

HOW IT HAPPENED

• In a Suffolk dominated first half, the Rams could not figure out Emmanuel's keeper Owen Silva as he stopped all six attempts on target to hold things scoreless at halftime. 
• Mohamed Mehaya broke through in the 57th minute as he snuck an unassisted tallying to the low right of the net. 
• About seven minutes later, Zach Vlachos doubled the distance for the blue-and-gold as he found the back of the net with no help to make it 2-0 Rams at the 64:21 mark. 
• The Saints sliced the gap in half 1:07 later when Jacob Beck scored with help from Jaylen Goodall. 
• The Rams managed to cling onto the upperhand until Goodall put his own goal away for Emmanuel to lock things up at 2-all with 5:59 remaining.
• Suffolk was unable to get another shot off the rest of the way and the host's last-ditch effort in the final second by Beck missed left to keep things even at 2-2 at the final horn.  

KEEPING UP WITH THE KEEPERS

• Ian Caldwell played all night in net for the Rams in the tie. 
• Silva stopped nine shots for the Saints.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Mehaya and Vlachos were responsible for Suffolk's strikes, both unassisted. 
• Shots were Suffolk heavy, 22-8, including a lopsided 11-2 shots on goal advantage for the blue-and-gold. 
• The Rams took both corners in the contests. 
• The blue-and-gold was whistled for offsides four times compared Emmanuel's one offside call.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk and Emmanuel met for the 22nd time Tuesday night. 
• The Rams moved to 13-8-2 all-time versus the Saints. 
• Suffolk is unbeaten in the last three meetings with Emmanuel, 2-0-1. 
• On the road, the Rams dipped to 6-3-2 at Emmanuel. 
• It is the first draw between the Rams and Saints since Oct. 7, 2017, a double overtime 1-1 decision. 
• Both stalemates between Suffolk and Emmanuel have come when the Rams are playing on the road. 
• Suffolk moved to 2-2-1 against Emmanuel in the Bill Maddock era. 
• Mehaya registered his first collegiate goal that counts to his statistics, he scored in the season opener that was halted due to rain at Dean, Aug. 29, 2025. 
• Vlachos recorded his second strike of the season.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk turns its attention to its Conference of new England (CNE) calendar that opens Saturday, Sept. 13 at Hartford at 5 p.m.