Dustdevils Top Jackets, 2-1 (10/26/06)
Box Score

BILLINGS, MT – Luck was not on the side of the Montana State-Billings men’s soccer team Thursday as the visiting Dustdevils of Texas A&M – International edged the Jackets 2-1 at the College of Technology Field.  The loss drops the Jackets to 4-11-2 while the Devils improved to an even 7-7-0.

With forty-seven seconds remaining in the first half of play the Dustdevils’ Raul Quinones took the loose ball in front of the Jackets goal beating keeper Sander Tollefson (Missoula, MT) to the left side of the net.  The goal, Quinones seventh of the season, gave the Devils the 1-0 advantage at the half.

At the 50:10 mark, a foul just outside the Devils box set up Sam Charles (Chiswell, England) for the free kick.  A well-placed ball found the back of the net tying the game at one apiece.  The goal was Charles’s team-leading seventh of the season.  Just seven minutes later, deep in Yellowjacket territory, Leonardo Calvo made a short cross to teammate Abdiel Amador.  Amador tapped the ball in scoring the eventual game-winning goal.

With 10:32 left to play in regulation, the Jackets’ Greg McKeever (Kirkland, WA) fired toward the Devils’ goal only to have it bounce off the crossbar.  McKeever found the ball again just seconds later and another shot would be denied as this one bounced off the post just wide.

The Yellowjackets out-shot the Dustdevils 12-8 including 6-4 shots-on-goal.  The Jackets’ Charles and Jarred Weisen (Great Falls, MT) made four and two shots-on-goal respectively.  Dustdevils’ keeper Jonathan Callahan recorded five saves while his counterpart Tollefson made two.

The Yellowjackets will play their final game of the season against Heartland Conference provisional member University of Texas – Permian Basin (7-7-2) Sunday, October 28 at 1:00 p.m.