It was sunny and around 10 degrees to start kick off as the Cougars take on the Dinos. On Seniors Day at Field 2. The day started off with recognition of the University of Calgary Dinos graduates and the
Mount Royal Cougars graduates, including
Kwasi Oteng-Frimpong and
Josh Flaksman.
During the 9th minute Kwasi breaks out after a defensive battle and is coming up the field with a three on one with
Chanan Chanda on one side and
Luka Patik on the other, he feeds to Chanda and then
to Patik at the left corner of the keepers box, he lets off a shot gets blocked and goes over the net.
Creating some momentum for the Cougars, in a back and forth first ten minutes.
In the 12th minute Oteng-Frimpong is down the field to the right, he sends the ball to the net and
Josh Flaksman tries to get a header on the ball but deflects it wide of the net.
In the 29th minute Efe Udolu-Joshua had a good rush for the Dinos, bringing the ball up the field on
Bryce Benton's left and he gets the shot but Benton is right there in the bottom corner of the net to
get a save.
In the 30th minute Cougars have a free kick just past mid field, the ball is sent across the field and Tim Beckadahl tries for a header, but the shot is blocked by Oliver Allen.
During the 33rd minute, Owen Antoniuk gets a hard shot on net for the Dinos, Benton makes the save.
In the 38th minute, Cougars are putting pressure in the Dinos keepers' box, Joe Green comes out with a big chance and sends a hard shot on net, that goes wide.
During added time, Antoniuk gets a hard shot through the Cougars defence and Benton comes up with the save.
Chanda is bringing the energy up for the Cougars at halftime, pumping up his teammates with his voice on the field.
In the 59th minute after a foul by the Cougars.
Antoniuk is set up with a penalty kick, he sends the ball to the left of the net while Benton dives to the right and buries the penalty kick for his 10th goal of the season and the Dinos to go up 1-0.
In the 79th minute Josral Frederick is racing down to the right corner of the field sends the ball across to Kundai Dziwa and he nets his first goal of the season in the left corner of the net, to have the
Dinos up 2-0.
In the 87th minute MRU is handed a yellow card to
Maximo Niro.
The Dinos shut the Cougars out 2-0 in their final regular season game.
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