Roundup November 10th
In this week’s Right to Dream Roundup; Bismark Adjei-Boateng and Razak Nuhu win Norwegian League; Joshua Yaro’s Georgetown University wins BIG EAST Regular Season Championship for the fourth time and Fifi Baiden has been selected to the 2013 All-Big West Men’s Soccer team.
*Norway:*
*Stromsgodset 4:0 **FK Haugesund*
We start off in Norway where Bismark Adjei-Boateng and Razak Nuhu made history as Stromsgodset won the league title on the final day, bringing a 43 year old wait to an end.
Adjei-Boateng scored seven goals in 17 appearances in the league as well as another goal in the Europa League overall.
The Gulskogen outfit, who last won their national title in 1970, secured the crown on the final day of the season with a 4-0 win over FK Haugesund, maintaining their one-point advantage over record champions Rosenborg.
*Viking 2 - 1 Sarpsborg 08 *
King Osei Gyan was a 76th minute substitute in Viking’s last league game against Sarsborg 08.
Gyan has had a memorable season making 25 appearances and scoring two goals as Viking placed 5th on the league log overall.
He also scored the decisive winner against eventual league champions, Stromsgodset when the two teams met earlier in the season. Westmont
Emmanuel Nana Akyen’s Westmont University soccer team were unable to secure an automatic qualification in the Golden State Athletic Conference Tournament Semi finals following their defeat at the hands of long time rival #20 Biola.
Marquette 1:2 DePaul
James C. Nortey’s Marquette University soccer have earned a share of a BIG EAST regular season for the second time in three years.
Nortey scored as the MU lost 2:1 to DePaul in the final match of the regular season at Wish Field, but Marquette (10-5-2 overall) ended up with a 6-2-1 mark in league play and finished tied with co-champion Georgetown for first place atop the BIG EAST table each with 19 points
*Georgetown University 1:0 Villanova*
Joshua Yaro was back in action as the Georgetown University men's soccer squad won the BIG EAST Regular Season Championship for the fourth time with a 1-0 victory over Oscar Umar’s Villanova University Wildcats at Shaw Field.
The win tied the Georgetown with Marquette in the standings. But Georgetown took the top seed in the tournament due to the tiebreaker.
*Cal Poly 0:2 UC Santa Barbara*
Fifi Baiden has been selected to the 2013 All-Big West Men’s Soccer team after another impressive season for UC Santa Barbara.
Baiden was in action in UC Santa Barbara’s win over Blue-Green rival Cal Poly at Harder Stadium on Saturday night in front of 12,805 fans, the highest attendance of any NCAA match so far this season.
The Gauchos completed the regular season with an undefeated record in conference play. It is just the second time in Big West history that has happened, with UCSB's 2002 squad the only other team to accomplish the feat.
*Fordham University 0:1 Saint Joseph*
Nathaniel Bekoe’s Fordham University soccer clinched a place in the Atlantic 10 Championship despite losing to Saint Joseph at Jack Coffey Field.
The Rams, as they are affectionately called, tried to send their seniors off with a win and a playoff berth, but Saint Joseph's Tim Lazorko scored in the 23rd minute for the only goal of the contest in a 1-0 win.
In attendance for the game was the Chairman of RtD USA, John Powers.
*Ghana League*
Striker Samuel Boateng helped Wa All Stars beat Dwarfs FC 1:0 in their away game at Cape Coast.
Defender Godfred Saka played as Aduana Stars went down 1:0 to Medeama SC.
