Anxiety, frustration and tension was felt on the SDSU Sports Deck on Sunday night as the men’s soccer team faced its arch rival UNLV.
A free kick, corner kick and penalty kick cost the Aztecs their first game of the season in a tough 3-2 loss.
“Soccer is a very difficult sport sometimes in the fact that the better team doesn’t win,” head coach Lev Kirshner said.
SDSU started off the game dominating offensively with its effective communication and one touch passes. In the eighth minute, senior defender Casey Phillips’s free kick went past the keeper into the left side of the net, giving the Aztecs an early 1-0 advantage.