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York College men's soccer concluded the 2026 season Friday afternoon with a 4-2 loss to the City College of New York Beavers (5-9-3) at the York College Outdoor Athletic Complex. The Cardinals (1-13-0) answered an early CCNY goal with a first-half equalizer before scoring again in the second half to pull within one, but were unable to complete the comeback.
First-Half Breakdown
- Konstantinos Psomaras broke the deadlock for CCNY with a long-shot in the ninth minute.
- The Beavers tested York netminder Hammed Durojaye (0-5) three times in the next 10:49, but he was up to the task.
- York leveled the contest at the 22:13 mark, as Joshua Flores floated a perfect cross to Jeremy Vargas' head. That was the freshman's first goal of the campaign.
- Yusu Kassim put CCNY ahead 2-1 with a 30th-minute penalty.
- Psomaras netted his second goal of the afternoon with a long-range strike at 35:25.
Second-Half Breakdown
- Disherid Franklyn-Harewood trimmed the deficit in half (3-2) 9:41 into the stanza, slaloming past the Beaver defense and firing his shot into the bottom corner. Franklyn-Harewood ended his rookie campaign on three goals.
- CCNY responded 3:10 later as Julio Flores whizzed one past Durojaye from close range.
- Franklyn-Harewood and Alexander Cruz had chances to halve the margin late on, but their shots whistled wide, clinching the 4-2 result.
Inside the Box Score
In the end-to-end affair, the Beavers tallied more shots (21-9), shots on goal (11-4), and corner kicks (5-0). In goal, Durojaye authored seven saves, while Abdul Salim (1-2) and Psomaras combined for two saves in CCNY's victory.
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