LOS ANGELES – The Cal State San Marcos men's soccer team put up a valiant effort against No. 13 Cal State LA, but a second-half goal resulted in the Cougars taking a 1-0 loss to the Golden Eagles on Thursday night at Jesse Owens Track.
 
GOALS
CSULA – 66' Morten Bjoershol (Assisted by Carl Solli)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Cougars held the 13th-ranked Golden Eagles scoreless in the first half as CSULA put up six shots to CSUSM's three. Both sides had one shot on goal while the Cougars had a 2-1 advantage for corner kicks.
• In the 66th minute, the CSUSM defense tried to thwart the pressure put on by the CSULA offense in the box, but a chance to clear to the ball ricocheted back into the box off a Golden Eagle attacker. With the ball rolling towards the end line, Solli recovered it and made a diagonal pass through traffic to Bjoershol. From the penalty kick marker, Bjoershol's shot went into the left corner of the net and gave CSULA a 1-0 lead.

 
QUICK KICKS

• CSUSM drops to 2-8-1 (1-3-1 CCAA) while CSULA improves to 7-2-1 (5-0-0 CCAA).
• The Golden Eagles are now 6-1 in the all-time series against CSUSM, improving their winning streak against the Cougars to three games.
• This was the fifth consecutive game in the series with a 1-0 score.
• The Cougars had a 4-2 edge for corner kicks.
• CSULA outshot CSUSM 14-5.
• The Golden Eagles were guilty of offsides three times while the Cougars only did it once.
• Possession was very close as CSULA squeaked out the possession battle at 51%.
• Five Cougars ended up with one shot each while Curtis Collazos and Juan Camilo Salazar had the only shots on goal for CSUSM.

 
UP NEXT
The Cougars will return to The Cage to face Cal Poly Pomona (6-2-3, 3-0-2 CCAA) on Sunday at 2 p.m.