{"id":199114,"date":"2025-10-09T03:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T03:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/199114\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T03:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T03:06:09","slug":"mens-soccer-beats-the-buzzer-in-2-1-win-over-bluejays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/199114\/","title":{"rendered":"Men’s Soccer beats the buzzer in 2-1 win over Bluejays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


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\"Illinois<\/p>\n

Next Game:<\/p>\n

at Illinois Wesleyan University<\/p>\n

10\/11\/2025 | 3:30 PM<\/p>\n


\n Oct. 11 (Sat) \/ 3:30 PM \n <\/p>\n

\"Illinois<\/p>\n


\n at\u00a0Illinois Wesleyan University \n <\/p>\n

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ELMHURST, Ill. — Late-game efforts helped North Park Men’s Soccer avoid a draw at Langhorst Field on Wednesday night, securing a 2-1 win over the Elmhurst Bluejays.<\/p>\n

The Vikings struck first in the 23rd minute when junior forward\u00a0Kevin Perez<\/a>\u00a0netted his fourth goal of the season, finishing a well-placed assist from senior midfielder Vidar Rydell<\/a>. Elmhurst responded early in the second half with a goal from\u00a0Max Aquino, assisted by\u00a0Klaus Gartner, leveling the score.<\/p>\n

North Park’s defense held firm and Elmhurst’s hung in there, too. However, an Elmhurst foul in the box with just seconds left on the clock\u00a0allowed senior defender\u00a0Christian Vaaland<\/a>\u00a0to deliver the game-winner, his first of the season,\u00a0capitalizing on the Bluejays’\u00a0defensive lapse.<\/p>\n

Despite the man disadvantage, North Park’s back line, anchored by junior\u00a0goalkeeper Ludvig Almborg<\/a>, who tallied three second-half saves, stifled Elmhurst’s late surge. The Vikings outshot the Bluejays 16-8 and earned four corners to Elmhurst’s three, controlling possession and tempo for much of the match.<\/p>\n

Top Performers<\/p>\n

North Park Vikings<\/p>\n

Elmhurst Bluejays<\/p>\n


\n\tMax Aquino: 1 goal, 1 shot on goal,\u00a0
\n\tKlaus Gartner: 1 assist, 2 shots, 90 minutes
\n\tDario Gutierrez: 4 shots, 2 on goal <\/p>\n

What’s Next?<\/p>\n

North Park improves to 7-3-0 overall and 2-2-0 in conference play. The Vikings will travel to face Illinois Wesleyan (8-1-2, 2-0 CCIW) on Saturday, October 11. Kickoff at Neis Soccer Field is set for 3:30 PM CT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Next Game: at Illinois Wesleyan University 10\/11\/2025 | 3:30 PM Oct. 11 (Sat) \/…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-199114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}