{"id":912123,"date":"2026-09-27T23:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T23:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/912123\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T23:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T23:02:10","slug":"late-first-half-comeback-undone-in-4-2-loss-to-thompson-rivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/912123\/","title":{"rendered":"Late First-Half Comeback Undone in 4-2 Loss to Thompson Rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                    Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/huskies.usask.ca\/sports\/mens-soccer\/stats\/2026-27\/thompson-rivers-wolfpack\/boxscore\/7035\" style=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Box Score<\/a> SASKATOON, Sask. \u2014 The Saskatchewan Huskies erased a two-goal deficit before halftime, but two quick second-half goals from the Thompson Rivers WolfPack proved to be the difference in a 4-2 setback Sunday afternoon (Sept. 27) at Griffiths Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson Rivers struck first midway through the opening half when Kaelin Nguyen found the back of the net in the 17th minute to give the visitors a 1-0 advantage. The WolfPack doubled their lead just after the half-hour mark as Ben Finley scored his first goal of the season, putting Saskatchewan in a two-goal hole.<\/p>\n<p>The Huskies responded in impressive fashion late in the half however.<\/p>\n<p>After generating several promising opportunities, fifth-year forward <a href=\"https:\/\/huskies.usask.ca\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/tao-hein\/6549\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6549\" target=\"_blank\">Tao Hein<\/a> got Saskatchewan on the board in the 41st minute. Hein, who finished with a team-high four shots, popped the ball up and over the TRU goalkeeper before connecting on a header for\u00a0his fifth goal of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The momentum continued to swing in the Huskies&#8217; favour as the first half wound down. In the final minute before the break, <a href=\"https:\/\/huskies.usask.ca\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/a-j-calado\/6544\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6544\" target=\"_blank\">A.J. Calado<\/a> converted off a feed from <a href=\"https:\/\/huskies.usask.ca\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/dante-molina\/6557\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6557\" target=\"_blank\">Dante Molina<\/a> to level the score at 2-2. The goal was Calado&#8217;s first of his Huskie career and capped a spirited Saskatchewan comeback heading into halftime.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, Thompson Rivers answered immediately after the restart.<\/p>\n<p>Just over four minutes into the second half, Aiden Muzio restored the WolfPack lead before Lachlan Will added another less than four minutes later, extending the advantage to 4-2. Those two goals ultimately stood as the game-winners as Saskatchewan was unable to find a response despite pushing for a breakthrough over the final 35 minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Huskies generated nine shots on the afternoon, with four reaching target. Hein led the attack with two shots on goal, while Calado and Molina each recorded a point in the effort. Goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/huskies.usask.ca\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/jaron-slopinski\/6564\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6564\" target=\"_blank\">Jaron Slopinski<\/a> made four saves in the loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saskatchewan pressed for a late comeback, earning three second-half corner kicks and creating several dangerous moments in the attacking third. Thompson Rivers goalkeeper Toran Rutherford turned aside two shots to preserve the lead as the WolfPack improved to 5-3-0 on the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With the result, the Huskies moved to 3-4-0\u00a0in conference play and will look to bounce back as they head on the road next week for a pair of matches in British Columbia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; Box Score SASKATOON, Sask. \u2014 The Saskatchewan Huskies erased a two-goal deficit before&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":912124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-912123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912123","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=912123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/912124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=912123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=912123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}