{"id":429231,"date":"2026-10-16T05:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T05:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/429231\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T05:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T05:22:09","slug":"usf-mens-soccer-earns-late-draw-against-jacksonville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/429231\/","title":{"rendered":"USF men\u2019s soccer earns late draw against Jacksonville"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/a>Senior midfielder Pedro Faife (white) scored the equalizer in the 84th minute of USF\u2019s 2-2 draw with Jacksonville on Wednesday. ORACLE PHOTO \/ JEANELLE HENDERSON<\/p>\n

USF men\u2019s soccer<\/a> snapped a four-match losing streak with a hard-fought\u00a0 2-2 draw against Jacksonville University Wednesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Bulls (1-10-2, 0-4-1 American) returned to Corbett Stadium to start a three-game homestand searching for their first win since August.\u00a0<\/p>\n

USF got on the board first but conceded two penalties in the second half against the Dolphins (4-5-3, 0-3-2 ASUN), falling behind before senior midfielder Pedro Faife<\/a>\u2019s equalizer in the 84th minute salvaged a tie.<\/p>\n

The draw extended the Bulls\u2019 winless streak to 11 with only four games to go in the regular season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After the game, head coach George Kiefer<\/a> didn\u2019t dwell on the standings, saying the way his team responded to the adversity is what he was looking for.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not pleased we\u2019ve created this adversity, but I\u2019m pleased how they\u2019ve responded to it,\u201d Kiefer said. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of fight in these guys, which I like.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Related: USF men\u2019s soccer continue struggles in 4-2 loss to Stetson<\/a><\/p>\n

Just three minutes in, sophomore midfielder Jakob Auby<\/a> opened the scoresheet for the Bulls with a solo dribble past five Dolphins and a finish into the bottom left corner.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kiefer said the early goal helped, though he felt USF deserved more before the break.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cGoals help, right?\u201d Kiefer said. \u201cI thought we did enough to deserve the second goal in the first half, but the goal helps for sure.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Much of USF\u2019s play came down the right wing, and the Bulls pressed Jacksonville high up the field after the first strike.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jacksonville outshot USF 4-3 in the first half, but the Bulls held a 7-1 edge in corner kicks and carried the 1-0 lead into halftime.<\/p>\n

Associate head coach Armant\u00e9 Marshall<\/a> said the pressing is built into how USF wants to play at home.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPressing high up the field, even if it\u2019s not perfect, is meant to speed up the opponent\u2019s decision-making, and that\u2019s always going to be the philosophy we go forward with,\u201d Marshall said after the game.<\/p>\n

The second half belonged to Jacksonville, which outshot USF 7-5 and got back into the match from the penalty spot.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville\u2019s Leonardo Davi C Santos converted the first penalty kick in the 68th minute to make it 1-1 after freshman forward Gianluca Vecchiarelli<\/a>\u2019s foul in the box was confirmed by video review.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Related: Richardson\u2019s USF men\u2019s soccer\u2019s rise to leadership<\/a><\/p>\n

Just over 10 minutes later, a tackle by USF\u2019s freshman defender Micah Harris<\/a> gave Jacksonville another penalty, and Davi C Santos converted again to put the Dolphins up 2-1.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kiefer said the penalties were teaching moments for the two players involved.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what [the referee] saw on the first [penalty], but those are just good learning lessons,\u201d Kiefer said.<\/p>\n

USF found the answer right back \u2014 another counter-attack down the right wing in the 84th minute ended with captain Tyler Richardson finding Faife, who slid the ball in to tie it at 2-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The match grew heated in the final moments, with Jacksonville\u2019s Iver Skorve and Davi C Santos each booked for unsporting behavior, but neither team could find the winning goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kiefer said the way his players handled the intensity matters beyond soccer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a life lesson too,\u201d Kiefer said. \u201cThere\u2019s so many people right here in Tampa Bay where they get knocked or punched in the face or things aren\u2019t going their way, and then they just quit.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bulls will stay at home to host Temple University at 7 p.m. Sunday. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Senior midfielder Pedro Faife (white) scored the equalizer in the 84th minute of USF\u2019s 2-2 draw with Jacksonville…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-429231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}