Following a three game win streak, BMS packed their bags and started towards the dismal land of New Haven, Connecticut, home of the Yale Dawgs (as seen in the Yale athletic center). Half way through the journey, the team took a pit stop at a “ristorante” booked by possibly Italian assistant coach Kevin Nuss. The chicken parm turned out to be impeccable, but in an interview with Sicilian team member Mike Leone, he claimed that the tomato sauce was “a little more thick and tomato-y” than his mother’s famous sauce. Bathroom breaks by Alex Markes and Ben Maurey held up the team for a short period of time after lunch, but full bellies left the team ready for the game in a few hours.
Upon arriving at Yale’s facilities, the team went into the locker room/fallout shelter (yes, there was a sign showing it is a fallout shelter) and got ready for the game. With pump-up music playing in the travel speakers, the team was now 100% focused on the game at hand.
Walking onto the field behind the home side, the atmosphere was electric with parents’ and students’ cheers for the coming of Yale’s senior appreciation ceremony. Though the home side roared on, the stoic Brown squad was unphased. On top of the home crowd, hecklers began to congregate behind the goal of Josh Weiner and the stage was set for game time.
The Bears came out with energy headed by center forward Nate Pomeroy and wingers Pepe Salama and Daniel Taylor. Five minutes into the game, DT got pulled down off a pass from Nate and the Bears set up their set piece with “The Spaniard” Pepe on the ball. Whipping the ball in six yards out from the goal, Tariq Akeel displayed a killer vertical and headed the ball in near post, beating his defender.
Three minutes later, Akeel scored a mirror image header from a free kick served by Jack Gorab on the other side of the field. After a 25 minute sequence of back-and-forth play, Brown failed to clear after a pinball sequence of crosses by Yale. With a ball bouncing outside the box, a Yale player finished with a volley from 20 yards out. Responding before halftime, senior Voltaire Escalona beat a Yale defender in a sequence of challenges and distributed centrally to Jack Gorab who tucked the ball away with class off the far post and in. Going in to half time, the team felt great and was riding momentum. The second half proved that Brown could hold off many Yale attacks and pressure a tired Yale squad, holding a 3-1 victory for Brown. The forwards’ work rate kept constant pressure on the Yale Defense, the intricate play of BMS midfield controlled a majority of the game play, and the Brown defense consisting of Alex Markes, Tim Whalen, Mike Leone, and Jameson Lochead weathered almost everything Yale could throw at them. Leaving a devastated Yale squad behind, Brown left New Haven while jiving to the Miley Cyrus song, “Party in the USA”.
From the class of 2017 to you, stay classy.
Erik “Long Limbs” Hanson, Mike “Italian Job” Leone, Nate “Pom Pom” Pomeroy, Josh “Butts” Butler, and Tyler “Tyler” Long Ya'll.
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