On Saturday Oct. 22, the NECC Knights defeated Bristol Community College 1-0at Ronald F. Arieta Football field in Taunton.

The game started at 4:30 p.m.

In the 17th minutes of the game the Knights had an opportunity to strike first. Sam De Amorim of Methuen shot the ball, but it was saved by the goalkeeper as the Knights did not score.

De Amorim was arguing with the referee, also few other players as well, that Bristol touched the ball but it didn’t gone  the Knights favor. Other players was arguing as well.

In 26 minutes De Amorim scored the only goal for the Knights, that it was the game changer in the game that goal was the difference of the game. De Amorim also scored three goals two days prior in the Oct. 22 contest against Bristol.

“(He’s) been a big player you know for us, definitely big that we got the result today, definitely not easy very difficult, so it is what it is we got the win though,” said Coach Eusebio Morate.

The Knights had four shots on goal and Bristol five shots on goal. The Knights had four fouls, Bristol five, the Knights had two offside, Bristol none. Bristol had four corner kicks while Knights none.

In the 53rd minute of the game Jaden Shaut of Haverhill almost scored on a corner kick as the ball curved and hit the post.

The Knights had their first corner kick of the game in the 58 minutes of the game.

The Knights weren’t playing aggressive throughout the entire game.

In the 64th minute, there was nice save by Anhuar Ramos Garcia of Nashua, N.H.

The Knights had a yellow card in the 74th minutes of the game.

The referee wasn’t consistent for the entire match.

“It’s just a couple calls that make no sense to me and they know it wasn’t 50/50 and they call for the other team so that (got) me pissed a little bit…” said De Amorim.

The Knights had two shots on goal and Bristol eight shots on goal. Bristol also had four fouls and the Knights two. Both teams also had three corner kicks.