Mineola loses semifinals match 3-2

The South Side Cyclones defeated the Mineola Mustangs 3-2 in the Nassau Class A semifinals on Friday evening at Adelphi University with two goals in a 38-second span with two and a half minutes left to play. 
Robert Reis and Thomas Doyle scored the tying and game winning goal to allow 10th seated South Side to advance to the Nassau Class A finals against top seeded Glen Cove Wednesday at Hofstra University.
Ryan Prendergast also added a goal and recorded an assist for South Side. 
South Side goalkeeper Jake Camarillo recorded six saves while Mineola’s Manny Mirao also stopped six shots. 
Dimas Cabrera and Luis Tinoco provided the goals for Mineola and Erick Marquez assisted on Tinoco’s tally. 
Mineola head coach Paul Pereira said the 3rd seated Mustangs played well enough to win, but fell short.
“They brought the game to us and certainly are worthy to advance,” Pereira said. “We were a little bit unfortunate and the game just got away from us with two or three minutes to go.”
Mineola scored the opening goal in the first half as Cabrera gave them a 1-0 lead.
Cabrera streaked down the left side, powered his way inside the box and beat Camarillo high to the net for the game’s first goal with 11:52 left to go.
South Side evened up the game with 2:50 remaining in the half on a goal by Prendergast. A shot from midfield came right to Prendergast, who found the loose ball and notched the equalizer. 
The game remained tied into halftime.
In the second half, Mineola took the lead again on a goal by Tinoco. 
Marquez pass the ball to Tinoco, who was coming in from the weak side and finished with the go-ahead goal with 8:43 left to play.
Tinoco said his familiarity with Marquez allowed him to score the goal and take back the lead 2-1.
“I saw Erick running to the side and I knew he was gonna cut back and put it on top of his foot,” Tinoco said. “So I made that run early and when he hit it. It came to my left foot and I just put it in the back of the net.”
With 2:20 left to play, Reis responded for South Side with the tying goal. 
A breakdown in front of the Mineola crease led to a loose ball picked up by Reis, who tapped in the goal to tie the game at two apiece. 
South Side then struck again on a goal by Doyle 38 seconds later. 
A shot off the post came back to Doyle, who found the open net to put South Side up for good 3-2. 
Pereira said while looking back on the season, there is a lot for his team to be proud of despite falling short of their goals.
“This is one of the most successful seasons in Mineola soccer,” Pereira said. “We won 13 games, we won our conference and made our first semi-final appearance since 2006. It’s unfortunate that the season has to end this way, but as I told them, every playoff team, except for the champions, finishes their season with a loss.” 
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Soccer Scores
Tuesday, Oct. 2
Mineola defeated Garden City 4-1. 
Dimas Cabrera led the third seeded Mineola with two goals while Michael Rodrigues recorded a goal and two assists in the Nassau Class A quarterfinals. 
Mineola will face tenth seed South Side Friday Oct. 28 at Adelphi University.
Glen Cove defeated Great Neck South 2-0 in penalties.  
Jelson Bonilla and Hernan Cruz each scored a penalty kick to lead top seeded Glen Cove in penalty kicks. 
Glen Cove goalkeeper Cris Henriquez, who compiled seven saves in regulation and overtime, stopped two shots in the penalty kicks. 
Wednesday, Oct. 26
Wheatley defeated Oyster Bay 1-0. 
Nick Tagios led the second seeded Wheatley with the lone goal while goalkeeper Zach Jacobs recorded seven saves in the Nassau Class B semifinals. 
Wheatley advanced to face top seeded Carle Place in the Nassau Class B finals.
Saturday, Oct. 29
Carle Place defeated Wheatley 2-1. 
Clay Pine led Carle Place with the game winning goal five minutes into overtime in the Nassau Class B championship. 
Carle Place’s Tommy Browne tied the game with 2:03 left in regulation.