Phillies started to eventually win
the World Series, another Pat
came through for Bucks soccer in
an equally emphatic way.
Pat DiLiegro scored the game
winning goal with 21:11 left in
regulation, and the Centurions
had enough to defeat the
Northampton Community
College Spartans in the
Conference Championship
game, winning the EPCC and
PCAA championships.
The Bucks Men’s Soccer team
are now champions.
The Centurions came into the
game having lost in two meetings
this year, 4 -3 and 5-3,
respectively. The team decided
this game would be different.
The game was scoreless until
Warminster’s Patrick Diliegro, a
freshman who played high
school soccer at Conwell Egan,
scored the only goal with 21:11
remaining in the game, threading
a ball on a breakaway right
below the crossbar.
In goal for the Centurions was
sophomore Chris Shaffer of
Chalfont, from Lansdale
Catholic, playing his first season
for the team.
Coach Justin Burroughs said,
“After we scored, we played a lot
of defense from there.” Those
techniques and great dedication
from the team are what led them
to victory. Diliegro “also
defended their top scorer,”
Burroughs said. The Centurions
capped off an amazing and
improbable 10-2 regular season.
With both post-season game
wins their final record was 12-2,
with their semifinal 4-1 defeat of
Harrisburg.
The team had not won the
PCAA title since 2003, while the
Spartans brought home the
PCAA title in 2006. Burroughs
pointed out the teams’ unity during
the season.
“They were dedicated the
entire season, showing up at
each practice and playing to the
end,” Burroughs said. “Even the
injured players still came to practice
and hung out with the team.”
Langhorne’s Frebole Kamara, a
Liberian native who played high
school soccer at Neshaminy, was
the team’s top scorer of the season
with 26 goals. Kenneth
Wilson, team captain, and Sam
Fahnboto anchored the defense,
helping the team accumulate a
staggering 9 shutouts during the
season. Chris Shaffer helped out
the defense too, commanding the
net and playing fundamentally
sound keeper during the entire
season.
The team received large contributions
from Leo Mosquera,
Erhan Aydin, Sean Monagle, Joe
Nyuma and Alex Naylor,
Burroughs said. Also solidifying
the squad were George
Doenlen, Kevin Lambrecht,
Airidas Baltrusitis, Joseph
Rawling, Neil Brocious, Kevin
Gill, James Fierra, and Paul
Bako, a later in the season edition
for the squad. Throughout
the season, starters were rotated,
which truly made this an
overall team win.
Burroughs is expecting at least
half the team to return next
year.
Many of the graduating players
have caught the eyes of several
four-year colleges.
The championship the team
obtained has brought a lot of
positive attention to the team
and the program.