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Men's Soccer Opens with 4-1 Victory Over Liberty

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Matthew Osborne scored two goals, including the gamewinner, to help lift GW over Liberty this afternoon in the first game of the DC Classic at American University.

Osborne opened the scoring at the 16 minute mark of the first half with a volley from about 10 yards out. The goal was set up by a long throw in from Jeff Greenspan. The score remained 1-0 until Osborne took the ball on the left side and made a couple of nice moves to beat his defender and score an unassisted goal just inside the far post at the 58 minute mark. Liberty answered quickly with a goal from Jose Gomez to make it 2-1, but GW gained the momentum right back with a goal from Matt Pilkington, who took a gorgeous feed from Greenspan to give GW a two goal lead once again. GW continued with its offensive pressure and put the game away in the 79th minute when Gregg Friedman made a nice cross through the box and a hustling Kirk Lewis blasted it into the back of the net.

With the win GW advances to play the winner of the American/Georgetown game at 2:30 on Monday at Harbin Field on the campus of Georgetown Univeristy. 

                        1       2       F       Records
Liberty                 0       1       1       0-1-0
George Washington       1       3       4       1-0-0

Scoring Summary
GW              16:58   Matthew Osborne
GW              58:39   Matthew Osborne
Liberty         59:29   Jose Gomez
GW              78:38   Matt Pilkington
GW              79:49   Kirk Lewis

Match Statistics
                GW      L
Shots           9       18
Saves           6       3
Corner Kicks    4       6
Fouls           20      10
Offside         2       1

Cautions
GW      37th    Riccardo Forno
GW      57th    Matt Pilkington
L       66th    Kian Brownlee
GW      80th    Jeff Greenspan