Thomas College Men’s Soccer programme that features 6 Bermuda players, including Jordan Payne, London Steede-Jackson, Mikal Simmons, Tre Ming, Willie Clemons and Chris Godfrey defeated Saint Joseph's College in a non-conference matchup 2-1.
Sophomore William Nilson scored the game-winning goal for the Thomas College in his first game of the season.
Thomas College opened the scoring 17 minutes in the game when Josh Emard continued his scoring ways to give the Red and Black a 1-0 lead. Senior captain Ming sent in a ball from midfield which after a few deflections found the foot of Emard who sent in the opening goal. The score remained the same into halftime with Thomas College having a 10-4 advantage in shots.
In the 53rd minute of the second, Brett Mattos netted his second goal of the season off an Austin Bell pass tied the score one. Thomas regained the lead with five minutes to play when Nilson tapped in the game-winner to seal the 2-1 victory for Thomas.
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