NEW YORK — Senior Will Todd and first-year Bryan Cosman scored their first collegiate goals, which helped the Columbia men's soccer team earn a 2-2 draw in a crosstown matchup with Manhattan Friday evening at Rocco B. Commisso Soccer Stadium.
 
The draw was the first of the season for both sides. Columbia's record remains even at 1-1-1, while Manhattan moved to 1-2-1.
 
"This is certainly not as consistent as we want or what we're capable of even though it's early in the season," Columbia head coach Kevin Anderson stated in a postgame interview. "I think we can produce more quality consistently and I think that you saw that tonight, right, there are flashes of it … It's still a work in progress but you can see they work hard, they stick together and they keep fighting. We've got a good starting point. We've just got to keep adding more quality to what we're doing."
 
Both teams scored in the final five minutes of the first half to go into the locker rooms with nothing between them. After a plethora of opportunities went begging for the Lions, Cosman finally put Columbia in front when he was sprung free down the left side off a through ball from Sebastian Gunbeyi. Even with teammates rushing into the box, Cosman decided to make a move toward goal and take it himself, finishing low and across the keeper's body before sprinting to the corner flag to celebrate with the crowd.
 
Columbia's lead was short lived. Just over three minutes after the Lions went in front, Manhattan leveled on Oswald Annang's second goal of the season. A late save in the 89th minute from Matthew Goodman helped send the match to overtime.
 
The Lions had the better of the chances in the two extra sessions. Perhaps the closest opportunity at a winner came in the 99th minute, when a long throw from Jack Muoio deep in the Manhattan half found the head of Todd inside the six-yard box. His attempt sent Jaspers keeper Danny DiMarco sprinting toward the goal line and he got there in just enough time to grab it before it completely crossed over. The final minute of the first overtime period had one more big moment in it for the Lions, but an open look for Muoio off a centered ball from Brian Timoney missed high.
 
The dramatics continued into the second overtime. Timoney won a 50-50 ball near the top of the penalty area and got off a shot at goal that beat DiMarco, but it was denied by the crossbar. Moments later, the Lions went on a 4-on-3 break that resulted in Paolo Primavera's shot from 15 yards requiring a diving save from DiMarco to keep the Jaspers alive. Jake Novoshelski had one last chance to win it in the 106th minute when he went on a break with Primavera, but his final touch was too heavy and his sliding shot was blocked away by DiMarco. When all was said and done, the two sides combined for 33 shots —  17 for Columbia and 16 for Manhattan. The Lions put eight of their attempts on goal to five for Manhattan. DiMarco ended the night with six saves, while Goodman tallied three.
 
Hugo Hamilton, Ryan Kipness and Brian Timoney all had a look at goal through the game's opening 35 minutes. It was all playing well into Columbia's favor when Manhattan scored against the run of play for the game's first tally. However, Will Todd answered less than three minutes later to even things right back up. Timoney sent the initial ball into the area, which deflected its way onto Todd. The Australian headed it over to Primavera inside the six, who chipped a ball over the keeper that Todd rushed in on and headed across the line from a yard in front of goal.
 
"I think we played pretty well," Todd, a senior, stated. "There were a lot of good moments throughout the game, there were some things we were doing pretty well overall. I think there are some moments on offense and defense where the execution just has to be a little better. If we can sure that up, we'll be in good shape." The Lions had a goal waved off 22 minutes after halftime. Beautiful midfield passing led to Timoney playing a ball from the center of the pitch up the right side for Jake Novoshelski. The referee blew his whistle on Novoshelski got to the ball, which the sophomore had rolled into the back of the net.
 
Cosman's 79th-minute goal set up the rest of what turned out to be an emotionally driven night at Commisso Stadium.
 
Columbia will take the result with them through the weekend before traveling to Queens on Monday for another New York City showdown, this time with St. John's. Kickoff from Belson Stadium is set for 7 p.m. ET.

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