Here are our starters for tonight contest at American. Watch on ESPN+ at 7pm.

Wild sequence to end the first half. American scores on a free kick with 30 seconds left and UMBC comes right back with a goal by Picotto (assist Nesheim) with 4 ticks left. It’s 1-1 at the break.

American grabs a 2-1 lead with 34:37 left in the contest.

American strikes again to grab a 3-1 lead with 33:05 left.

American extends their lead to 4-1 on a penalty kick with 30:55 remaining.

Usta capitalizes on a penalty kick to cut the deficit to 4-2 with 14:22 remaining.

Picotto with his second goal of the night as we’ve cut the lead to 4-3 with under four minutes remaining.

UMBC’s unbelievable comeback attempt falls just short as the Dawgs fall to American 4-3. UMBC had a goal taken away with 1:55 left on an offsides and then just missed a header on the final play of the game from point-blank range.

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Pretty good goal from Joseph Picotto (Nesheim, Samori) ⚽️ #RetrieverNation

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Great road test for us tonight against Cornell in upstate New York. Watch on ESPN+

We are just 15 minutes away from the first whistle against unbeaten Cornell. Here’s how we’ll open up against the Big Red. Watch on ESPN+

Still no score in Ithaca. Both teams have had a couple of good scoring chances.

We’ve reached halftime in Ithaca and it’s still scoreless. Cornell holds a slight 6-5 lead in shots. UMBC has taken five of the six corner kicks.

Cornell takes a 1-0 lead with just over 42 minutes left in the game. It came off a free kick service to the back post.

Cornell hits the post and UMBC is still in it with 20 minutes left. Big Red lead 1-0.

10 minutes left. Cornell still leads 1-0. UMBC holds a 19-15 advantage in shots.

Unlucky 1-0 loss at unbeaten Cornell tonight. Both teams had several great scoring chances and the Big Red were able to convert one of them early in the second half. UMBC falls to 3-3-2 and will open the America East slate next Saturday evening at Binghamton.

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