St Francis opens up Brooklyn Bridge Park home schedule with a win
It was a big game for St. Francis Brooklyn as its men’s soccer club opened up its new home field at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Before that game, the Terriers had played at “home” before, but home was at Aviator Sports Complex which is a 17.5 mile drive away and drew no home fans. Now they had over 250 in attendance cheering them on.
However, for junior Kevin Correa it was a big game for an entirely different reason and there was only one fan that he wanted to impress — his mother, who had came to see him play for the first time in his college career.
“Personally, I felt relieved just because my mom came over to see the game,” he admitted. “It was the first time she ever came and watched me play. So there was a lot of pressure to get a goal for her.”
Correa says that he felt pressure, but it was hard to tell from the stands as he raced down field during the second minute, took a long feed from Cyril Coisne, raced past the defenders, and chipped the ball past St. Peter’s goalie Carlos Suarez.