BALTIMORE- Junior Geaton Caltabiano (Lothian, Md./Mount St.
Joseph) scored four minutes into the contest and the UMBC defense
made the goal stand up as the Retrievers blanked American, 1-0, in
their final preseason tune-up on August 23 at Retriever Soccer
Park.
The game was a match-up of two teams predicted to capture their
conference titles this year, with the Retrievers a unanimous
coaches' choice in the America East Conference and the Eagles the
selection by coaches and sports information directors in the
Patriot League.
Caltabiano, who scored a pair of goals in the 3-2 preseason
opening victory over James Madison, scored on the first shot of the
game. Junior Jordan Becker (Pocomoke City, Md./Pocomoke) served a
ball in from the left side towards the near post and Caltabiano
headed it just underneath the crossbar from nine yards away.
UMBC opens the regular season by welcoming Seattle University to
Retriever Soccer Park on Fri., Aug. 30 at 7:00 p.m.
