PHILADELPHIA – The HFU men's soccer team cut into a 0-2 deficit with a goal 2:44 into the second half, but a red card would follow less than a minute later and the 10-men Tigers ultimately fell short, 1-3, against nationally-ranked Post on Saturday afternoon. 
 
Ever Maradiaga (Edgewater Park, N.J./Life Center Academy) headed home his team-leading fourth goal, and his third in two games, off a cross from Hugo Gutierrez (Valladolid, Spain/Nuestra Señora del Lourdes) to instantly provide a spark for Holy Family out of the break. 
 
Joey Phillips (Levittown, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) would then make four of his career-high eight saves over the next 26-plus minutes to keep the Tigers in it, but Kevin Castro (Bensalem, Pa./Father Judge) was denied in the 66th before the Eagles made it 1-3 with an even eight minutes on the clock. 
 
Holy Family had a penalty in the final minute saved to seal the final score. 
 
Post opened the scoring just 2:19 in seconds in and after three stops rom Phillips, as well as a Castro attempt on net in the 12th minute, the Eagles doubled their lead in the 36th. 
 
Holy Family held a 5-3 edge in corners, with Post outshooting the Tigers just 7-8 over the final 45 minutes.   
 
Joao Luiz Gouvea (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/Life Center Academy) notably made his collegiate debut on the afternoon. 
 
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