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Rick Elmore here tweeting for WMUL Sports from Marshall-WVU #menssoccer on Hoops Family Field at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex in Huntington. Game is sold out.

That photo is the crowd gathered outside one of the Fifth Avenue gates at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex more than an hour and a half before first kick #mountainstatederby #marshall #wvu

@justinizimmer1 and @bencower on the call of Marshall-WVU men’s soccer for @WMUL_Sports #mountainstatederby

@bencower and @justinizimmer1 doing pregame for @WMUL_Sports of the #mountainstatederby

Marshall and West Virginia on the pitch now #mountainstatedderby

We’re underway at Hoops Family Field at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex #mountainstatederby

Collin Mocyunas, a grad student from Morgantown, among the starting 11 for the Herd. Ryan Holmes, Milo Yosef, Vinicius Fernandes, Joao Souza, Gabriel Alves, Matthew Bell, Mohammed Seidu, Morris Duggan, Adam Aoumaich and Oliver Semmle in goal

Bell gets a good look at a shot but sends it over goal.

MU with the first corner of the match

Shots even at 1-1 through first 21 minutes

Dyon Dromers draws a yellow card in the 23’. MU’s Fernandes is taken down and being tended to

WVU with its first corner following Semmle’s first save

Another corner for Marshall leads to a shot on goal but WVU goalkeeper Jackson Lee gets his first save to keep the match scoreless.

Yosef corner sails long. 0-0

We go to break with Marshall and West Virginia scoreless. #mountainstatederby

Halftime stats: Shots 3-3, MU shot on goal waived off so WVU leads 1-0, Semmle with the only save, fouls: MU 5, WVU 4, corners: MU 3, WVU 2. Score 0-0

Second half underway

A corner comes than 3 minutes into the second half but a header sends the ball wide, goal kick for the Mountaineers

Sosa just wide of goal as MU has now outshot WVU 5-3 through first 10 minutes of second half

Bell checks back in for Marshall with under 30 to play

Fernandes given Herd”s first yellow card at 63:52. Each team with one

Bell heads to the goal forcing Mountaineers to send it out goal side. Corners now 6-2 for the Herd

Mountaineers wanted foul called on a shot near the box. No call as MU takes possession. Closing in on 15 left to play

Alves called for Marshall’s second yellow card at 72:22

WVU close to getting the first goal but Semmle picks up the save

With 5:48 to play Semmle again with the save

Milo Yosef attacking all night gets his chance on the MU possession and delivers a goal from the right of the goal. MU 1, WVU 0. 5:18 to play

WVU comes up empty on a free kick that is headed out by the Mountaineers. West Virginia coaching staff draws team’s second yellow card

Marshall wins the #mountainstatederby with West Virginia 1-0. Head coach Chris Grassie thanks the fans for support over the PA microphone on the field. First Sun Belt win for Marshall men’s soccer.

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