Bicycle kick starts shutout: Yutaro Tsukada's goal-of-the-year candidate before halftime boosted Rhode Island FC and sent Sporting Club Jacksonville to a 3-0 home defeat in USL Championship men's soccer on Sept. 12 at the University of North Florida's Hodges Stadium.
Tsukada's highlight: The game was knotted 0-0 until the 38th minute, when Leo Afonso crossed from the right and Tsukada smashed a bicycle kick past Sporting Jax goalkeeper Jake McGuire for the opener for Rhode Island (9-8-5).
Quick free kicks: Rhode Island pulled away when Noah Fuson set up Stas Korzeniowski for a 63rd-minute breakaway goal, and capped the night with Jojea Kwizera's 90th-minute penalty kick. … McGuire was credited with seven saves for Sporting Jax (3-16-5), which
remains mired in the Eastern Conference basement. … Rhode Island outshot Sporting Jax 23-11. ... Weather delayed the kickoff until 8:15 p.m.
Up next: There's little time to rest for the Sporting Jax men, who travel to Hartford Athletic for a 6 p.m. game on Wednesday, Sept. 16.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Highlight-reel goal sends Sporting Jax men's soccer to loss
