Second half penalty kick sends 7th ranked Cougars to loss at KCK #GoBarton

A second half penalty kick Wednesday evening at the KCKCC Soccer Complex provided the difference maker as the 7th ranked Barton Community College men's soccer team were upset 2-1 at Kansas City Kansas Community College.

Barton falls to 1-2-0 in the KJCCC and 5-2-0 overall while KCK stays atop the standings at 3-0-1 and 3-0-2 overall.

The Cougars will have a week off from competition before heading to Arkansas City next Wednesday for a 7:00 p.m. kick at 4th ranked Cowley College.

Lucas Dos Santos' second goal of the season put the Cougars up top with 17:58 left in first half action, crashing the box to head in Loic Kanku's saved shot from the left wing.

The Cougars could have been up 2-0 after Dos Santos' goal but reigning three-time KJCCC Player of the Week Maxence Voinier was rejected on a penalty kick twelve minutes into the contest.

Nine minutes following Dos Santos' go-ahead goal, the Cougars cleared a KCK corner kick but the Ble Devils regrouped sending a second shot into the box with a backside goal tying it up with 9:01 left in the half.

With Barton unable to convert on the first half penalty opportunity, the Blue Devils capitalized on theirs with twenty-eight minutes remaining following the Cougars being whistled for a dangerous kick in the box setting up the game winning spot kick.