Bryan Toro Rescues a Point for The Eagles, Drawing St. Bonaventure 2–2

By Theodore Steinke

9/9/2026

The Eagles (3–1–1, 0–1–0 Atlantic Coast Conference) faced St. Bonaventure (1–2–2, 0–0–0 Atlantic 10) on Tuesday night in out of conference play, with the thrilling game ending in a 2–2 draw in Newton.

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The Bonnies opened the scoring after a great ball found its way through the defense and a first-time chip caught Eagles’ goalkeeper Andrej Borak out of position. Borak hesitated on where he wanted to be, and the Bonnies’ attacker wasted no time slotting it home. That goal seemingly shook up BC, causing them to falter in their tactical setup that was working before St. Bonaventure’s quick, clinical goal. However, the action would end here as the first half concluded with the Eagles chasing a one-goal deficit.

The Eagles were much better in the second half, in no small part due to Dylan Mafong. He came in, again, as a free-roaming attacking midfielder, generally drifting into a wide, left-sided position. It was Mafong who played the ball out to Christian Bejar, who captained the side tonight, before Bejar whipped in a low, fast-paced cross that was slotted home by Michael Asare. The Eagles continued to dominate, with Mafong winning corner after corner.

Despite the continuous effort, St. Bonaventure struck again, lightning quick, from a free kick taken by their own captain, Kyle MacFarlane. He put in a cross curling on the ground towards the near post. While the BC players tried to react, a Bonnies player tapped their second and final shot on goal of the game just past Borak, who knew too little about it to do anything. BC would eventually find their footing again, equalizing with a Bryan Toro free kick, but they couldn’t find a winner. The Bonnies started sitting back, and they became too difficult to break down.

BC stuck with the 4-4-2 diamond formation that had led them to a 3-1-0 record coming into this game. The Eagles started well, applying pressure. Still, they tend to find a lot of their play coming in the wide areas, which is interesting given that the 4-4-2 diamond is traditionally a very narrow formation. The left and right central midfielders almost switch between being midfielders and being wingers, stretching the field and trying to drive down the sideline to deliver a cross. Christian Bejar and Fynn Henze also provided width at fullback, with the former providing width very high up the pitch at times. Before Mafong came in, Toro was playing as the attacking midfielder, and rather than drifting out wide, he often dropped deep as an option to his defenders. He was in a facilitator role. However, after Mafong came in, Toro seemed much more suited as one of the central midfielders.

The Bonnies only had two shots on goal all game, and BC had nine corners to their two. But two chances is all you need for two goals. St. Bonaventure were clinical and well organized in defense. The Eagles deserved a draw, but the way they dominated for the majority of the game, you feel they would’ve wanted a win today.