West Chester United’s stellar inaugural season in USL League Two came to a disappointing end Friday night in south Georgia with a 1-0 loss to Western Mass Pioneers in the Eastern Conference final.
For just the second time this season, the Predators fell behind when Ignacio Lerech got one past Dane Jacomen off the counter in the 13th minute. From there, West Chester spent the rest of the evening battling for an equalizer that never materialized.
The Mid Atlantic Conference regular season and postseason champions appeared to be on their way to tying things up in the 64th minute when Justin Jaime was in on goal off a long sliding clearance from Levi Maruca but the striker was first slowed by a shirt pull and then taken out by Nicholas Oberrauch a couple yards out from the 18.