CALDWELL, N.J. - The Caldwell College men's soccer team lost a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference game to Bloomfield College, 4-1 Thursday afternoon at Caldwell Field. The Cougars, who hadn't lost to Bloomfield since 1996, drop to 3-9-1 overall and 3-5 in league play. The Deacons improve to 6-8-1, 5-3-1 CACC.

Bloomfield broke a scoreless tie in the 23rd minute, when Evans Tageo finished a crossing pass from Terry Gibbs for a 1-0 lead. Tageo struck again less than three minutes into the second half with a shot from the left side that beat sophomore goalkeeper John Londono (West New York, NJ/Memorial) to his left. Andres Decastro made it 3-0 when he ran onto a long cross from Cristian Raigoza at the far post and poked the ball into the goal in the 60th minute. The Cougars got on the scoreboard in the 74th minute on a goal by Facundo Zalazar (Buenos Aires City, Argentina/San Agustin). A free kick from junior defender Rob Arena (Sparta, NJ/Sparta) was headed on by junior defender Olof Engh (Karlstad, Sweden) to senior defender Kyle Plaugic (Kearny, NJ/Kearny), who one-timed a pass to Zalazar in front of the goal. Zalazar knocked it home for his team-leading sixth goal of the season.

Shortly after an open shot by sophomore forward William Yeates (Southampton, England/Thornden) sailed wide of the goal, the Deacons countered and found Gibbs in behind the Cougar defense. Gibbs dribbled around Londono and restored Bloomfield's three-goal lead with less than 10 minutes to play.

Londono finished with five saves in goal for Caldwell, while Steven Alonso registered two saves for the Deacons, who out-shot the Cougars 18-7.

Caldwell hosts Goldey-Beacom College on Saturday, Oct. 24 in another CACC contest. Game time is set for 1:00 p.m. at Caldwell Field.