{"id":43212,"date":"2016-06-11T18:58:59","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T22:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=43212"},"modified":"2016-06-11T19:19:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T23:19:00","slug":"pdl-ruizs-pk-lifts-pioneers-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=43212","title":{"rendered":"PDL: Ruiz&#8217;s PK Lifts Pioneers Late"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_43213\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43213\" data-attachment-id=\"43213\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?attachment_id=43213\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ruiz-01.png?fit=600%2C415\" data-orig-size=\"600,415\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ruiz-01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo credit: David Henry\/sweetdogphotos.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ruiz-01.png?fit=300%2C208\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ruiz-01.png?fit=600%2C415\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ruiz-01.png?resize=600%2C415\" alt=\"Photo credit: David Henry\/sweetdogphotos.com\" width=\"600\" height=\"415\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ruiz-01.png?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ruiz-01.png?resize=300%2C208 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-43213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: David Henry\/sweetdogphotos.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Carlos Ruiz&#8217;s 90th minute penalty strike lifted the Western Pioneers to a 2-1 victory over the Long Island Rough Riders on Friday at Lusitano Stadium in Ludlow, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>Ruiz was true from the spot after Evan Burokas was fouled inside the box during the 89th minute. The goal came only 15 minutes after the Rough Riders converted a penalty of their own thanks to Dom Marshall. Dan Fabian opened the scoring when he put the Pioneers up in the 40th minute.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">GOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!! CARLOS RUIZ SCORES ON THE PENALTY KICK. PIONEERS LEAD?- 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YfA52ovgM9\">pic.twitter.com\/YfA52ovgM9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WMPioneers (@PioneersPDL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PioneersPDL\/status\/741447034947969024\">June 11, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Long Island finished with 10 men after Glen Reid was issued a red card in the 79th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeper Nick Zucco made a match-high nine saves for the Pioneers in order to preserve the win. <\/p>\n<p>Friday&#8217;s victory allowed Western Mass to climb to the top of the Northeast Division table with a 3-1-3 (12 points). The loss for Long Island dropped them to 2-2-1 (7 points) for a share of fourth place with the Westchester Flames.<\/p>\n<p>The Pioneers will look to strengthen their hold on the top spot on Wednesday when they face FC Boston at Mount Ida College in Newton, Mass. 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