WINDSOR, Ont.- The Windsor Lancers men's soccer team gave up two goals in the final 10 minutes of play, surrendering a late lead and falling to the York Lions 2-1 in their home opener this past Saturday at Alumni Field.

A Cristian Mayorga strike in the 71st minute that found the left bottom corner of the net broke a scoreless contest in the second half, but the upstart Lions responded by putting the Lancers on their back foot for the conclusion of the game. The pressure paid off when York forward Jonathan Lao scored twice at the 82nd and 88th minute.

After an opening half of both sides feeling each other out, the Lancers had a great spell of possession early in the second half.

"For the first 25 minutes we were all over them, we were dominating them," said Lancers coach Steve Hart.

The pressure paid off with a well-worked counter attack down the right side, and Mayorga found himself with acres of space and slotted the ball home to put the home side up by one.

"We got the goal just as they (Lions) started to get a foot in the game," Hart commented. "But after that we sat off them and we can't back off on york. You have to close them down, the way they closed us down."

Jonathan Lao struck back in the 82nd minute with a tidy side foot finish and pounced again at the 88th minute after a miscommunication from the defenders.

"The game is 90 minutes and you have to play the full 90," said Hart in response to the late game drama.

The Lancers were able to earn their first point of the season on Sunday afternoon, as they tied the rival Western Mustangs 1-1. Joseph Camaj (Windsor) gave Windsor an opening lead in the first half with a 31st minute marker. However, Western would even the match early in the second half and the teams played to a stalemate through the rest of the contest.

Windsor is back in action next Saturday and Sunday when they will host Laurier and UOIT respectively.