After leading 2-1 in the 82nd minute last Friday against Pasadena City College (PCC), the men’s soccer team collapsed.

Midfielder Vahagn Manoyan of PCC tied the game, and two minutes later, off an EC turnover, forward Irving Rosales hit a line drive into the goal to put the Lancers up 3-2.

“They scored with about eight minutes to go and we dropped our heads and lost confidence,” Andrew Britton, assistant coach, said. “They kept attacking and kept scoring.”

The Warriors would allow another goal, losing 4-2 to PCC last Friday.

The players who stood out for the Warriors were Forward Chris Marckstadt and midfielder Magnus Peterson, who each scored a goal.

“Magnus played pretty well and got his first goal for EC,” Britton said. “It was a nice finish.”

Marckstadt changed the momentum of the game for EC, when he tied the game at one.

“It felt good because it was our first goal (of the game) and we tied it at 1 and it changed the tempo and put us back in the game,” Marckstadt said.

Peterson would score the other goal of the first half, off an assist from Ben Turnbull, to put the team up 2-1.

“It felt wonderful, but if we lost the game it doesn’t matter, because we didn’t win,”Peterson said. “It’s all about the winning.”

The loss put the Warriors out of playoff contention for the season with a 4-8-6 overall record and 3-6-3 in the South Coast Conference coming into Tuesday’s game.

“It’s difficult because that pretty much put us out of the playoffs,” Britton said. “We can still finish in the top half of our conference, which is our goal for the last two games.”

The Warriors’ last regular season game and home finale is today. They will host Long Beach City College at 1 p.m. at Murdock Stadium.

“We are going to try and finish the season strong,” Britton said. “Defensively, we have been poor and made too many mistakes, especially at the end of games.”