The Harvard men’s soccer team will face quite the challenge this weekend as it enters its second Ivy League matchup of the season against Ancient Eight foe Cornell.

It just wasn’t Harvard’s night Saturday evening in New Haven, Conn.

The Harvard men’s soccer team (2-5-1) will look to start its season off with a fresh slate as it opens Ivy League play this Saturday with a game against rival Yale (4-4-1) at Reese Stadium.

With the Crimson’s Ivy League opener against Yale on Saturday in New Haven, Junot emphasized maintaining a strong game plan as a key goal of this matchup in preparation for the weekend.

The Crimson (2-5-1) was unable to protect its early lead against crosstown rivals Boston University (3-5-0), falling 2-1 last night.

Harvard (2-4-1) fell to Stanford Friday night, 1-0, before escaping Santa Clara Sunday with a scoreless draw, despite being outshot by a three-to-one margin by the No. 25 Broncos.

Playing in front of a packed crowd at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium, the Harvard men’s soccer team (2-4) fell, 1-0, to Stanford (2-4-1) Friday night in Palo Alto, Calif.

It’s been an inconsistent start to the year for the Harvard men’s soccer team, which dropped a heartbreaking match to Vermont on a late-game header last Sunday.

As I boarded the bus around 4 p.m. on Sunday with the other members of the Harvard women’s soccer team, a single image was stuck in my mind: an improbable shot and the ball hitting net as the clock wound down in double overtime.