DATE: Wednesday, Oct. 1
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
MATCHUP: No. 22 USF (4-3-0, 1-0-0) vs. NR-Georgia Southern (4-3-0, 0-0-0)
LOCATION: Tampa, Fla. / Corbett Stadium (2,000+)
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GAME NOTES
 

TAMPA, SEPT. 29, 2014 – Following a big road win at UConn, the Bulls are back at Corbett Stadium to begin a three-game homestand on Wednesday night when they host Georgia Southern at 7:30 p.m.

USF opened American Athletic Conference play with its first-ever win against the  Huskies last Saturday night as Edwin Moalosi scored the game-winner minutes into overtime to give the Bulls a 1-0 victory.

Georgia Southern comes into the game with a 4-3-0 record but dropped its most recent contest at Jacksonville, 3-0.

Wednesday night’s game will also be the “Fields of Green” themed game for the Bulls as they have team up with the USF Office of Sustainability, who will be collecting e-waste at the match. Bring you e-waste to the game and trade it in for a limited edition organic cotton t-shirt while supplies last. View a full list of items that qualify as e-waste HERE.

SCOUTING GEORGIA SOUTHERN

Team Outlook: The Eagles bring a 4-3-0 record into the match, including a 2-1-0 mark on the road. They are currently in their first season as members of the Sun Belt Conference after 22 seasons in the Southern Conference. Georgia Southern is led by a trio of players who all have three goals so far this season in Emmanuel Raji, David Vargas Masis and Jeremy Rector. They are also extremely balanced and have had 10 different players score a goal already this season.

Player to Watch: Jeremy Rector (So.-F)

Rector currently leads the team or is tied for the team lead with eight points, three goals and two assists and was named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman Team last season.

ALL-TIME SERIES

This will be the eighth ever meeting between the two programs with USF holding a 5-2-0 advantage in the series. The Bulls and Eagles played for seven straight years from 1993-1999 with the Bulls outscoring the Eagles 20-9 over that span. USF won the last meeting back in 1999 by a score of 6-0 in Tampa.

QUICK HITTERS

» The Bulls are coming off their first road win of the season and first-ever win over UConn after defeating the Huskies 1-0 on Saturday night in Storrs, Conn.

» USF will be looking to make it three straight wins over Georgia Southern. They have won the last two contests by a combined score of 7-0.

» The Bulls have given up the fewest goals in the American this season, surrendering only seven, and have only given up one goal in the first half all season.

» USF never gave up more than two goals in a game and gave up one or less 18 times last season. They have yet to surrender more than two goals in a game this season.
» Senior midfielder Lucas Baldin is tied for second in the conference with 1.29 points per game and ranks third with nine points. He is also tied for first in the conference with three assists.

» Baldin has posted an assist in three straight games after not having any over his first three seasons at USF.

» Senior defender Wesley Charpie is tied for first in the American with three assists this season. 

» Spasoje Stefanovic was named American Goalkeeper of the Week for the second time on Monday and Charpie was named American Defender of the Week for the first time.

» The Bulls have had nine different players record a point and five different players score a goal so far this season.

» Charpie (No. 44) & Lindo Mfeka (No. 65) were named to TopDrawerSoccer.com’s list of top 100 players.
» Charpie was recently named as a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award, one of the top honors in collegiate athletics for any sport.

» Mfeka & Edwin Moalosi were both named to the American Preseason All-Conference Team.

» This year marks the 50th season of USF Men’s Soccer and the Bulls have finished under .500 only twice in that span while posting 27 seasons with double-digit wins.

UP NEXT

USF continues it three-game homestand on Saturday night with its conference home opener against Temple at 7:30 p.m. Purchase tickets HERE.