Men’s Soccer on the Road for Big C-USA Match

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University men's soccer team (6-4-2, 1-2-2 Conference USA) is looking to pick up an important C-USA victory, as the team plays at UAB (2-9, 0-4 in C-USA) on Saturday night. First touch is set for 8 p.m. Eastern at BBVA Field.

About the Owls

FAU is 6-4-2 with a 1-2-2 mark in C-USA play
Filip Jauk leads the Owls with seven goals for 14 points. His seven goals is tied for second in the league
Luis Sailer Fidalgo holds a team's best six assists, tied for third most in the conference
Neil Strauber has started in 12 matches with a 1.61 goals against average and 54 saves (most in C-USA)
Davide Romeo and Jauk were named to the Top Drawer Midseason Top 100 Freshman List. Romeo came in at No. 44 and Jauk is No. 56
FAU stands in sixth in the C-USA standings with five points
The Owls average 1.83 goals per game. FAU also has the slight edge in shots with 138-135
FAU was projected to finish sixth out of nine teams in the C-USA Preseason Poll, as voted on by the league's head coaches
Alonso Coello Camarero and Ivan Mykhailenko were tabbed to the 14-person C-USA Preseason Team
The team has nine newcomers with 15 different countries represented on the roster

About the Blazers

The Blazers hold a 2-9 record, 0-4 mark in C-USA
UAB was projected to finish ninth in the conference
Nathaniel St. Louis leads the way with five goals and an assist for 11 points
Brooks Rice has a team's most two assists
Trevor Jackson (1-3) and Seth Torman (1-6) have split time in goal. Jackson has logged a 1.56 goals against average and 17 saves, while Torman has recorded a 2.61 goals against average with 32 saves

Match History

The Owls trail in the series with the Blazes, 6-4-0
FAU and UAB have squared off eight years in a row, dating back to their first year in C-USA in 2013
FAU has had the edge in the last two matchups. In 2019, Jean Paul Rafols scored the game-winning goal late in the game for the Owls to leave Birmingham with a 1-0 win. Last season, Mykhailenko scored the Owls' two goals in the 2-1 win to clinch the team's first winning season since 2007
Both schools will remain league opponents when the programs transition into the American Athletic Conference in the near future

Last Time on the Pitch

FAU dropped its contest with Charlotte, 5-1, last Saturday night
Jauk scored his seventh goal of the season off an assist from Jose Alastuey on a corner kick
Strauber captured six saves in the match

FAU Record Book Watch

Mykhailenko

2nd– Career game-winning goals (8)
T-8th – Career goals (18)
11th – Career all-time points (39)

Strauber

T-5th – Career shutouts (5)

On Top – C-USA Statistical Rankings

Jauk

T-2nd in C-USA – Goals (7)
3rd in C-USA/36th in NCAA – Goals per game (0.583)
T-5th in C-USA – Shots per game (2.42)
9th in C-USA – Points (14)

Mykhailenko

1st in C-USA/10th in NCAA – Shot accuracy (0.636)
5th in C-USA – Shots on goal per game (1.4)
6th in C-USA – Goals per game (0.600)
T-6th in C-USA – Goals (6)
T-6th in C-USA – Game-winning goals per game (0.200)
8th in C-USA – Points per game (1.11)
10th in C-USA – Shots per game (2.2)

Sailer Fidalgo

3rd in C-USA/24th in NCAA – Assists per game (0.545)
T-3rd in C-USA/ in NCAA – Assists (6)

Strauber

1st in C-USA/31st in NCAA – Saves (54)
2nd in C-USA/31st in NCAA– Saves per game (4.5)
4th in C-USA – Shutouts per game (0.167)

Team

1st in C-USA/34th in NCAA – Saves per game (4.58)
3rd in C-USA/32nd in NCAA – Assists per game (2.08)
4th in C-USA/43rd in NCAA – Points per game (5.75)

Up Next

FAU will stay on the road, as the team travels to North Florida to face the Osprey on Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. Live stats can be followed here and live video can be streamed here.

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Nacho Alastuey

Alonso Coello Camarero

Filip Jauk

Ivan Mykhailenko

Jean Paul Rafols

Davide Romeo

Luis Sailer Fidalgo

Neil Strauber

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