Soccer Plays Host to Jacksonville Tuesday

Tuesday, September 28

Boca Raton, Fla.

6 PM

Florida Atlantic

Jacksonville

Photo by: Michelle Friswell

9/27/2021 1:53:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University men's soccer team (5-1-1, 1-0-1 in Conference USA) will close out its two-game homestand on Tuesday night, Jacksonville (2-5, 1-1-0 in Atlantic Sun Conference). The match is set for 6 p.m. at FAU Soccer Stadium.

About the Owls

The Owls are coming off a big 3-0 conference shutout over Old Dominion last Saturday to start out the year 5-1-1 with a 1-0-1 C-USA mark
Filip Jauk leads the team with four goals for eight points. He was tabbed C-USA Offensive Player of the Week after a two-goal performance in the Owls' 3-2 comeback victory over Florida Gulf Coast
Luis Sailer Fidalgo leads the Owls with four assists
Neil Strauber has started in all seven matches in goal to accumulate 658 minutes. He has started 19 straight matches in goal, while logging a 1.23 goals against average, 32 saves and two shutouts
FAU is second in the C-USA standings with four points
The Owls average 2.29 goals per game, while holding opponents to 1.29 per contest. FAU also outshoots opponents, 84-72
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 being represented on the roster

About the Dolphins

JU has begun the season 2-5, coming off a league win over North Florida, 1-0, last Saturday
As the defending ASUN Champion, JU was chosen to repeat the league in the ASUN Preseason Poll with four first-place votes. The Dolphins qualified for the NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament in the spring, falling short in penalty kicks (5-4) against American in the 3-3 match
Nil Ringstrand (defender), Oliver Correa (forward) and Reed Davis (forward) were tabbed to the 13-person All-ASUN Preseason Team. Correa was a unanimous selection
Davis leads the team with three goals for six points
Jose Manzo and Colin Reasonover have a team's most two assists
In the first seven matches, JU has been outscored 17-8 and outshot 104-58
Time in goal has been split among three keeps. Jabari Gray has started in three of four matches he has appeared in to tally a 2.86 goals against average and 13 saves

Match History

The Owls hold the advantage in the series vs. the Dolphins, 16-14-2
FAU has won the last two matches over JU
In last year's match, the Owls won in shutout fashion, 4-0. The team scored all four goals in the second half, which included an own goal and goals by Arturo Ernand, Célestin Theodore, Jr. and Coello Camarero
FAU also defeated JU in 2019, as Mykhailenko scored in the game and Blake Dean came up with the game-winner at the 76th minute for his first career goal

Last Time on the Pitch

The Owls hosted their home C-USA opener to defeat ODU, 3-0
All three goals were scored off double assists in a match where the Owls outshot the Monarchs, 13-4
Jose Alastuey scored the first goal at the fifth minute off assists from Dean and Sailer Fidalgo to help the Owls go into halftime with a 1-0 lead
Jauk scored his fourth goal of the season off assists by Sailer Fidalgo and Alastuey at the 62nd minute
Davide Romeo put the icing on the cake at the 72nd minute with a goal from a setup by Daniel Skistad and Zach Hassell
Strauber earned the cleansheet with two saves on the night

FAU Record Book Watch

Mykhailenko

T-3rd – Career game-winning goals (7)
8th – Career goals (16)
T-12th – Career all-time points (35)

Strauber

T-5th – Career shutouts (6)
6th – Career goalie wins (11)

On Top – C-USA Statistical Rankings

Tom Abrahamsson

T-9th in C-USA – Assists per game (0.286)

Alastuey

T-10th in C-USA – Goals (3)

Coello Camarero

T-9th in C-USA – Assists per game (0.286)

Jauk

T-2nd in C-USA – Goals (4)
T-1st in C-USA/24th in NCAA – Game-winning goals (2)

Mykhailenko

7th in C-USA – Shots on goal per game (1.6)
8th in C-USA – Points per game (1.2)

Sailer Fidalgo

1st in C-USA/13th in NCAA – Assists per game (0.667)

Strauber

1st in C-USA/26th in NCAA – Saves (32) and saves per game (4.57)
T-3rd in C-USA – Shutouts per game (0.286)
5th in C-USA – Goals Against Average (1.23)

Team

1st in C-USA/32nd in NCAA – Saves per game (4.71)
2nd in C-USA/20th in NCAA – Assists per game (2.29)
2nd in C-USA/17 in NCAA – Points per game (6.86)

Up Next

FAU will be back on the road for another C-USA match, this time at South Carolina, this Sunday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. Live stats are available here and the game will be streamed on Gamecock All-Access.

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