Soccer Blanks Jacksonville, 3-0

Tuesday, September 28

Boca Raton, Fla.

6 PM

Florida Atlantic

6-1-1, 1-0-1FAU

Jacksonville

2-6-0, 1-1-0ASUN

Jacksonville

Fla. Atlantic

Photo by: ©JC Ridley/Florida Atlantic

9/28/2021 9:38:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University men's soccer team (6-1-1, 1-0-1 in Conference USA) delivered another 3-0 shutout win on Tuesday night, this time over Jacksonville (2-6, 1-1-0 in Atlantic Sun Conference). Both sides were knotted up at nil-nil at the half, but FAU came out of the locker room on a vengeance, scoring three second half goals. The Owls' 6-1-1 start to the season is the best for the program since belonging to Division I.

How It Was Decided

First Half
Both sides were matching each other's strides in the first half, as FAU and JU were even at six shots apiece after 45 minutes of play. Neil Strauber came up with two saves in the first to keep the Dolphins off the scoreboard. With the score at 0-0 after 45 minutes, the match looked to possibly be déjà vu to FAU's 4-0 shutout victory over JU last season, which was even at 0-0 after the first.

Second Half
Head coach Joey Worthen's halftime speech to his team looked to pay dividends, as the Owls did not let much time pass before getting on the scoreboard. At the 53rd minute, Luis Sailer Fidalgo found Davide Romeo on the left side of the field. Romeo crossed the ball to an open Ivan Mykhailenko who cashed in on his first goal since the Owls' win against Keiser on Sept. 3. Exactly six minutes later, Zach Hassell made a great pass to Jose Alastuey, who found nothing but net to help the Owls go up 2-0 at the 59th minute. Tom Abrahamsson earned the second assist on that goal.

With JU unable to find anything on their side of the field, the Owls got the ball back, with Romeo passing the ball to Blake Dean who charged down the right side of the field. Dean crossed the ball to Filip Jauk who headed the ball in the back of the net at the 73rd minute, as the Owls took a commanding 3-0 lead. The Owls held the Dolphins to just one shot in the second half, which was a wide attempt in the 50th minute. FAU took down JU 3-0 in the midweek match.

Of Note

The Owls' 6-1-1 start is the best start for the program in the first eight matches since 1991 when FAU was in Division II and commenced the season 7-1
Mykhailenko scored his fourth goal of the season, which also resulted in being the game-winner. His 17 career goals ties Darnell King for the most in FAU history, while his eighth career game-winning goal is now the second most in the program
Alastuey scored a goal in back-to-back matches, with this one being his fourth of the season
Jauk leads the team outright in goals after delivering his fifth of the season tonight. He is tied for the most goals in the league
Mykhailenko and Alastuey are tied for the fourth most in C-USA with four goals apiece
Romeo tallied two assists on the night, both being firsts of his career
Hassell assisted on a goal for the second consecutive match
Abrahamsson tallied a second assist on the second goal of the game for his third of the season
Sailer Fidalgo played a role in the first goal to tally his fifth assist of the season, which is tied for the most in C-USA. He played almost the match's entirety with 87 minutes.
Dean's assist on the third goal was his second of the season, sixth of his career
Strauber was credited with the shutout after playing 81 minutes to capture two saves
Diego Orduña played the first minutes of his career in goal, logging 10 minutes
The game had 41 total substitutions
Damean Dominguez played his first minutes of his FAU career, tallying 10 on the night. Kharym Florvil got some action for the first time this season
Graeme Pratt played all 90 minutes of the match, holding it down for the backline

Worthen's Words of Wisdom

Highlights

Up Next

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

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