Owls Head to Philly for Matchup with Temple

PHILADELPHIA – Florida Atlantic men's soccer (2-4-3) continues AAC play on Wednesday night at Temple (0-5-3). Start time is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the City of Brotherly Love. FAU is 1-2 in its second season as a member of the American so far. Temple is 0-2-1.

About the Owls

The Owls picked up their first league win last Friday at home against Memphis.
Noah Kvifte's 85th minute header off a cross from Leo Keller held up as the winner.
The Owls held Memphis without a shot on goal – since records became available in 2006, it's the first time an FAU opponent finished a match without a single shot on target.
Kvifte was awarded the AAC Offensive Player of the Week award and centerback Chadi Mayati was named the Defensive Player of the Week.
Despite not making a single one on Friday, goalkeeper Rotem Fadida still leads the AAC in total saves and saves per game.

About Temple

The Owls are 0-5-3 so far and coming off a 3-1 defeat to Charlotte.
Goalscoring has not been Temple's primary issue so far – the Owls have at least one goal in seven of eight games.
The Owls have conceded 25 goals in eight games.
Freshman Juan Zepeda is the AAC's reigning Rookie of the Week after scoring the Owls' lone goal against Charlotte last Friday.

Series History

FAU and Temple met for the first time last season.
Temple won 1-0 on a 70th minute goal
FAU had 18 shot attempts with six on target in that match but could not find the equalizer

What's Next

The Owls return home to face UAB on Sunday at 7 p.m.

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Rotem Fadida

Leo Keller

Noah Kvifte

Chadi Mayati