ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's soccer team kicks off the 2022 campaign when it welcomes King to the YMCA Paul Cline Complex in Beckley, West Virginia 5:00 p.m. Thursday in a non-conference tilt before traveling to Frostburg State 2:00 p.m. Sunday to open Mountain East Conference play.
LIVE COVERAGE
The Concord University Sports Information Department will provide live in-game statistics and live streaming video of Thursday's contest. Frostburg State will handle the live coverage Sunday.
Live Stats
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SERIES HISTORY: King leads 6-1
SERIES HISTORY: Frostburg State leads 3-1-1
LAST FIVE MEETINGS AGAINST KING
September 2, 2021: King 2 – Concord 0 (Bristol, Tenn.)
September 5, 2019: Concord 1 – King 0 (Athens, W.Va.)
August 30, 2018: King 2 – Concord 0 (Bristol, Tenn.)
August 31, 2017: King 1 – Concord 0 (Athens, W.Va.)
September 5, 2015: King 4 – Concord 0 (Bristol, Tenn.)
LAST FIVE MEETINGS AGAINST FROSTBURG STATE
October 13, 2021: Frostburg State 2 – Concord 1 (Beckley, W.Va.)
September 5, 2021: Frostburg State 4 – Concord 0 (Frostburg, Md.)
March 5, 2021: Concord 1 – Frostburg State 0 (Beckley, W.Va.)
October 17, 2019: Frostburg State 5 – Concord 0 (Frostburg, Md.)
September 8, 2019: Concord 0 – Frostburg State 0 (Athens, W.Va.)
CONCORD AT A GLANCE
2021 Overall Record: 2-16
2021 MEC Record: 2-14 (Ninth)
2021 Home Record: 0-9
2021 Away Record: 2-7
NEW FACES, NEW PLACES
CU has 49 new players on this year's roster with seven different countries represented by the newest Mountain Lions. Head coach
Luke Duffy assumed the role of men's soccer head coach over the winter as he will coach both Concord soccer teams this fall. His two assistant coaches are familiar as the program's all-time leader in saves,
Kyle Brown, joined the staff along with
Adrian Cabello who played in 48 games from 2018-21.
OLD FACES, SAME PLACES
The Mountain Lions do return five players that scored at least one goal last season in senior midfielder
Michael Shelor who found the back of the net three times. Fifth-year senior defender
Tristan Bragg scored against Wheeling at home, sophomore defender
Esteban Correa recorded a goal versus West Virginia Wesleyan and junior forward
Robbie Stiles and junior defender
Ezequiel Villarreal also scored once last fall.
DEFENSIVE STRUGGLES
The last four meetings between Concord and King has featured two goals or less, including King getting a 2-0 win last season. The Maroon and Gray scored a 1-0 win at home in 2019 over King as Brown helped secure the win with six saves. CU and Frostburg State have met three times with the Mountain Lions as the home team, but only four goals have been scored in those games. Concord dropped a 2-1 decision at home last season to FSU with Shelor netting the CU goal in the 81
st minute to tie the game. Villarreal tallied two shots on goals in last season's home matchup with Frostburg State. Concord picked up a 1-0 win over the Bobcats in the spring of 2021.
KING AT A GLANCE
2021 Overall Record: 2-11-2
2021 Conference Carolinas Record: 0-10-1 (12th)
2021 Home Record: 1-6-2
2021 Away Record: 1-5
SCOUTING THE TORNADO
King was winless in conference play last season as it picked up wins over Concord and Emory & Henry. Like Duffy at Concord, King head coach Mark Bell begins his first season on the sidelines for the Tornado. Bell previously coached at Eastern Nazarene College. KU has to replace the production of Mate Lengyel who scored four of the 10 goals for the Tornado last season. Â
FROSTBURG STATE AT A GLANCE
2021 Overall Record: 8-9-1
2021 MEC Record: 8-8 (Fourth)
2021 Home Record: 6-2
2021 Away Record: 2-7-1
SCOUTING THE BOBCATS
Frostburg State made the MEC Tournament a season ago as the fourth seed. FSU was picked to finish fifth in the conference preseason poll. The Bobcats finished with a mark of 8-9-1 last season despite being outscored 27-19. As a true freshman, Zach Harpel tied for the team lead in goals with three as 10 different Bobcats scored for head coach Keith Byrnes, who begins his 21
st season at FSU.
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