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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's soccer team makes its longest road trip of the season to face Notre Dame 3:00 p.m. Sunday before returning home to oppose Wheeling 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in a pair of Mountain East Conference contests.
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SERIES HISTORY vs. Notre Dame: Notre Dame leads 16-0-1
SERIES HISTORY vs. Wheeling: Wheeling leads 16-5-4
LAST FIVE MEETINGS AGAINST NOTRE DAME
October 26, 2022: #21 Notre Dame 3 – Concord 0 (Beckley, W.Va.)
September 11, 2022: Notre Dame 7 – Concord 1 (South Euclid, Ohio)
November 3, 2021: Notre Dame 3 – Concord 0 (South Euclid, Ohio)
September 19, 201: Notre Dame 10 – Concord 1 (Beckley, W.Va.)
April 18, 2021: Notre Dame 6 – Concord 0 (South Euclid, Ohio)
LAST FIVE MEETINGS AGAINST WHEELING
September 17, 2023: Concord 1 – Wheeling 1 (Wheeling, W.Va.)
October 19, 2022: Concord 2 – Wheeling 0 (Wheeling, W.Va.)
October 1, 2022: Wheeling 4 – Concord 1 (Beckley, W.Va.)
October 27, 2021: Concord 3 – Wheeling 1 (Wheeling, W.Va.)
October 10, 2021: Wheeling 2 – Concord 0 (Beckley, W.Va.)
CONCORD AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 2-2-3
MEC Record: 0-2-3
Home Record: 2-1-1
Away Record: 0-1-2
CREATING CHANCES
The Mountain Lions tied their season high in shots in a 2-1 non-conference win over Emory & Henry on Wednesday as it peppered the goal with 20 total shots in the game. CU previously had 20 shots in a 1-1 tie at Wheeling. Freshman forward
Ignacio Alvarez Maina scored his first collegiate goal in Wednesday's victory. CU has scored two or more goals in three of seven games this season which is ahead of last year's pace when Concord scored multiple goals in seven of 18 games. Sophomore midfielder
Tomas Kelly scored his second goal of the season on Wednesday while junior midfielders
Fabian Amhof and
Andre Nicholson both picked up their second assists.
PLAYING THE BEST
Concord plays Notre Dame for the 18
th time in program history, but the Mountain Lions have never defeated NDC in 17 previous instances. Earlier this season, the Maroon and Gray went toe-to-toe with Charleston, falling 2-1. It was the smallest margin of defeat for CU against Charleston in 37 all-time meetings. Concord's only tie against Notre Dame came at the end of the 2016 season, 1-1 at home. The Mountain Lions played tough with the Falcons, then ranked 21
st, at the end of last season as it lost 3-0, but only trailed 2-0 with 20 minutes remaining.
LATE DRAMA
Concord has made a habit of scoring in the second half as eight of the 10 goals recorded by the Maroon and Gray this fall has been in the second half. CU got its only goal at Wheeling in the 85
th minute as Amhof pushed Concord ahead before Wheeling evened the game just a couple later in a 1-1 tie. Both goals versus Emory & Henry were scored in the second with Alvarez Maina's goal coming in the 50
th minute and Kelly scoring in the 55
th minute. Over the last seven meetings, the home team has not been victorious between CU and Wheeling. Concord posted the last home win in the series, 1-0 in October 2018.
NOTRE DAME AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 7-1-1
MEC Record: 4-1-1
Home Record: 3-1
Away Record: 4-0-1
SCOUTING THE FALCONS
Notre Dame has been in and out of the national poll this season. The Falcons have scored at least five goals in each contest during its three-game winning streak. The only loss for NDC this season was against Charleston September 17. Mirai Sato leads the MEC in goals with nine, with the next closest tallying six. Evans Armah is tied for the conference lead in assists with five.
WHEELING AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 0-7-1
MEC Record: 0-5-1
Home Record: 0-3-1
Away Record 0-4
SCOUTING THE CARDINALS
Wheeling seeks its first win of the season when it hosts Davis & Elkins Sunday before traveling to CU during the middle of the week. WU has only scored in three game this season, September 3 at Charleston, September 6 at West Virginia Wesleyan and versus Concord September 17. Wheeling has lost back-to-back 2-0 games versus West Liberty and Frostburg State.
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