The No. 14 FGCU men's soccer team (3-0-1) embarks on its second road trip of the season as the Eagles fly to California for a pair of games Friday and Sunday night. They will first travel to Riverside to face UC Riverside (3-1) at the UCR Soccer Stadium on Friday before traveling to Fullerton to face #15 Cal State Fullerton (4-0) at Titan Stadium Sunday.
The Green and Blue:
FGCU is coming off a pair of victories over Seton Hall and Georgia Southern. Against SHU, junior Max Edwards tallied the game-winner with five seconds to go in regulation last Friday night. Two days later, the Eagles found themselves in a 1-0 hole six minutes in versus GSU, before sophomore O'Vonte Mullings scored the equalizer in the 14th minute.
Newcomer Aiden Jokomba gave the Green and Blue a 2-1 lead before the half as the squad would come out of the break with a trio of goals to put the match out of reach. Senior Ryan Medilah leads the squad in goals (three), and points (seven). Senior Ivan Rosales is right behind him with two goals thus far while classmate Shak Adams has a team-best two assists.
In between the posts, redshirt junior Gustavo Vasconcelos (3-0-1) has started all four contests, logging 380 minutes with 17 saves.
In The Polls:
The Eagles are currently ranked No. 14 in both the United Soccer Coaches and TopDrawerSoccer.com polls. It's the team's highest ranking since October 2016 in which they were No. 11 (program record).
Scouting UC Riverside:
The Highlanders are coming off a 1-0 loss on the road to SMU.
Junior Roberto Garcia-Vargas leads the bunch with two goals and one assists for five points.
Classmate Daniel Aguirre has been the main facilitator on offense as he's responsible for three assists of the five goals scored by UC Riverside.
Senior Edwyn Gutierrez (4-1) has made all four starts in net, securing nine saves while conceding three goals.
This will be the second all-time meeting between both programs. They played back in 2009 in Las Vegas, Nev., where FGCU took home a 3-0 win.
Scouting Cal State Fullerton:
The Titans are coming off two wins over Loyola (Ill.) (2-1) and Utah Valley (2-0). Both victories helped the squad jump into the top 25 standings (United Soccer Coaches) for the first time this season at No. 23.
Junior Christian Pinzon and redshirt senior Oscar Flores have each netted a pair of goals with Pinzon leading the team with three assists for seven points.
Senior Paul-Andre Guerin has conceded two goals in four starts, securing four saves.
This will be the second all-time meeting between both clubs. Last year the Eagles and the Titans played to a 1-1 double overtime draw at the Nest.
How to Keep Up:
Livestats will be available for both games, but no livestream and fans can also keep up to date with all three teams on Twitter:
FGCU: @FGCU_MSoccer
UCR: @UCRsoccer_M
Cal State Fullerton: @FullertonMSOC
Livestats Links:
@ UCR- https://gohighlanders.com/sidearmstats/msoc/summary
@Cal St Fullerton- https://www.fullertontitans.com/sports/m-soccer/2019-20/boxscores/20190913_8qej.xml
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