University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Faces Virginia In NSCAA Game Of The Week
September 19, 2012 | Men's Soccer
#8 North Carolina (4-1-1, 1-0-1 ACC) vs.
Virginia (4-2-1, 1-0-0 ACC)
7 p.m., Fetzer Field
Coverage: Fox Soccer
Series: Virginia leads 37-32-7
Series In Chapel Hill: UNC leads 19-15-3
Last Meeting: UNC 1, Virginia 0 (OT)
ACC Semifinal (Cary, N.C.) - Nov. 11, 2011
No. 8 North Carolina will welcome in ACC foe Virginia Friday night for the Natoinal Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) national game of the week.
The game will be televised nationally on the Fox Soccer channel at 7 p.m. from Fetzer Field.
The Tar Heels enter with a 4-1-1 record on the year and a 1-0-1 mark in the ACC, while Virginia counters with a 4-2-1 overall record and 1-0-0 in conference play.
The meeting in Chapel Hill will be the first between the two teams since an overtime contest in 2009 that saw Cameron Brown net the golden goal for the Tar Heels.
Carolina has claimed the last four meetings between the teams with a pair of wins in Charlottesville, including a 3-0 win a year ago. The Tar Heels also downed the Cavaliers with an overtime winner at the ACC Tournament in 2011.
Statistical Matchup
| North Carolina | Virginia | |||||
| 6 | Games Played | 7 | ||||
| 9/1.50 | Goals Scored/Avg. | 13/1.86 | ||||
| 2/0.33 | Goals Against/Avg. | 6/0.86 | ||||
| .127 | Shot Percentage | .173 | ||||
| 29-71 | Shots on Goal-Shots | 30-75 | ||||
| 11.8 | Shots Per Game | 10.7 | ||||
| 8 | Assists | 7 | ||||
| 24 | Corner Kicks | 37 | ||||
| 2-2 | Penalties | 2-3 | ||||
| 8 | Yellow Cards | 10 | ||||
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 | ||||
| 53 | Fouls | 85 |
ACC Leaders
• Carolina became just the second team in ACC history to pull off the treble when it won the National Championship, the ACC regular season title and ACC Tournament crown in a single year.
• The ACC regular season title was the third straight for the Tar Heels after claiming the title in 2010 and 2011, while sharing the honor with Wake Forest in 2009.
• Carolina is looking to join Virginia as the only schools in the ACC to win or share four straight ACC regular season titles.
• The Tar Heels are unbeaten in their last nine regular season conference matches and have not suffered a loss against a league opponent since Sept. 10, 2011, a span of 12 matches.
• The 12-match ACC unbeaten streak is the second-longest in school history behind a 13-match unbeaten string from Oct. 24, 2009 to Nov. 14, 2010.
Goodwin Closing In On Numerous Records
• Carolina has shut the door on four shutouts to begin the year and senior goalkeeper Scott Goodwin is one shutout shy of setting a Carolina career record.
• Goodwin has recorded 28 shutouts in his time between the pipes and trails only Michael Ueltschey (1998-2001) in career shutouts as Ueltschey recorded 28.5 in his career.
• With the 0.33 GAA through four matches this year, Goodwin has lowered his career GAA to 0.62 and is now the career leader.
Home Cooking
• The night of Sept. 8 saw Carolina become just the fifth school in NCAA history to go undefeated in 30 consecutive home contests with a 2-0 win over Virginia Tech.
• The Tar Heels made it 31 straight without a setback with a 0-0 draw against Wake Forest on Friday.
• Carolina has not suffered a loss at home since a 3-0 defeat to Akron on Sept. 3, 2010.
• Akron holds the record for home unbeaten streak at 48 games from 2008 to 2011. Tulsa, Indiana and UCLA have also registered home winning streaks of 30 games or more.
Consecutive Home Games Without A Loss
| 48 | Akron |
Sept. 5, 2008-Oct. 29, 2011 |
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| 39 | Tulsa |
1988-1992 |
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| 38 | Indiana | Sept. 10, 1982-Sept. 6, 1985 | ||||
| 36 | Indiana | Sept. 3, 1989-Sept. 5, 1992 | ||||
| 31 | North Carolina | Sept. 5, 2010-present | ||||
| 30 | Indiana | Nov. 5, 1975-Oct. 29, 1978 | ||||
| 30 | UCLA | Sept. 22, 1996-Nov. 1, 1998 | ||||
| 30 | Indiana | Oct. 20, 2001-Oct. 15, 2004 | ||||
| 29 | Connecticut | Sept. 1, 2010-present |
Bouncing Back After A Loss
• Carolina suffered its first loss since Oct. 18, 2011 last week when James Madison converted a penalty late in the first half en route to a 1-0 win.
• After a 1-0 overtime loss at Virginia Tech in 2011, the Tar Heels went 8-0-1 before suffering their next defeat and followed up their loss at Davidson by going 14-0-2.
• The Tar Heels battled to a scoreless draw on Friday against Wake Forest
The Defense Is Stingy Once Again
• The Tar Heels allowed only 18 goals in 26 matches a year ago as they posted a 0.69 goals against average for the year.
• The backline lost a MLS SuperDraft First Round pick in Matt Hedges but freshman Jonathan Campbell has filled in nicely in the early going.
• Carolina has allowed only two goals through the first six matches for a 0.32 goals against average.
• Boston University snapped a shutout streak of 390 minutes when it pulled a goal back late in Sunday's match. The Tar Heels had not allowed a goal since a second half effort in the NCAA Semifinal draw against UCLA.
• The goal by the Terriers is the only goal scored during the run of play against the Tar Heels in 2012 as James Madison converted a penalty for the other goal.
• The 0.32 goals against average currently ranks fourth in the NCAA behind Connecticut, Brown and Marshall.
