University of North Carolina Athletics
#2 Carolina Men's Soccer Host Duke Saturday
September 24, 2015 | Men's Soccer
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue: Fetzer Field
Date: Saturday, Sept. 26
Kick: 7 p.m.
ALUMNI WEEKEND
Nearly 50 former North Carolina men's soccer student-athletes are scheduled to be in attendance as part of the annual Alumni Weekend.
FREE ADMISSION
Admission is free for all fans to the match on Saturday night!
#2 UNC HOSTS DUKE SATURDAY NIGHT
• The last 16 matchups since 2001 have been decided by one goal or ended in a draw. Carolina holds an 8-4-4 advantage in those previous 16 meetings.
• UNC is 4-0-3 in the last seven head-to-head contests with the Blue Devils on Fetzer Field. Duke's last win in Chapel Hill came in 1999.
• Last year in Durham, the Blue Devils scored twice in the later stages of the second half for a 2-1 victory over the Tar Heels.
EARLY GOALS, AND OFTEN
• Carolina has scored eight goals in the first half this season, but more specifically they've come in the final seconds of the opening 45.
• Three goals have been scored in the final five seconds of the first half.
• Zach Wright scored at the 44:59 mark versus Santa Clara on Aug. 30
• Jonathan Campbell did so at 44:55 against William & Mary on Sept. 4
• Tucker Hume scored at 44:57 in the Notre Dame match on Sept. 18.
INSTANT OFFENSE
• Reserve forward Tucker Hume leads the team in scoring with nine points (4 goals and 1 assist) despite only playing 227 minutes through seven matches.
• He has scored in four-straight games heading into Friday night in a span of only 157 minutes played off the bench.
• Hume is the first Carolina player to score in four-consecutive matches since Billy Schuler did so in the 2011 NCAA Championship season.
SCORING LEADERS
• Reserve forward Tucker Hume leads the team with nine points on four goals and one assist.
• Raby George is second on the team with eight points on three goals and two assists.
• Alan Winn has seven points on two goals and three assists - 2 goals and 2 assists in the last two games.
• Zach Wright has two goals and two assists for six points, Jonathan Campbell and Colton Storm have four points on one goal and two assists each.
FAST START TO 2015
• North Carolina is off to a 6-0-1 start to the 2015 season. A victory on Friday would match the best start for the Tar Heels since the 2005 club began 7-0-1.
• Carolina is also looking for its first 3-0 start to the ACC season since 2010 and the first time under fifth-year head coach Carlos Somoano.
STORM, WINN NAMED ACC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
• Alan Winn shared ACC Men's Soccer Offensive Players of the Week honors, while teammate Colton Storm was named the Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 22.
• Winn scored two second-half goals, including the game winner, in the 4-2 victory over No. 2 Notre Dame on Sept. 18. The two goals came in a span of eight minutes, 44 seconds that virtually put the game away as North Carolina took a 4-1 lead.
• Storm had four points in the victory over Notre Dame. With North Carolina trailing 1-0, Storm scored the equalizer in the 21st minute to notch his first collegiate goal with the Tar Heels. He later assisted on the go-ahead goal in the final second of the first half, and in the 55th minute, Storm earned his second assist of the night on Winn's game-winning goal.
STINGY ON THE SHOTS
• The Tar Heels have allowed an average of only 6.8 shots to their opponents over the last four matches.
• Only Notre Dame with 10 shots has reached double figures against the Carolina defense in its last four contents.
THOUGH SHALL NOT TRAIL
• Carolina has trailed for only eighth minutes, 53 seconds thus far in 2015.
• William & Mary struck first in the Sept. 4 match in Chapel Hill, but Jonathan Campbell got the equalizer 74 seconds later in what ended up a 1-1 draw.
• Notre Dame led for 7:39 in the first half, before Colton Storm tied the match.
PYLE “ING” UP THE SHUTOUTS
• Redshirt freshman James Pyle has three clean sheets in his red-shirt freshman campaign.
• He recorded shutouts in the opening weekend of the season against FIU and Tulsa.
• Pyle earned his third shutout, a 2-0 win at Virginia Tech on Sept. 11
• Pyle has a twin brother, William, who is a sophomore keeper at South Carolina.
SALAS CALLED TO U-20 NATIONAL TEAM
• Freshman Martin Salas was recently named to the U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team for a tournament in Serbia. Salas started for the U.S. in two of the three matches, first on Sept. 3 against Serbia, and then against Israel on Sept. 7, playing 45 minutes.
LONE “TAR” STATE
• It's no secret that North Carolina has had the good fortune of recruiting players from the state of Texas. This season alone the roster has eight players that hail from the Lone Star State.
• Since 2008, 15 native Texans have competed for the Tar Heels.
• In MLS, FC Dallas boasts four former UNC student-athletes (Danny Garcia, Matt Hedges, Zach Loyd and assistant coach Marco Ferruzzi).
• Houston Dynamo has Tyler Deric, Rob Lovejoy and Sheanon Williams on its roster.
COMSIA STARTS FROM THE JUMP
• Freshman central defender Alex Comsia has started every match in his first season at Carolina.
• The dual citizen of Canada and France has competed for both home countries on the international stage.
• Most recently he competed for Canada at the 2015 Pan American Games, starting the match vs. Brazil
• At the age of 18, he was the second youngest member of the U23 team.
PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA
• Jonathan Campbell and Omar Holness were named to the Top Drawer Soccer preseason Best XI teams. Campbell was selected on the second team, while Holness to its third team.
• College Soccer News also named Holness to its All-America third team.
HOLNESS CALLED TO JAMAICAN NATIONAL TEAM
• Junior Omar Holness had the good fortune of being called to the Jamaican National Team over the summer for the 2015 Gold Cup.
• He was in uniform for wins over Haiti in the quarterfinals and the United States in the semifinals, and in the finals match won by Mexico.
MATURE MIDFIELDERS
• Starting midfielders Raby George, Jordan McCrary and Alex Olfoson have 197 combined starts for North Carolina in their collegiate careers.
• McCrary has started all 73 games in his career, while George has 71 to his name.
• Olofson has made 53 starts for the Tar Heels.
THANKS FOR THE FOLLOW
• @UNCmenssoccer is the third most followed NCAA men's soccer twitter account with 9,844 followers.
HOME COOKING
• UNC became the second side in NCAA history to remain unbeaten in 40-straight home matches after its 1-0 win over Fairleigh Dickinson in the 2012 NCAA Tournament.
• Carolina had not suffered a loss at home since Sept. 3, 2010, a 3-0 defeat to Akron, before falling 1-0 to Indiana in the quarterfinals of the 2012 NCAA Tournament.
• The Tar Heels are 43-7-8 at Fetzer Field since the start of 2011 and 73-11-12 at home since the start of the 2008 campaign.
BOUNCING BACK AFTER A LOSS
• The Tar Heels have been very successful in avoiding losing streaks over the last six years.
• Carolina has suffered back-to-back losses on two occasions since late in the 2008 season.
