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2021 MEN’S SOCCER 9 MLS DRAFT PICKS - 5 CONSECUTIVE NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES - 2007 COLLEGE CUP - FOUR ‘SWEET SIXTEENS’ SINCE 2016 MATCHDAY 1 THE MATCHUP #15 VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES KANSAS CITY ROOS VS 2021 SCHEDULE 0-0, 0-0 ACC 0-0, 0-0 SUMMIT LEAGUE Head Coach: Mike Brizendine (James Madison, 1999) Head Coach: Ryan Pore (Tulsa, 2004) RECORD 0-0-0 Record at Virginia Tech: 88-107-32 (13th Season) Record at Oregon State: 5-8-1 (2nd Season) 0-0 Career Record: 115-131-32 (16th Season) Career Record: 5-8-1 (2nd Season) NON-CONFERENCE 0-0 HOME 0-0 AWAY 0-0 MATCHDAY 1 | VIRGINIA TECH vs. KANSAS CITY - AUGUST 26, 2021 | 4 PM | HARRISONBURG, VA | SENTARA PARK NEUTRAL 0-0 QUICK COMPARISON Date Opponent Time/Result 2020-21 Season 2020-21 Season 8/13 Charlotte (EXH.) 24 Goals 19 8/17 NC State (EXH.) 1.41 Goals/Game 1.36 8/21 at Georgetown (EXH.) 1.53 Goals Allowed/Game 1.79 13.8 Shots/Game 11.4 8/26 Kansas City 1 4 PM 1 .102 Shot Pct. .119 8/29 Marshall 3:30 PM 2 .421 SOG Pct. .484 9/3 UCF 4 PM HOKIESPORTS.COM KCROOS.COM 9/6 Seton Hall 2 1 PM 9/11 at Duke* 7 PM 9/17 Virginia* 7 PM STARTING XI - LAST MATCH 9/21 at William & Mary 7 PM VIRGINIA TECH 4-4-2 Formation 9/24 Notre Dame* 7 PM Pos # Name Note 9/28 ETSU 7 PM GK 25 Matt Zambetti 18 15 10/1 at Boston College* 7 PM Labovitz Strickler D 3 Sivert Haugli 10/8 Louisville* 6 PM D 19 Nathan Durst 10/12 Davidson 6 PM 10 17 10/16 at Wake Forest* 7 PM D 24 Kyle McDowell Little Blacklock D 31 Jakob Bluemler Not competing in 2021 8 16 10/24 North Carolina* 4 PM MF 8 Mayola Kinyua Kinyua Eythorsson 10/29 at Pitt* 7 PM MF 10 Chris Little Not competing in 2021 24 31 3 MF 16 Birkir Eythorsson 19 3 11/7 ACC Quarterfinal TBA McDowell Bluemler MF 17 Nick Blacklock Durst Haugli 11/10 ACC Semifinal 3 TBA F 15 Kristo Strickler Not competing in 2021 25 11/14 ACC Final (Cary, N.C.) TBA Unavailable against KC F 18 Jacob Labovitz Zambetti //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// KEY STORYLINES * - ACC Game FIVE STRAIGHT TOUGH TASK AT HAND RETURNING TO JMU INVITE 1 - JMU Invite • With its selection to the 2020 • Virginia Tech looks to carry • The 2021 season opener marks 2 - NC State Tournament NCAA DI Men’s Soccer Champi- on the momentum it ended Tech’s sixth trip to compete in 3 - Played at higher-seeded team onship, Virginia Tech qualified for with in the spring into a strong the JMU Invite during the Mike its fifth-consecutive NCAA tour- fall slate. Brizendine era. All Times Eastern & Subject to Change nament. Only five other teams •Three of the Hokies’ first four • The Hokies are 8-2 in those can boast that accomplishment: games (Marshall, UCF, and Se- previous five trips, including 4-1 Indiana, Maryland, Stanford, ton Hall) fall against teams that in the first match, and 3-0 when Wake Forest, and Washington. played in last year’s NCAA Tour- the first contest opens the regu- • Tech’s journey to the NCAA nament and find themselves in lar season. Tournament to the postseason the preseason United Soccer HALF-AND-HALF LINEUP was not an easy trip. After excel- Coaches poll. • Virginia Tech split minutes ling in the fall and being ranked • In addition to a grueling in its three preseason fixtures 2020 RESULTS as high as No. 4 in the country, non-conference slate, Tech as- (Charlotte, NC State, and the Hokies faced setbacks in the sumes its typical daunting ACC Georgetown) between a con- spring due to injury and the loss gauntlet. Three of the last four tingent of expereinced return- of Dani Pereira. contests on the Hokies’ schedule ers and some newcomers to • After losing four of its first five come against ‘Elite Eight’ teams the program. RECORD 7-6-4 matches in the spring, the Hokies from last year: Wake Forest, • Players such as Sivert Haugli, 5-5-2 finished the regular season on a UNC, and Pitt. Chris Little, Nick Blacklock, and NON-CONFERENCE 2-1-2 three-game unbeated streak, in- • With Dani Pereira and Kristo Kyle McDowell assumed their HOME 0-3-3 cluding ACC road wins against Strickler moving on to profes- spots in the exhibition rotation. AWAY 6-2-0 #15 UNC and Notre Dame. sional soccer, and Jakob Bluem- Transfer Pol Monells and fresh- NEUTRAL 1-1-1 • The unseeded Hokies defeated ler unavailable, the Hokies will men Carter Hensley, Declan Quill, #15 Oregon St. before falling to rely on a mix of newcomers and and Tyler Taber established plac- No. 6 Seton Hall in penalties. veterans to fill the void. es, as well. 2020-21 VIRGINIA TECH MEN’S SOCCER / HOKIESPORTS.COM / @HOKIESMSOCCER 1 VIRGINIA TECH MEN’S SOCCER Taking over the reins of a program that faced After serving 10 years as a collegiate assistant strict recruiting restrictions, head coach Mike coach, including five at Virginia Tech, Brizendine Brizendine has rebuilt the men’s soccer team and finally got his opportunity lead his own program has seen the most success in program history. when former AD Jim Weaver promoted him to Brizendine has made it his mission to lead the the head coach on June 11, 2009. Virginia Tech program to new heights and make the Hokies into one of the top programs in the During the 2015 season, Brizendine’s team won Atlantic Coastal Conference. five games, including an upset against then-No. 10 Xavier. Sophomore Merlin Baus led the team, Professional development has been an important tallying 15 points. At the conclusion of the season, component in the Virginia Tech men’s soccer pro- Ricardo John signed with the professional team gram under Brizendine’s watch and that mission Central F.C. in his native country of Trinidad and came full circle in the MLS SuperDraft 2021. Dan- Tobago. iel Pereira was selected No. 1 by Austin FC after two years with the Hokies, while former walk-on In 2014, Brizendine’s young squad produced sev- MIKE BRIZENDINE Kristo Strickler was selected No. 30 overall by en wins, including victories over Wake Forest, NC Houston Dynamo. State, SIUE and UNCG. Freshman Ricardo John, who tallied 11 points, was named all-conference THE BRIZENDINE FILE From 2016-19 the Hokies had the greatest stretch and all-region. Underclassmen scored all 19 goals in program history as they made the NCAA Tour- and freshman keeper Ben Lundgaard recorded Coaching Exp.: 21st season, 17th at Tech nament for a program record fourth consecutive six shutouts in seeing nearly 75 percent of the Head Coach: 16th season, 13th at Tech time, earned the highest national seeding in minutes in goal. 87-107-31 Record at Tech: program history (10th), won the most ACC games Overall Record: 114-131-31 in a four-year time (46) and made six tournament The 2013 season saw a school-record three play- College: James Madison (1999) appearances. ers either drafted into the MLS or sign profession- Playing Exp: James Madison (1996-99) al contracts following the season. The Hokies also In 2019 the Hokies once again made the NCAA earned eight points in ACC play, the most since Year School Position Tournament as they claimed the 10th seed and a 2007, behind five ties and an upset victory over 2009-present Virginia Tech Head Coach first-round bye. Tech would face and defeat No. No. 17 Syracuse. Under Brizendine’s direction, the 2004-09 Virginia Tech Assistant Coach 16 New Hampshire 4-1 in the round of 32 before Hokie defense only allowed 23 goals all season, 2001-03 Bridgewater Head Coach falling late to Stanford 2-1 in their second-straight the lowest total allowed since 2005, as well as Sweet Sixteen appearance. the second first-team All-ACC selection in school Most NCAA Appearances history. *As Head Coach at Virginia Tech James Kasak became the seventh Hokie to train under Brizendine and be drafted as he was taken Brizendine’s 2012 team earned the most wins Coach Apps Year(s) with the sixth pick of the fourth round. in a season (seven) for the program since 2007. Oliver Weiss 4 2003, 2005-07 Mike Brizendine 5 2016-20 On Nov. 5, 2012, in College Park, Md., the Hokies The 2018 campaign was another stellar year for scored three unanswered goals to top NC State in the Hokies as they once again surpassed 10 wins the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference Year-By-Year Record and made their second trip to the round of 16 in tournament, capturing only the second victory the past three seasons. for the team in the tournament since the school CAREER RECORD joined the conference in 2004. YEAR SCHOOL RECORD The 2017 season saw Tech make their second 2001 Bridgewater 4-11 consecutive NCAA appearance season as they The 2011 side played five top-25 opponents 2002 Bridgewater 11-7 defeated Air Force 2-0 in the First Round. On the during the season, and the year was highlighted 2003 Bridgewater 12-6 way to their tournament appearance, the Hokies by a 1-0 double-overtime win over 2011 NCAA 2009 Virginia Tech 5-12-2 had historic victories over Creighton, handing the champion North Carolina. The victory was the 2010 Virginia Tech 5-13-1 Blue Jays their first home loss on opening night program’s first over a No.