2014 GSU MEN’S SOCCER Georgia State Match Notes Week 4 - Sept. 20, 2014 SCHEDULE MATCH PREVIEW AUGUST MATCH 6 29 at Mercer Macon, Ga. L, 0-2 Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER Greensboro, N.C. 5 College of Charleston # Greenville, S.C. L, 0-2 UNCG Soccer Stadium 7 Furman # Greenville, S.C. L, 0-5 13 North Florida Atlanta, Ga. W, 4-1 16 Presbyterian Atlanta, Ga. W, 1-0 20 UNCG Greensboro, N.C. 7 p.m. 26 Lipscomb Nashville, Tenn. 7 p.m. 30 South Carolina Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m. OCTOBER Georgia State UNCG 7 Belmont Atlanta, Ga. 7 p.m. Panthers Spartans 11 NJIT * Newark, N.J. 5 p.m. (2-3-0, 0-2-0 Away) (0-5-1, 0-4-0 Home) 14 North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. 7 p.m. 18 Appalachian State * Boone, N.C. 7 p.m. NOTES 21 Jacksonville Atlanta, Ga. 7 p.m. HOW WE GOT HERE… 25 Hartwick * Atlanta, Ga. TBA 28 Duke Durham, N.C. 7 p.m. Last time out, GSU defeated Presbyterian 1-0 on Tuesday, Sept. 16 at the 31 Howard * Washington, D.C. 7 p.m. GSU Soccer Complex for the team’s second-straight victory. The Panthers dominated possession early in the first half and finally grabbed a lead NOVEMBER in the 32nd minute when Cory Plasker pounced on an error by the Blue 8 Georgia Southern * Atlanta, Ga. 7 p.m. 13-16 SUN BELT CHAMPIONSHIP Statesboro, Ga. TBD Hose goalkeeper. The junior midfielder fired a low shot into the back of the net to give Georgia State a lead it would not relinquish. * - Sun Belt Conference match | # - Gray Griffin Memorial Tournament All times Eastern and subject to change On Saturday, Sept. 13 the Panthers earned their first win of the season 4-1 over North Florida behind a trio of second-half goals by Jad Elkhalil, SUN BELT CONFERENCE STANDINGS Aaron Jones and Amiri Abraham. The teams were tied 1-1 at half-time TEAM SUN BELT PCT. OVERALL PCT. but Georgia State blew the game open with three goals in five minutes. Georgia Southern 0-0-0 .000 3-2-0 .600 Jad Elkhalil scored the game-winner and his first career goal in 71st NJIT 0-0-0 .000 2-2-1 .500 minute off an assist by Stephen McGill. Appalachian State 0-0-0 .000 2-3-1 .417 UP NEXT… Georgia State 0-0-0 .000 2-3-0 .400 Hartwick 0-0-0 .000 0-4-2 .167 GSU will travel to Greensboro, N.C. on Saturday, Sept. 20 to face UNCG in Howard 0-0-0 .000 0-4-0 .000 the Panthers next match. Live stats for the match can be found at www. GeorgiaStateSports.com and a video stream of the action is available via the SPORTS COMMUNICATIONS SoCon Digital Network. Contact: Matt Arsenault The Spartans are 0-5-1 this season and are coming off a tough 1-0 loss to E-mail: [email protected] Virginia Tech at home on Tuesday, Sept. 16. The teams waited through two Office: (404) 413-4034 hours of weather delays before finally taking the field. A Hookie goal in the Cell: (864) 529-2086 50th minute was the difference despite UNCG holding a 17-10 shot advantage, Mailing Address: P.O. Box 3975 including a 10-4 edge in the second half. Atlanta, GA 30302-3975 Physical Address: GSU Sports Arena On Saturday, Sept. 13 the Spartans battled Longwood to a 2-2 double-overtime 125 Decatur Street, Room 130 draw. In a match where seven yellow cards were shown, UNCG erased a 2-0 Atlanta, GA 30303 half-time deficit to salvage a result. Longwood scored in the 18th and 21st Like us! facebook.com/GSUMensSoccer minutes to take a commanding lead after 45 minutes. However, Spartan goals in the 53rd and 74th minutes leveled the score. Follow us! @GSUMensSoccer
2014 GEORGIA STATE MEN’S SOCCER 1 WWW.GEORGIASTATESPORTS.COM GSU MEN’S SOCCER • This will be the seventh all-time meeting between Georgia State and RETURN TO THE SUN BELT... UNCG • The Spartans hold a series edge with four wins and one draw compared For the first time in two years, GSU will complete for a conference title to one loss. and an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament in 2014. • GSU defeated UNCG 3-2 in a double-overtime thriller at the GSU Soccer Complex last season. • Last season the Panthers competed as a Division I independent after • Dustin Gamradt, Tommi Gardarsson and Moises Gonzalez are tied for spending the previous eight years in the Colonial Athletic Association. the team lead in goals (1) and points (2). • Prior to to that Georgia State was a member of the Trans-Atlantic Athletic Conference/Atlantic Sun Conference for 22 years. ON THE HORIZON… • During that time GSU won five conference titles and appeared in two NCAA play-in matches. Georgia State will continue its three-match road stretch on Friday, Sept. 26 in Nashville Tenn. against Lipscomb. The Bison are 5-1-0 overall this Georgia State was a member of the Sun Belt Conference from 1976- season and are hosting the Hyatt Place Select Lipscomb Invitational this 1980 when men’s soccer was a sponsored sport. The Panthers left the weekend. Lipscomb defeated Houston Baptist 4-1 on Wednesday, Sept. conference before the 1981 season before joining the TAAC in 1982. 17 and will host Memphis on Friday, Sept. 21. 2013 LATE SEASON SUCCESS... • Ivan Alvarado, Omar Djabi and Reece Holcombe are tied for the team lead with three assists. GSU finished the 2013 season by winning nine of its last 14 matches, • This will be the eighth all-time meeting between GSU and Lipscomb, including a 1-1 draw at No. 6 Washington and a 2-0 win over No. 9 and Georgia State has won all seven previous meetings. Furman in Atlanta. • The teams met last season on Sept. 26 at the GSU Soccer Complex with the Panthers earning a 2-1 wn. Aaron Jones led the way with a goal • The Panthers also faced No. 17 North Carolina on the road to set a and an assist for GSU. school record for most ranked opponents faced in a single season. • Matt Kerridge leads the Bison with three goals and one assists for a 2013 HONORS AND AWARDS... team-high seven points. Amiri Abraham was named Independent Freshman of the Year by College FAMILY MATTERS... Sports Madness in 2013 after leading Georgia State with six goals and 14 The Georgia State men’s soccer team has one set of siblings on the team: points. He was also tied for third with two assists. the Elkhalil brothers. • Abraham was joined on the College Sports Madness All-Independent • Ali and Jad were both born in Beirut, Lebanon before moving to the first team by Stephen McGill, who was second with 11 points. United States at a young age. • The Panthers also placed a pair of defender, Conor Acheson and Aaron • Their family settled in the Atlanta area and the Brothers attemded Jones, on the all-independent second team. Walton High School in Marietta, Ga. • Jones led the team with five assists as a true freshman and Acheson • Ali is a senior midfielder and forward who has appeared in four finished the season with one goal and two assists as a center-back. matches this seaosn. • Jad has started all five matches at forward this season and is tied for GSU also had four different players receive five College Sports Madness the team lead with one goal. All-Indepedent Player-of-the-Week awards.
Junior forward Andy Anglade plays the same sport at the same school as • Goalkeeper CJ Cochran won the award on Sept. 23 after helping the his younger sister Taina Anglade. She is also a forward and they are one Panthers to a 1-1 double overtime draw at No. 6 Washington. of two sets of brother and sister who play soccer at the same school in the • Jones picked up his honor on Sept. 30 after he scored his first career Sun Belt (Walker and Logan White at Appalachian State). goal and recorded his first career assist in a 2-1 win over Lipscomb. • McGill picked up back-to-back awards on Oct. 7 and Oct. 14. He scored ON THE ROAD AGAIN... three goals and registered one assist in three straight Panther wins. • Abraham grabbed the last award on Oct. 28 after he scored both goals The Panthers open the season with nine of their first 12 matches on the in Georgia State’s 2-0 win over No. 9 Furman at home. road, including six of their first eight. GSU kicked off the 2014 season with three straight road matches, before hosting North Florida and Presbyterian.
• GSU now begins a three-match road trip through North Carolina, Tennessee and South Carolina. • After a home match versus Belmont on Oct. 7, the Panthers have another three-match road trip, including two conference matches.
2014 GEORGIA STATE MEN’S SOCCER 2 WWW.GEORGIASTATESPORTS.COM GSU MEN’S SOCCER 2014 PANTHERS QUICK FACTS GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY Location...... Atlanta, Ga. Founded...... 1913 Enrollment...... 32,000 Nickname...... Panthers Colors...... Blue and White Affiliation...... NCAA Division I Conference...... Sun Belt Stadium...... GSU Soccer Complex President...... Mark P. Becker/6th Year Athletics Director...... Charlie Cobb/1st Year Senior Woman Administrator. . . . . Jamie Boggs/4th year Back row: (left to right) Brett Surrency, Jack Kimber, Jamal Keene, Stephen McGill, Jake Bingham, Cory Plasker, Tyler Alexander, Junior Akande, Athletics Department Phone...... (404) 413-4000 Aaron Powell, Jamie Davies, Devin Vernick and Washington Cafferatta. Middle row: (left to right) Jad Elkhalil, Amiri Abraham, Devon Patterson, Conor Acheson, Luke Oesterle, CJ Cochran, Greyson Walldorff, Everick Little, Rashid Alarape, Chris Locandro and Eddie Wilding. Front row: (left to right) Niklas Kivinen, Aaron Jones, Andy Anglade, Bo Stroup, Ali Elkhalil, Tristen Trevino, Andrew Thompson, Nomis Cisic and Liam Fitzsimmons HISTORY First Year of Competition...... 1968/48th season 2014 NUMERICAL ROSTER Overall Record...... 410-372-41 (.523) NO. NAME POS. YR. HT. WT. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) Conference Tournament Appearances/Last...... 19/2011 0 Greyson Walldorff GK Fr. 6-0 175 Atlanta, Ga. (Ben Franklin Academy) Conference Tournament Record...... 27-16 Conference Championships...... 5 1 CJ Cochran GK Sr. 6-4 215 Alpharetta, Ga. (Alpharetta HS) NCAA Appearances...... 1 (2012) 2 Cory Plasker MF Jr. 5-10 162 Marietta, Ga. (Penn State) Result...... L, 0-1 at Duke (Durham, N.C.) 3 Devon Patterson D Fr. 5-11 181 Stockbridge, Ga. (Woodland HS) 4 Everick Little D R-Fr. 5-10 166 Warner Robins, Ga.(Houston County HS) COACHING STAFF 5 Conor Acheson D Jr. 6-1 168 Tipperary, Ireland (CBS HS Clonmel) Head Coach ...... Brett Surrency (Jacksonville, 2004) 6 Junior Akande D/MF Fr. 6-2 180 Liverpool, England (De La Salle Academy) Career Record...... 35-36-5 (Fifth Season) 7 Ali Elkhalil MF/F Sr. 5-9 178 Beriut, Lebanon (Walton HS) Record at Georgia State...... 37-39-5 (.488) 8 Chris Locandro D R-Sr. 6-0 183 Kennesaw, Ga. (Colgate) Office Phone ...... (404) 413-4002 9 Jad Elkhalil F Fr. 6-0 188 Beirut, Lebanon (Walton HS) Fax...... (404) 413-4001 10 Niklas Kivinen MF Sr. 5-8 154 Mikkeli, Finland (South Carolina) E-mail...... [email protected] Assistant Coach. . . . . Jamie Davies (William Woods, 2007) 11 Tristen Trevino MF Fr. 5-8 160 Athens, Ga. (Clarke Central HS) E-mail...... [email protected] 12 Nomis Cisic MF Jr. 5-9 156 Rijeka, Croatia (Clayton State) Assistant Coach...... Jack Kimber (Erskine, 2012) 14 Bo Stroup D Sr. 5-8 169 Macon, Ga. (Stratford HS) E-mail...... [email protected] 15 Liam Fitzsimmons D Fr. 5-10 161 Liverpool, Englad (All Saints Catholic HS) Assistant Coach. . . . . Dan Dawson (Central Baptist, 2013) 16 Amiri Abraham F/MF So. 5-10 162 Lawrenceville, Ga. (Collins Hill HS) Athletic Trainer ...... Aaron Powell 17 Aaron Jones D So. 5-8 165 Great Yarmouth, Englad (Lynn Grove HS) Strength and Conditioning Coach...... Devin Vernick 18 Andrew Thompson D Fr. 5-7 160 Milton, Ga. (Georgia Southern) 19 Jake Bingham F R-Fr. 6-0 177 (St. Pius X Catholic HS) 2013 TEAM INFORMATION 20 Eddie Wilding MF Jr. 5-11 170 Felixstowe, England (McKendree) Overall Record...... 9-9-1 21 Rashid Alarape MF Fr. 5-10 165 Stone Mountain, Ga. (Archer HS) Splits...... Home - 7-2, Away - 2-6-1 Starters Returning/Lost...... 8/2 23 Tyler Alexander F R-Fr. 5-11 181 Tucker, Ga. (St. Pius X Catholic HS) Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 11/6 24 Stephen McGill MF Sr. 6-0 170 Dublin, Ireland (Clemson) Newcomers...... 9 27 Andy Anglade F/MF Jr. 5-9 162 Alpharetta, Ga. (Clemson) 30 Luke Oesterle GK R-Fr. 6-1 160 Newnan, Ga. (East Coweta HS) SPORTS COMMUNICATIONS Associate AD / Strategic Comm. & P.R...... Jerry Trickie HEAD COACH: Brett Surrency Assistant AD / Communications ...... Allison George ASSISTANT COACHES: Jamie Davies, Jack Kimber and Dan Dawson Assistant AD / Communications ...... Charlie Taylor Associate SID...... Mike Holmes PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Graduate Assistant...... Will Owens Conor Acheson ATCH-uh-son Jad Elkhalil JAHD elk-ha-LEEL Graduate Assistant...... Matt Arsenault (MSOC Contact) Junior Akande a-CAN-day Niklas Kivinen Nichlos KEY-vin-in Fax...... (404) 413-4035 Rashid Alarape a-LA-RAH-pay Chris Locandro low-CAN-dro Facebook ...... facebook.com/GeorgiaStateAthletics Andy Anglade ANG-laid Luke Oesterle oster-LAY Twitter ...... @GSUPanthers Men’s Soccer Twitter...... @GSUMensSoccer Nomis Cisic no-MISS SIS-ic Bo Stroup STROOP Men’s Soccer Facebook. . . facebook.com/GSUMensSoccer Ali Elkhalil Ah-LEE elk-ha-LEEL Brett Surrency (like currency) Web Site...... www.GeorgiaStateSports.com 2014 GEORGIA STATE MEN’S SOCCER 3 WWW.GEORGIASTATESPORTS.COM GSU MEN’S SOCCER
Georgia2014 State RESULTS Men's Soccer Georgia State Game Results (as of Sep 18, 2014) (All matchesAll as ofgames Sept. 18, 2014)
Date Opponent Score Overall Conf Att. Goals scored Aug 29 at Mercer L 0-2 0-1-0 0-0-0 364 - Sep 05 vs Coll. of Charleston L 0-2 0-2-0 0-0-0 200 - Sep 07 at Furman L 0-5 0-3-0 0-0-0 378 - Sep 13 NORTH FLORIDA W 4-1 1-3-0 0-0-0 312 Team (unassisted) Elkhalil, Jad (McGill, Stephen) Jones, Aaron (unassisted) Abraham, Amiri (unassisted) Sep 16 PRESBYTERIAN W 1-0 2-3-0 0-0-0 282 Plasker, Cory (unassisted)
Team Record W-L-T Attendance Dates Total Avg. Overall: 2-3 Total: 5 1536 307 Conference: 0-0 Home: 2 594 297 Home: 2-0 Away: 2 742 371 Away: 0-2 Neutral: 1 200 200 Neutral: 0-1 Overtime: 0-0
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Georgia State Men's Soccer 2014Georgia TEAM State Overall STATISTICS Team Statistics (as of Sep 18, 2014) (All matches as of SepAllt. 18, games 2014)
Overall: 2-3-0 Conf: 0-0-0 Home: 2-0-0 Away: 0-2-0 Neut: 0-1-0
TEAM STATISTICS GSU OPP SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts 5-69 10-65 Goals scored per game 1.00 2.00 Shot pct. . 0 7 2 . 1 5 4 Shots on goal-Attempts 25-69 31-65 SOG pct. . 3 6 2 . 4 7 7 S h o t s / G a m e 13.8 13.0 A s s is t s 1 9 CORNER KICKS 30 21 PENALTY KICKS 0-0 0-0 PENALTIES Yellow cards 13 6 Red cards 0 0 ATTENDANCE T o t a l 594 742 Dates/Avg Per Date 2/297 2/371 Neutral Site #/Avg 1/200
Goals by Period 1st 2nd Total Corners by Period 1st 2nd Total Georgia State 2 3 5 Georgia State 13 17 30 Opponents 3 7 10 Opponents 7 14 21
Shots by Period 1st 2nd Total Fouls by Period 1st 2nd Total Georgia State 34 35 69 Georgia State 35 36 71 Opponents 27 38 65 Opponents 30 29 59
Saves by Period 1st 2nd Total Georgia State 11 10 21 Opponents 12 8 20
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2014 INDIVIDUALGeorgia State STATISTICSMen's Soccer Georgia State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 18, 2014) (All matches as ofAll S gamesept. 18, 2014)
Overall: 2-3-0 Conf: 0-0-0 Home: 2-0-0 Away: 0-2-0 Neut: 0-1-0
## Player gp-gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc gwg pk-att 9 Elkhalil, Jad 5-5 1 0 2 17 . 0 5 9 9 . 5 2 9 1 0 1 0-0 17 Jones, Aaron 5-5 1 0 2 10 . 1 0 0 2 . 2 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 16 Abraham, Amiri 5-2 1 0 2 5 . 2 0 0 1 . 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 Plasker, Cory 4-0 1 0 2 4 . 2 5 0 1 . 2 5 0 1 0 1 0-0 24 McGill, Stephen 5-5 0 1 1 10 . 0 0 0 1 . 1 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 23 Alexander, Tyler 5-4 0 0 0 5 . 0 0 0 2 . 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 5 Acheson, Conor 5-5 0 0 0 5 . 0 0 0 2 . 4 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 21 Alarape, Rashid 5-1 0 0 0 4 . 0 0 0 3 . 7 5 0 2 0 0 0-0 20 Wilding, Eddie 5-5 0 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 3 0 0 0-0 12 Cisic, Nomis 5-3 0 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 10 Kivinen, Niklas 5-5 0 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 27 Anglade, Andy 3-0 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 14 Stroup, Bo 5-3 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0-0 7 Elkhalil, Ali 4-0 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 19 Bingham, Jake 2-0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 18 Thompson, Andrew 4-0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 8 Locandro, Chris 5-5 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 4 Little, Everick 2-2 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Total 5 5 1 11 69 . 0 7 2 25 . 3 6 2 13 0 2 0-0 Opponents 5 10 9 29 65 . 1 5 4 31 . 4 7 7 6 0 3 0-0
Goal Average Saves Record # Goalie gp-gs min ga gaavg saves pct w l t sho/cbo 1 Cochran, CJ 5-5 450:00 10 2.00 21 . 6 7 7 2 3 0 1/0 Total 5 450:00 10 2.00 21 . 6 7 7 2 3 0 1 Opponents 5 450:00 5 1.00 20 . 8 0 0 3 2 0 3
Team saves: 0
Goals by Period 1st 2nd Total Corners by Period 1st 2nd Total Georgia State 2 3 5 Georgia State 13 17 30 Opponents 3 7 10 Opponents 7 14 21
Shots by Period 1st 2nd Total Fouls by Period 1st 2nd Total Georgia State 34 35 69 Georgia State 35 36 71 Opponents 27 38 65 Opponents 30 29 59
Saves by Period 1st 2nd Total Attendance Summary GSU Opponent Georgia State 11 10 21 Total 594 742 Opponents 12 8 20 Dates/Avg Per Date 2/297 2/371 Neutral Site #/Avg 1/200
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Georgia State Men's Soccer Georgia2014 State CategoryCATEGORY Leaders LEADERS (as of Sep 18, 2014) All games (All matches as of Sept. 19, 2014)
## Points GP G A Pts Shots ## Shots GP G A Shots Shot% 9 Elkhalil, Jad 5 1 0 2 17 9 Elkhalil, Jad 5 1 0 17 . 0 5 9 17 Jones, Aaron 5 1 0 2 10 17 Jones, Aaron 5 1 0 10 . 1 0 0 16 Abraham, Amiri 5 1 0 2 5 24 McGill, Stephen 5 0 1 10 . 0 0 0 2 Plasker, Cory 4 1 0 2 4 5 Acheson, Conor 5 0 0 5 . 0 0 0 24 McGill, Stephen 5 0 1 1 10 23 Alexander, Tyler 5 0 0 5 . 0 0 0 TM Team 5 1 0 2 0 16 Abraham, Amiri 5 1 0 5 . 2 0 0 21 Alarape, Rashid 5 0 0 4 . 0 0 0 ## Goals GP G A Pts Shots 2 Plasker, Cory 4 1 0 4 . 2 5 0 9 Elkhalil, Jad 5 1 0 2 17 10 Kivinen, Niklas 5 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 2 Plasker, Cory 4 1 0 2 4 20 Wilding, Eddie 5 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 16 Abraham, Amiri 5 1 0 2 5 17 Jones, Aaron 5 1 0 2 10 ## Shots on Goal GP G A Shots SOG SOG% TM Team 5 1 0 2 0 9 Elkhalil, Jad 5 1 0 17 9 . 5 2 9 21 Alarape, Rashid 5 0 0 4 3 . 7 5 0 ## Assists GP G A Pts Shots 17 Jones, Aaron 5 1 0 10 2 . 2 0 0 24 McGill, Stephen 5 0 1 1 10 23 Alexander, Tyler 5 0 0 5 2 . 4 0 0 5 Acheson, Conor 5 0 0 5 2 . 4 0 0 24 McGill, Stephen 5 0 1 10 1 . 1 0 0 16 Abraham, Amiri 5 1 0 5 1 . 2 0 0 2 Plasker, Cory 4 1 0 4 1 . 2 5 0 10 Kivinen, Niklas 5 0 0 2 1 . 5 0 0 20 Wilding, Eddie 5 0 0 2 1 . 5 0 0
## Game-winning Goals GP No. 2 Plasker, Cory 4 1 9 Elkhalil, Jad 5 1
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