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2021 SCHEDULE & RESULTS 2020-21 AAC REGULAR SEASON AND TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS AUGUST THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 • 4:00 P.M. ET Exhibition Matches RALEIGH, N.C. • DAIL SOccER FIELD & TRACK COMPLEX 14 STETSON (EXH.) W, 7-2 SERIES HISTORY: 1-2-2 20 at FAU (EXH.) W, 3-0 RV Regular Season #10 26 FIU L, 4-0 29 UNF W, 5-0 SEPTEMBER 3 vs. #10 Virginia Tech ^ 4 PM 6 at RV NC State ^ 7 PM 11 FGCU 1 PM 18 at Memphis 9 PM UCF KNIGHTS VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES 24 TEMPLE # 6 PM 1-1-0 (0-0-0 AAC) 1-0-1 (0-0-0 ACC) 29 at South Florida # 7 PM Last Season (Ovr.) 9-4-1 Last Season (Ovr.) 7-6-4 7-3-0 Last Season (Conf.) 5-5-2 OCTOBER Last Season (Conf.) 3 MEMPHIS # 6 PM Head Coach Scott Calabrese Head Coach Mike Brizendine 10 TULSA # 6 PM NCAA Tournament Yes, Sweet 16 NCAA Tournament Yes, Sweet 16 16 at SMU # 8 PM LAST TIME OUT: SERIES HISTORY 22 at Temple # 7 PM • The Knights picked up their first win of the LAST 10 MEETINGS 27 SOUTH FLORIDA # 6 PM season, attacking UNF with an offensive onslaught All-Time Series: 2-1-2 Virginia Tech 31 SMU # 6 PM 9/2/18 H T 2-2 (2OT) that resulted in a 5-0 win. 10/19/10 A W 4-2 • Gino Vivi scored the first goal of the season, 9/22/00 N T 3-3 (2OT) NOVEMBER forcing it through some Osprey defenders 11/1/92 N L 3-2 5 at Tulsa # 8 PM • Lucca Dourado scored a pair of goals in the 10/5/91 N L 3-1 match POSTSEASON • Tyler Lavigne earned the start before leaving AAC Tournament (#1 SEED HOSTS) after a collision in the 72nd minute. 10 SEMIFINAL TBD 13 FINAL TBD KNIGHT NOTES All caps & bold indicates home match DYNAMIC DUO All regular season matchups televised on ESPN+ • The Knights have found a majority of their offense from Lucca Dourado and Gino Vivi. 11 of UCF's last # - AAC Regular Season Match 14 goals have come from either of the two, with Dourado totaling half a dozen to that tally. ^ - George Tarantini Classic, Raleigh, N.C. • Dourado scored three of the final four goals during the 2020-21 camapaign while Dourado and Vivi scored the eight of the last nine goals to finish the year. • Vivi tallied the first goal of the 2021 season with Dourado following him up with two goals of his own, meaning that at one point during last match, the pair had scored 11 of UCF's last 12 goals. • The tandem scored the first three goals of UCF's 2021 season and the final five of 2020-21. SOCIAL KNIGHTS Twitter: UCF_MSoccer TROPHIES Instagram: UCF.MSoccer • The Knights earned a pair of conference championships last season, winning the regular season as Facebook: /UCFMensSoccer well as the conference tournament title. UCF Athletics: UCFKnights • UCF has won the American Athletic Conference regular season title for the third straight season, but Hashtag: #ChargeOn won the championship tournament for the first time in program history. • After a 1-3 start, the Knights charged on to the top of the table, winning six matches in a row. Website www.ucfknights.com • It’s the sixth conference title in the team’s Division I history. The Knights three-peated for their first UCF, NOT CENTRAL FLORIDA conference titles in their Division I era from 2002-2004 when they were members of the ASUN. Please refer to the University of Central Florida as UCF, not Central Florida, on FROM WORST TO FIRST all references. Also, UCF is no longer the • The Knights started last season 1-3, falling out of the top 25 of the United Soccer Coaches Poll and “Golden Knights” and instead simply known into last place in the American Athletic Conference table. • Despite the slow start, the Knights were able to rally piecing together a six-match winning streak to as the “Knights.” finish the regular season at the top of the conference for their third straight regular season crown. 2021 AMERICAN STANDINGS • The momentum continued as the Knights rolled through the AAC tournament, beating rival-SMU in The American Overall PKs in the semifinals and then triumphing over Tulsa 1-0 in the final to secure UCF's first conference W L T PTS. W L T % Strk. tournament title. Tulsa 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000 W2 OH HOW SWEET IT IS! SMU 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 W1 • For the second time in program history and for the second conecutive season, the Knights advanced South Fla. 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .500 L1 to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament during the 2020-21 season. • In 2019, the #9 nationally-seeded Knights defeated an unbeaten Missouri State team ranked #12 in UCF 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .500 W1 the country in the second round while the spring of 2021 saw UCF down 5-0-3 17th ranked James Temple 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 T2 Madison in their first matchup of the tournament. Memphis 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 T1 HIGH POWERED OFFENSE • The Black and Gold finished the 2020-21 campaign outscoring teams 18-8 during their final 10 *Clinched berth in AAC postseason tournament matches. Four of those goals against came in the NCAA Tournament in a 4-0 loss to No. 2 Pittsburgh. Top four teams make the postseason conference tournament, hosted at venue • Despite losing three starting forwards and midfielders, the Knights still have a potent attack, as they of top seeded team at the end of the regular season return leading scorer Gino Vivi and the talented young striker Lucca Dourado. Standings determined by American Athletic Conference points/record. • The Knights were ranked in the top 10 in nearly every offensive category in 2018 and 2019 and look to return to that level in 2021 after falling to 69th in goals per match (1.50) in 2020-21 more notes on page 2 2021 UCF MEN’S SOCCER MATCH NOTES ADDITIONAL KNIGHT NOTES THE LAST TIME THE HEIR TO THE GOALKEEPING THRONE IS...UNDECIDED TEAM • After Yannik Oettl's departure for the New England Revs II of the USL League One, the heir to the Home Win .......................... 5-0 vs. UNF, 8/29/21 goalkeeping throne has yet to be decided. Home Loss ...........................0-4 vs. FIU, 8/26/21 • Matt Douglass, Bernardo Brandao and Tyler Lavigne are all options to jump into the starting role. Home Tie ....1-1 vs. SMU(UCF 4-3 PK), 4/15/21 • Douglass is the only one who has seen match action, earning a 1-1 mark during the 2020-21 season. • Douglass got the start in game one this season while Lavigne earned the start in game two before Away Win ..................... 3-0 at Memphis, 4/9/21 exiting with an injury in the 72nd minute. Away Loss ............................ 1-3 at Tulsa, 2/27/21 Away Tie ...............................3-3 at SMU, 10/6/19 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK Neutral Win .....2-1 vs. James Madison, 5/2/21 • UCF's recruiting class for this season is an expereinced one. They've landed eight newcomers, Neutral Loss ....................0-4 vs. #2 Pitt, 5/6/21 including five transfers, three of which are fifth-year seniors. Neutral Tie 1-1 vs. Coll. of Charleston, 9/14/14 • The five transfers have a combined 14 years of experience in collegiate soccer, with three transfers OT Win ........................1-0 at South Fla., 3/27/21 coming in as fifth year seniors (Nick Taylor, Alessandro Campoy and Rainer De Jesus), one as a junior OT Loss ................................ 1-2 at SMU, 11/30/19 (Robbie Soronellas) and another as a sophomore (Lucas Mauro) • Three talented rookies join the Knights as Asher J'n Pierre, Kevin Andrews and Ryan Jani are set for Played 2 OTs .... 1-1 vs. SMU(UCF 4-3 PK), 4/15/21 their first season of collegiate soccer. AAC Win ...............................3-0 vs. SMU, 4/9/21 AAC Loss .............................. 1-3 at Tulsa, 2/27/21 LUCKY 13 AAC Tie .................................3-3 at SMU, 10/6/19 • The Knights begin the season at No. 13 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll. Scored 0 goals ...............0-4 L vs. FIU, 8/26/21 • UCF is the only member of the AAC in the rankings and the only Florida school in the top 25 Scored 1 goal ................ 1-0 W vs. Tulsa, 4/17/21 • The Black and Gold ended 2020-21 at No. 13 in the rankings and open the 2021 campaign there again Scored 2 goals.... 2-1 W vs. James Madison, 5/2/21 Scored 3 goals .......3-0 W at Memphis, 4/9/21 DEFENDING THE KINGDOM Scored 4+ goals ......... 5-0 W vs. UNF, 8/29/21 • Since head coach Scott Calabrese took over at the beginning of the 2017 season, the Knights have posted a record of 27-6-6 at home. Scored Own Goal........ 1-2 vs. South Florida, 2/20/21 • One of those losses was the 2018 NCAA second round match in which UCF were hosts. Another was Scored on PK ........ 4-0 W vs. Temple, 3/20/21 in The American championship match in 2019 (officially goes down as a tie in 2018 finals) Allowed 0 goals ......... 5-0 W vs.