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MEN’S SOCCER 2020 GAME NOTES » 2001 & 2011 NCAA Champions » Eight NCAA College Cups 2020 SCHEDULE/RESULTS THE MATCHUP 2-1 overall, 2-1 ACC #5 North Carolina (2-1, 2-1 ACC) 1-0 home, 1-1 away Head Coach: Carlos Somoano (Eckerd College, ‘92) Career Record: 130-38-26 (10th Season) Duke Record at North Carolina: same Friday Oct. 2 • 7 p.m. W, 2-0 #3 Clemson (5-1, 3-1 ACC) Head Coach: Mike Noonan (Middlebury, ‘83) Career Record: 334-180-71 (32nd Season) #3 Clemson Record at Clemson: 115-65-30 (11th Season)) Friday Oct. 9 • 6 p.m. W, 1-0 THE KICKOFF TAR HEEL RUNDOWN at #1 Wake Forest Matchup: North Carolina (2-1, 2-1 ACC) at Home 1-0-0 Sunday Oct. 18 • 6 p.m. Away 1-1-0 L, 0-1 Clemson (5-1, 3-1 ACC) Date: Tuesday Oct. 27, 2020 Neutral 0-0-0 confirm series reord w/ Clemson vs. United Soccer Coaches ranked foes 1-1-0 notes Site: Clemson, S.C. (Riggs Field) vs. Unranked opponents 1-0-0 Time: 7 p.m. vs. ACC teams 2-1-0 TV: ACC Network vs. Non-conference teams 0-0-0 at Clemson When scoring first 2-0-0 Tuesday Oct. 27 • 7 p.m. TV: ACCN • North Carolina will play another challenging When opponent scores first 0-1-0 Series History: Clemson leads, 29-28-6 Atlantic Coast Conference opponent on the road When leading at halftime 1-0-0 Clemson, S.C. Site: when it visits Clemson on Tuesday night. UNC When trailing at halftime 0-0-0 will try to bounce back from a 1-0 loss at top- When tied at halftime 1-1-0 ranked Wake Forest on Oct. 18 in its last outing. When outshooting opponent 1-0-0 NC State When outshot by opponent 1-1-0 Sunday Nov. 1 • 1 p.m. • The Tar Heels are 2-1 this season (2-1 in the Taking the same number of shots 0-0-0 TV: ACCNX ACC) and were ranked No. 5 last week by the When taking more corner kicks 1-0-0 Series History: UNC leads, 55-22-12 Site: Chapel Hill United Soccer Coaches. Clemson is 5-1, 3-1 When allowing more corner kicks 0-0-0 was ranked No. 3 last week. The new coaches Taking the same # of corner kicks 1-1-0 poll should be released on Tuesday afternoon. In overtime 0-1-0 • Opening kick is scheduled for just after 7 One-goal games 1-1-0 Duke Two-goal games 1-0-0 Friday Nov. 6 • 8 p.m. p.m. The ACC Network will televise the game TV: ACCN live. Three-goal games 0-0-0 Series History: UNC leads, 46-35-10 Four-goal games 0-0-0 Site: Chapel Hill • Clemson and Wake Forest are tied atop the Five-plus goal games 0-0-0 ACC South Region standings with matching Weekend (Saturday or Sunday) 0-1-0 3-1 records. UNC is a half-game back at 2-1. Weekdays 2-0-0 ACC Tournament Quarterfinal • Clemson is coming off a 1-0 at NC State on Sunday Nov. 15 • TBA Friday. Carolina hasn’t played since a 1-0 loss TV: TBD Site: TBD at Wake Forest on Oct. 18. • Previously, UNC beat Clemson, 1-0, on Oct. 9 and won its season opener at Duke, 2-0, on Oct. 2. BY THE NUMBERS ACC Tournament Semifinal Wednesday Nov. 18 • TBA » Carlos Somoano entered the TV: TBD Series History Vs. Clemson season ranked second in the Site: TBD • Clemson leads the all-time series with North nation in winning percentage Carolina, 29-28-6. among active Division I head • The Tar Heels have won each of the last five 2 coaches. meetings in the series, including a 1-0 win in ACC Tournament Final » Sunday Nov. 22 • TBA Chapel Hill 18 days ago (see summary below). Carolina’s defense has held TV: ACC Network opponents scoreless in all six Site: Cary, N.C. of its regulaton halves this season, giving up its only goal 6 in OT at #1 Wake Forest. » Alec Smir posted his 11th UNC Athletic Communications career shutout and third in a Men’s Soccer Contact: Matt Bowers row in Carolina’s 1-0 win over [email protected], 919-619-7021 11 Clemson on Oct. 9. GAME 4 » at Clemson » OCT. 27 Fast Facts/History Tar Heels Beat #3 Clemson, 1-0 in Chapel Hill. A graduate transfer from • Filippo Zattarin scored on a header Saint Mary’s (Calif.), Zattarin also University of North Carolina with just 0:01 remaining in the second helped lead a Tar Heel defense that held Location ...........................................................................Chapel Hill, N.C. half to lift North Carolina to a 1-0 the Tigers scoreless with just two shots Chartered........................................................................................... 1789 win over No. 3 Clemson on Oct. 9 at on goal. Undergraduate Enrollment ........................................................... 19,117 Dorrance Field. • Zattarin was named the co-ACC Chancellor ..................................................................... Kevin Guskiewicz Director of Athletics ................................................. Bubba Cunningham • Zattarin’s game-winner came on a Player of the Week and the United Faculty Athletic Representative ........................................ Lissa Broome set play that began with 0:05 to play Soccer Coaches National Player of the Senior Woman Administrator .................................... Marielle vanGelder after a Clemson foul 10 yards outside Week on Nov. 12. Affiliation ..........................................................................NCAA Division I Conference ...................................................... Atlantic Coast Conference of the box on the left side. Carolina’s Nickname....................................................................................Tar Heels Milo Garvanian sent the free kick into Tar Heels Climb Into Top 5 School colors ...................................................... Carolina Blue and white a scrum inside the box, where freshman • Undefeated North Carolina (2-0, Home Field ............................................................ Dorrance Field (4,200) Akeim Clarke redirected the ball high Athletic department phone ..............................................(919) 962-6000 2-0 ACC) moved into the top five of Ticket office phones .............................. (919) 962-2296, (800) 722-4335 up into the air. the national rankings this week on the Athletic department website.............................................. GoHeels.com • Zattarin then got a running start and heels of its 1-0 win over previously No. headed the ball into the upper right 3 Clemson on Oct. 9. Carolina Men’s Soccer Staff corner of the net just before the buzzer • Wake Forest remained No. 1 in the Head Coach .................................Carlos Somoano (10th season at UNC) sounded. Video review showed the goal latest rankings, as announced by United Career record .....................................................130-38-26 (10th season) came with 0:01 remaining in regulation. Soccer Coaches. Behind the Demon Record at UNC ................................................................................. same • The game marked the first time the Deacons, the men’s top five saw one Assistant Coach ................................................................... Grant Porter Tigers had been held scoreless in over Assistant Coach .................................................................... Will Clayton change this week with Carolina sliding Volunteer Assistant ................................................... Miichael Harrington a year, since a scoreless tie against into the top five at No. 3. Pittsburgh Director of Operations ............................................................. Tim Kübel Virginia Tech on Oct. 5, 2019. was still No. 2 with Kentucky fourth and Virginia fifth for the third straight Program History Top-Ranked Wake Forest Edges week. Clemson fell out of the poll. First year of competition .....................................................................1947 #3 UNC, 1-0 • Due to the pandemic, only teams All-time record ........................................................................ 763-337-111 • Kyle Holcomb scored in overtime to competing in the fall are considered All-time NCAA appearances ...................................................................26 for the fall rankings. The number of (1968, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, lift No. 1 Wake Forest to a 1-0 win over 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, No. 3 North Carolina in men’s soccer teams appearing in each ranking is also 2016, 2017, 2018) action at Spry Stadium on Oct. 18. lower due to the lower number of teams competing. The men’s poll consists of a NCAA Tournament Record ..................................................40-21-8 (.647) • On the winning play, Omar Hernandez sent a long cross into the Top Five national ranking. NCAA Championships ..............................................................................2 box from 25 yards away on the left side. (2001, 2011) Holcomb beat UNC goalkeeper Alec Smir Earns ACC & National ACC Record .............................................................................. 193-154-51 Smir to the ball by a split second and Weekly Honors put it in the net for the Demon Deacon • Junior goalkeeper Alec Smir earned ACC Tournament Championships ...........................................................3 victory. (1987, 2000, 2011) ACC Defensive Player of the Week • It was the first goal allowed by honors on Oct. 5 after his strong ACC Regular Season Championships ...................................................10 Carolina in the 2020 season. performance at Duke. (1966, 2000-tie, 2009-tie, 2010, 2011, 2012-tie, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)* • A day later, the United Soccer (*Includes ACC Coastal Divisional championships from 2014-present) Filippo Zattarin Earns National Coaches oaches named Smir the & ACC Honors organization’s national Player