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FIGHTING IRISH MEDIA Assistant Athletics Communications Director [email protected] Robby Hamman 574-808-9575 (cell) NOTRE DAME (8-7-0, 1-3-0 ACC) #4 PITT GAME INFORMATION SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date ND Rank Opponent TV Time/Result 9/17 KENTUCKY ACCNX W, 1-0 Saturday, April 3 at 7 PM ET Ambrose Urbanic Field - Pittsburgh 9/26 #5 #4 PITT ACCNX L, 1-3 10/3 at Louisville $ ACCNX L, 1-2 TV Live Stats at UND.com 10/11 SYRACUSE $ ACCNX W, 1-0 10/24 VIRGINIA $ ACCNX W, 2-1 (2OT) 11/2 VIRGINIA TECH $ ACCNX L, 0-1 11/6 LOUISVILLE $ RSN W, 4-1 11/15 at #3 UNC % ACCN W, 1-0 (OT) 11/18 vs. #1 Pitt * ACCN L, 1-3 THE SERIES 2/27 11 at Butler YouTube W, 1-0 All-Time 3/7 11 at Virginia $ ACCNX L, 0-1 (OT) ND Leads, 18-6-3 Last: 3-1 Pitt (Nov. 18, 2020) vs. PITT 3/12 RV at Duke $ ACCNX W, 2-0 3/16 RV CALVIN ACCNX W, 1-0 3/20 RV #5 WAKE FOREST $ ACCNX L, 2-3 3/27 UNC $ ACCNX L, 1-2 (OT) 4/3 at #4 Pitt $ ACCNX 7 p.m. THE COACHES 4/9 VIRGINIA TECH $ ACCNX 7 p.m. Head Coach At School (Years) Overall (Years) All times Eastern. Home games in BOLD CAPS played at Alumni Stadium ND Chad Riley 29-22-4 (3rd) 80-48-18 (8th) in Notre Dame, Ind. PITT Jay Vidovich 311-164-56 (26th) 39-43-6 (5th) $ - ACC Game | % - ACC Quarterfinal | * - ACC Semifinal NOTRE DAME: BY THE NUMBERS 560 Number of varsity wins earned by Notre Dame men’s soccer since 1977. 39 Irish players selected in the MLS SuperDraft in program history. 38 Winning seasons at the varsity level for Notre Dame since 1977 out of 44 total seasons. 22 NCAA Championship appearances earned by Notre Dame since 1988. Notre Dame has appeared in 18 of the last 19 tournaments. Goals scored by junior forward Jack Lynn during his Notre Dame career. The forward ranks tied for first in the ACC and tied for second in the country 21 with eight goals on the season after enjoying a breakout sophomore campaign in 2019 with 10 goals. 13 Matches that feature opponents the Irish either play or have played in the 2020-21 season that made the 2019 NCAA Tournament. 10 Goals that have come from set pieces, four specifically corners, this season. The most recent coming off a free kick against UNC. 4 Points for Dawson McCartney over three starts this spring. The senior scored a goal against Wake Forest and provided assists against Calvin and UNC. 4 Assists from senior Aiden McFadden this season, ranking the senior tied for fourth in the ACC for total assists. National ranking for Jack Lynn for total goals this season with eight. Lynn ranks third in the ACC in goals scored per game with an average of 0.57. 4 Lynn’s eight goals tie the junior for second in the ACC for total goals scored. 3 Game-winning goals scored by Aiden McFadden during his senior campaign, placing him tied for first in the ACC and tied for seventh in the NCAA. 2021 MLS SuperDraft selections on the current roster. Dawson McCartney was selected in the second round of the draft by the Portland Timbers and 2 Aiden McFadden was taken in the third round by Atlanta United FC. Notre Dame men’s soccer national championship, earned by way of a 2-1 win over Maryland in the final game of the 2013 NCAA College Cup in West 1 Chester, Pennsylvania. NDMenSoccer NDMenSoccer NDMenSoccer 2020-21 NOTRE DAME MEN’S SOCCER #4 PITT 2020-21 NOTRE DAME ROSTER No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School 0 Thomas Deslongchamps SO GK 6-2 180 Whitefish Bay, WI/Whitefish Bay 1 Keagan McLaughlin SR GK 6-4 190 Zanesville, OH/Bishop Rosecrans 2 Philip Quinton JR D 6-5 185 Portland, OR/Grant 3 Reese Mayer SO D 6-2 175 Baltimore, MD/McDonogh School 4 Aaron Hill SO D 6-3 190 Albuquerque, NM/Albuquerque Academy 5 Mohammad Abualnadi SO D 6-1 165 Leawood, KS/Blue Valley 6 Michael Pellegrino SO M 6-0 175 Wenonah, NJ/YSC Academy 7 Ethan O'Brien SO M 5-11 145 Bellevue, WA/Eastside Catholic/New Albany 8 Matthew Radivojsa FR M 5-10 150 Oakville, ON/Saint Thomas Aquinas 9 Tyler Shea JR F 5-10 155 Dallas, TX/Jesuit College Preparatory 10 Aiden McFadden SR M 5-10 165 West Chester, PA/Henderson 11 Simon Roennecke SR F 6-0 165 Pleasant Ridge, MI/The Roeper School 12 Bryan Silver JR M 6-1 150 Herndon, VA/Oakton 13 Patrick Coleman JR D/M/F 5-11 155 Antioch, IL/Antioch Community 14 Michael Lynch SR M 6-0 175 Cocoa Beach, FL/Mater Dei 15 Paddy Burns FR D 6-0 175 Crumlin, Northern Ireland/St. Malachy's College 16 Daniel Russo FR F 6-0 165 Jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial 17 Senan Farrelly FS D 6-1 196 Havertown, PA/The Haverford School 18 Townsend Meyer SR M 6-0 169 San Diego, CA/Point Loma 21 Matthew McLaughlin FR M 6-0 160 Broadview Heights, OH/Saint Ignatius 22 PJ Bujouves SO M 5-8 155 Toronto, ON/Upper Canada College 23 Alex Salvino FR F 6-3 180 Western Springs, IL/Lyons Township 24 Jacob Huber SR D 6-0 175 Lebanon, OH/St. Xavier 25 Zach Dedrick SO D 6-3 180 Wilton, CT/Wilton 26 Ben Giacobello JR M 5-9 145 San Clemente, CA/San Clemente 27 Jack Lynn JR F 6-2 188 St. Louis, MO/Chaminade College Preparatory 28 Dawson McCartney SR F 6-1 175 Voorhees, NJ/YSC Academy/Dartmouth 29 Mohamed Omar JR M 6-3 182 Toronto, ON/Berkshire School (MA) 30 Sam Guinane JR GK 6-3 185 San Juan Capistrano, CA/Serra Catholic 31 Bryan Dowd FR GK 6-3 175 Willow Springs, IL/Fenwick HC Chad Riley 3rd Notre Dame ‘04 Abualnadi Ah-bull-na-di AC Brian Plotkin 3rd Indiana ‘06 Bujouves boo-jew-vis AC Mike Graczyk 1st New Mexico ‘07 Dedrick DEE-drick AC Adam LaPlaca 3rd Notre Dame ‘14 Farrelly SEN-an FAR-lee Giacobello Jack-uh-bell-oh Graczyk GRAY-zack Radivojsa rad-ih-VOY-suh Roennecke row-en-eck-ee @NDMenSoccer 2 UND.COM 2020-21 NOTRE DAME MEN’S SOCCER #4 PITT IRISH FACTS & FIGURES SETTING THE STAGE • Notre Dame travels to No. 4 Pitt for their final regular season road game of Notre Dame Record in the season. The game will air on ACCNX. 2020-21 Season THE PITT SERIES • The Irish and Panthers will meet on the pitch for the 28th time on Saturday evening and third this season. • The Irish lead the series with a mark of 18-6-3. • Notre Dame is 8-1-2 against Pitt when playing the Panthers on the road. Home...............................................5-4-0 ATLANTIC REGION • In the most recent matchup the Irish fell to Pitt by a score of 3-1 in the ACC Overall ACC Tournament semifinals. Jack Lynn scored the Notre Dame goal from Away ...............................................3-2-0 Clemson 4-0 12-2-1 the penalty spot. Wake Forest 3-0-1 11-2-1 Neutral ...........................................0-1-0 LAST TIME OUT Louisville 2-2 3-8-1 • The Irish suffered a heartbreaking overtime defeat against North Carolina Vs. Ranked teams ........................1-3-0 NC State 1-2-1 3-8-2 last Saturday at Alumni Stadium by a score of 2-1. Boston College 1-3 1-3 • Notre Dame’s goal came off a set piece, as Dawson McCartney’s free kick Scoring first ...................................7-2-0 Syracuse 0-3-1 1-7-4 was redirected into the back of the net by Reese Mayer to give the Irish the early lead. Opponent scores first ................... 1-5-0 • North Carolina found the winner in the first overtime session to escape COASTAL REGION with the win. Leading at halftime ...................5-1-0 ACC Overall North Carolina 3-0-1 6-3-3 MCCARTNEY MAKES AN IMPACT Trailing at halftime .....................1-1-0 • Dawson McCartney joined the Irish this spring after transfering from Pitt 3-1 11-2 Dartmouth and has already made major contributions to the Irish squad. Virginia 2-2 7-6-1 • The senior has recorded four points off a goal and two assists over his Tied at halftime ...........................2-5-0 Duke 2-2 4-9-2 three starts. In overtime ....................................2-2-0 Notre Dame 1-3 8-7 • McCartney scored his first goal in an Irish uniform against No. 5 Wake Forest and provided the assists on the game-winning goal against Calvin in Virginia Tech 0-4 4-6-2 a midweek matchup and versus UNC in a weekend ACC showdown. Scoring 1 goal ..............................5-4-0 SET PIECE SUCCESS Scoring 2 goals ............................2-1-0 ACC Preseason Coaches Poll • The Irish have been excellent on set pieces this season, scoring off corners, free kicks, penalty kicks and even throw ins. Scoring 3 or more goals ...........1-0-0 South Region • Notre Dame has scored 10 goals off set pieces during the 2020-21 1. Clemson (5), 45 campaign. Allowing 1 goal............................2-2-0 2. Wake Forest (5), 44 • Four of the goals have come from corners. 3. North Carolina (1), 33 • The most recent set piece goal came in the match against UNC off a free Allowing 2 goals ..........................0-2-0 kick.