2021 WEEKLY NOTES August 26, 2021: Temple at #10 Seton Hall MATCH INFORMATION THE MATCHUP Date ..................................................................................................August 26, 2021 Time .............................................................................................................6:56 p.m. Location......................................................................................... South Orange, NJ Facility ......................................................................................Owen T. Carroll Field Opponent ...................................................................................................Seton Hall Record vs. Opponent .............................................................................................1-3 Streak ................................................................................................................Lost 3 Live Results .......................................................................................StatBroadcast TEMPLE OWLS #10 SETON HALL PIRATES TV ....................................................................................................PSN on FloSports 0-0 0-0 On the Call .................................................................................................................... 2021 SCHEDULE/RESULTS HEAD COACH HEAD COACH Brian Rowland Andreas Lindberg Date Opponent Time/Result 4th Year Aug. 26 at #10 Seton Hall 6:56 p.m. 4th Year Aug. 30 at Rutgers 7:00 p.m. Overall: 18-22-8 Overall: 190-60-29 Sep. 4 vs. Manhattan 3:00 p.m. at School: Same at School: 22-18-7 Sep. 11 vs. Villanova 7:00 p.m. Sep. 14 vs. Georgetown 7:00 p.m. 2020-21 TEAM 2020-21 TEAM Sep. 18 vs SMU 7:00 p.m. 5-4-2 Overall 10-2-4 Overall Sep. 24 at UCF 7:00 p.m. Sep. 29 vs Memphis 7:00 p.m. Same 5-1-2 Big East Oct. 3 at SMU 8:00 p.m. 3rd in American 2nd in Big East Oct. 6 vs. Princeton 7:00 p.m. Oct. 9 vs. USF 7:00 p.m. Oct. 16 at Tulsa 8:00 p.m. Penalty Kicks Oct. 19 at Penn 7:00 p.m. Oct. 22 vs. UCF 7:00 p.m. • Temple men’s soccer travels to South Orange, NJ to face off against No. 10 Seton Hall for their first Oct. 27 at Memphis 8:00 p.m. match of the 2021 campaign. Last season, the Owls defeated USF to break a streak of three straight Oct. 31 vs Tulsa 7:00 p.m. season opening losses. Nov. 5 at USF 7:00 p.m. • Temple returns nine players that started over fifty percent of last season’s games. Including five of Nov. 10 at AAC Semifinals the six players who recieved postseason accolades from the American Athletic Conference. Nov. 13 at AAC Championships Home meets in Cherry • The Owls were picked to finish fifth in the six team American preseason poll. They came in behind USF by just one point. FOLLOW THE OWLS • Seton Hall is coming off an excellent season which saw the Pirates win a tough BIG EAST title and INSTAGRAM @temple_msoc advance to the Elite Eight. • Temple is 1-3 all-time against Seton Hall. The schools last met in 1988 despite only being located TWITTER @temple_MSoc 71 miles apart. FACEBOOK @TempleMSoccer • The Owls are coming off a 5-4-2 season in 2020-21, which continued a trend of slow starts followed by strong finishes to the season under Head Coach Brian Rowland. COMMUNICATIONS • The Cherry and White played a condensed schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic last season. Temple played a double round-robin conference schedule with no out of conference matches. H. Jordan Viener Strategic Communications Graduate Assistant • Temple returns the program’s first AAC Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year since 2014 in redshirt [email protected] | 240-620-4295 freshman Eoin Gawronski. [ www.OwlSports.com • @TempleOwls ] 2021 ROSTER No. Name Yr. Pos Ht Hometown High School Club 1 Liam Cummings So. GK 6-5 Morrisville, Pa YSC Academy Philadelphia Union 2 Spencer Patton Sr. D 5-11 Morrisville, Pa La Salle Club Universidad Nacional 3 Santiago Majewski Jr. M 6-3 San Diego, Calif. Torrey Pines San Diego Surf Academy 4 Kyle Hellmann Sr. M 5-11 Nashville, Tn Father Ryan HS 5 Marques Antoine R-So. D 5-10 Montreal, Quebec Montreal Impact Academy 6 Paul Frendach R-Jr. M 5-10 Dunkirk, Md Dematha Catholic 7 Fabian Grant Jr. D/M 5-11 Kingston, Jamaica Kingston College 8 Andres Charles Jr. M 5-11 Coquitlam, British Columbia Burnaby Central Secondary Vancouver Whitecaps 9 Alex Marin Fr. F 6-3 Toronto, Ontario Cardinal Carter Catholic Vaughan SC 10 Jalen Campbell Jr. M 6-1 Brampton, Ontario St. Edmund Campion Vaughan Azzurri 2000 11 Sean Karani So. F 5-9 Witchita, Ks Blue Valley West Sporting Kansas City 12 Mike Eijgendaal So. F 6-1 Woerden, Netherlands Minkema College Sportlust ‘46 13 Tessho Kobayashi Fr.* M 5-6 Kanagawa, Japan Clubmed Academy 14 Andrew Burkhardt So. M 5-9 Palmrya, Pa Lower Dauphin PA Classics 15 Cesar Ripa R-Fr. D 6-0 Pau, Catalunya Montverde Academy (FL) Girona FC (Peralada CF) 16 Gyuwon “Josh” Chong Fr.* F 5-8 Lynchburg, Mo. North Kansas City High School Sporting KC Academy 17 Chaim Roserie Jr. F 5-7 Toronto, Ontario GED La Nucia B 18 Amir Cohen So. M 5-6 Givatayim, Israel Ort Givatayim Hapoel Ramat Gan 19 Aly Camara So. F 6-1 Bronx, Ny MLK Law NYCFC 20 Mickel Borger Gr. D 5-9 Joeuf, France Lycée louis Bertrand Boulogne sur mer 21 Nigel Griffith Fr. F 5-9 Stroudsburg, Pa Stroudsburg PDA Academy 22 Daniel Moya Fr.* F 5-9 Shirley, Ny William Floyd High School Orlando City 23 Jared Dubose Fr. F 5-11 Woodbridge, Va C.D. Hylton McLean ECNL 24 Xavier Rimpel Fr.* F 5-11 Ajax, Ontario Pickering High School Vaughan Azzurri 25 Manny Ikeocha R-Fr. M 5-8 Townsend, De MOT Charter Continental FC Delco 26 Jimi Leder Fr. D/M 5-8 Doylestown, Pa Central Bucks West 27 Yann Kouemi Sr. F 6-1 Ivory Coast Watkins Mill Baltimore Celtic 28 Eoin Gawronski R-Fr. GK 5-11 Limerick, Pa YSC Academy Continental FC Delco 29 Tyquan Stroud Fr.* M 5-9 Elkton, Md. Mount Saint Joseph High School Baltimore Celtic 03 30 Goodwill Agbaadem Jr. GK 5-11 Yeadon, Pa. Penn Wood High School Philadelphia Lone Star 31 Luka Kozomara Fr.* D 6-1 Cliffside Park N.J. Cliffside Park High School Cedar Stars Academy Bergen 32 Chirs Melino Fr.* D 6-2 Unionville, Ontario Bill Crothers Secondary School Vaughn Azzurri 33 Alex O’Leary Fr.* D 6-1 West Chester, Pa. Unionvlle High School Penn Fusion 34 Kemali Green Jr. M 6-2 Philadelphia YSC Academy Phiadelpha Union *- Denotes True Freshman COACHING STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Head Coach: Brian Rowland (UMBC ‘03) -5th season #3 Santiago Majewski: Ma-JOO-ski #20 Mickael Borger: Me-KAH Bor-JAY Assistant Coach: Armante Marshall (USF ‘10) - 5th season #5 Marques Antoine: Marcus Ant-wan #25 Manny Ikeocha: Ick-ee-OH-cha Assistant Coach: Alex Shinsky (Maryland ‘14) - 3rd Season #6 Paul Frendach: FRIEND-awk #27 Yann Koumei: Yaan Kewm-ee #12 Mike Eijgendaal: Eye-GEN-doll #28 Eoin Gawronski: Owen Graduate Manager: Brandon Johsnon (Temple ‘21) - 1st Season #13 Tessho Koyayshi: Tesh-o Ko-ba-ya-shi #30 Goodwill Agbaadem: #19 Aly Camara: AH-lee Cah-MAH-rah SUPPORT STAFF Academic Advisor: Victoria Perri ROSTER BREAKDOWN Athletic Trainer: Billy Kerr Freshmen (15): Marin, Griffith, Dubose, Ikfocha, Leder, Forwards (8): Camara, Dubose, Eijgendaal, Griffith, Hellgren Strength & Conditioning Coach: Zach Roth Gawronski, Ripa, Chong, Moya, Koyayshi, Kozomara, Melino, Villegas, Karani, Marin, O’Connor O’Leary, Rimpel, Stroud Midfielders (8): Burkhardt, Campbell, Charles, Chong, Sport Administrator: Craig Angelos Sophomores (7): Cummings, Karani, Eijgendaal, Burkhardt, Cohen, Contreras, Frendach, Ikeocha, Majewski, Moya, Communications Contact: H. Jordan Viener Cohen, Camara, Antoine, Nesher, Nugent, Silverstein Juniors (8): Majewski, Frendach, Charles, Campbell, Grant, Defense (6): Borger, Cayet, Gainer, Johnson, Ripa, Suarez Green, Roserie, Agbaadem Goalkeepers (3): Cummings, Gawronski, Hartmann Seniors (4): Borger, Hellmann, Kouemi, Patton [ www.OwlSports.com • @TempleOwls ] NEWS AND NOTES AROUND THE AAC ROSTER REPEAT Due to the NCAA’s blanket waiver for all student-athletes last season, all Temple ath- letes will not advance a season in terms of how they are listed on rosters. For example, AAC Preseason Poll Preseason Awards this means a player who was redshirt freshman last year will remain a redshirt fresh- Team man this season as well. 1. UCF Offensive Player of the Year 2. SMU Alex Meinhard - Tulsa DEPARTING PLAYERS 3. Tulsa Defensive Player of the Year Despite 11 players leaving the roster from last season, only a few contributors of note 4. USF Thomas Hanley - SMU departed the team. Losses are concentrated on the defensive end of the pitch. Cap- 5. Temple tain and consensus AAC Defensive Player of the Year Pierre Cayet headline the losses, 6. Memphis Goalkeeper of the Year alongside two year starters Esteban Suerez and Brandon Johnson. Goalkeeper Nikolas Lucas Cline - Tulsa Hartmann also departs for a professional career after starting four matches and being named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll twice last season. RETURNING PRODUCTION The Owls returned the vast majority of the second ranked offense in the American from PROGRAM INFORMATION last year. Of the 17 goals scored last season, 16 return (Cayet is the lone departing ALL-TIME goal-scorer). Sean Karani, Mike Eijgendaal, Amir Cohen, Jalen Campbell, and Nigel Griffith Overall record: 664-434-121 (1926-2021) form the core of what figures to be one of the most exciting offensive attacks in the ISFA/ISFL National Championships: 3 (1941, 1951, 1953) American Athletic Conference, and possibly the country. NCAA Tournament Appearances: 7 (1966, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1985) TRANSFER TALES