Athlletiic Mediia Rellatiions Offiice Uniiversiity of Notre Dame 112 Joyce Center 2010 Uniiversiity of Notre Dame, IN 46556 Phone: 574.631.7516 • Fax: 574.631.7941 Web Siite: UND.com • Twiitter: UND_com NNOOTTRREE DDAAMMEE Men’s Soccer Contact: Sean Carrollll (O) 574.631.2664 • (C) 574.340.2177 E-Maiill: [email protected] MMEENN’’SS SSOOCCCCEERR 2010 Schedule/Results PROVIDENCE (5-2-1) at NOTRE DAME (3-2-3) Overall (3-2-3); BIG EAST (1-0-0) Sunday, Oct. 3 • 2:30 p.m. (ET) AUGUST Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, Ind. 23 Mon. UIC (ex.) W, 3-2 Notre Dame Leads Series 12-2-1 28 Sat. vs. #10 Ohio State^ (ex.) W, 2-0 TV: CBS College Sports (Live) 29 Sun. at IPFW^ (ex.) W, 3-0 Live Audio: UND.com SEPTEMBER Live Stats: Gametracker on UND.com 3 Fri. vs. #5 UCLA! L, 0-1 In-Game Blog: UND.com (Bloomington, Ind.) 5 Sun. CALIFORNIA! T, 0-0 (2ot) SETTING THE STAGE … The Notre Dame men’s soccer team returns to BIG EAST action when they play host to Providence MIKE BERTICELLI MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT 10 Fri. #22 DRAKE W, 2-0 in a Blue Division battle at 2:30 p.m. (ET) on Sunday, Oct. 3. The game will be aired live on CBS 12 Sun. CAL POLY W, 5-1 College Sports. The Fighting Irish are 3-2-3 this season, while the Friars are 5-2-1. Notre Dame leads the all-time series against Providence, 12-2-1. 17 Fri. at Michigan T, 0-0 (2ot) 19 Sun. #15 MICHIGAN STATE L, 0-2 HOW TO FOLLOW … 25 Sat. #12 ST. JOHN’S* W, 1-0 CBS College Sports will broadcast Sunday’s game … Brent Stover will handle play-by-play duties, 29 Wed. vs. Northwestern T, 0-0 (2ot) while Richard Broad will serve as the color analyst … in addition to the television coverage, a live (Toyota Park; Bridgeview, Ill.) audio broadcast and live stats via Gametracker will be available on UND.com … fans can sign up OCTOBER for ‘Irish Alert’ on UND.com to receive text message score updates … updates and results can also 3 Sun. PROVIDENCE* 2:30 p.m. be found on Twitter at UND_com. (CBS College Sports) 6 Wed. at Indiana 7:00 p.m. DOUBLE HEADER … 9 Sat. at West Virginia* 7:30 p.m. The Notre Dame-Providence match will be preceded by the Notre Dame-St. John’s women’s game 13 Wed. MARQUETTE* 7:00 p.m. at Alumni Stadium … that contest is slated for a noon (ET) kickoff and will also be aired on CBS 16 Sat. at Louisville* 7:00 p.m. College Sports. 19 Tue. at Seton Hall* 7:00 p.m. 22 Fri. at Connecticut* 8:00 p.m. IRISH AT A GLANCE … (Fox Soccer Channel) Notre Dame is 3-2-3 on the season … the Irish played Northwestern to a 1-1 draw on Wednesday 27 Wed. PITTSBURGH* 7:00 p.m. night at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Ill. … senior forward Steven Perry netted the equalizer in the 30 Sat. GEORGETOWN* 11:00 a.m. 79th minute … the Fighting Irish topped No. 12 St. John’s 1-0 last Saturday in the BIG EAST open - NOVEMBER er … Perry tallied the game winner in the 70th minute … Perry has a team-high four goals … the 3 Wed. BIG EAST First Round TBA Irish are averaging 1.12 goals per game, while allowing 0.62 per contest … junior midfielder (Campus Sites) Michael Rose and sophomore midfielder Dillon Powers both have a team-best two assists … jun - 6 Sat. BIG EAST Quarterfinals TBA ior goalkeeper Will Walsh has made seven starts in goal and boasts a 3-2-2 record with four (Campus Sites) 12 Fri. BIG EAST Semifinals TBA Notre Dame Men’s Soccer Quick Facts Fighting Irish in 2010 (Red Bull Arena; Harrison, N.J.) At home .......................................... 3-1-1 14 Sun. BIG EAST Final TBA First Varsity Season .................. 1977 On the road .................................... 0-0-1 (Red Bull Arena; Harrison, N.J.) All-Time Record ........................ 435-213-72 (.654) At neutral sites ................................ 0-1-1 17 Wed. NCAA First Round TBA NCAA Tourn. Appearances ........ 13 (1988; 1993-94; 1996; 2001-09) Vs. BIG EAST teams .......................... 1-0-0 Best NCAA Finish ...................... Quarterfinals (2006 & 2007) (Campus Sites) In overtime ...................................... 0-0-3 Play during the day .......................... 2-1-0 21 Tue. NCAA Second Round TBA Head Coach .............................. Bobby Clark (Campus Sites) ................................................ (Jordanhill College ’67) Play at night .................................... 1-1-3 28 Sun. NCAA Third Round TBA Record at Notre Dame .............. 120-55-29 (.659)/10th season Vs. a team ranked 1-5 .................... 0-1-0 (Campus Sites) Career Record .......................... 273-118-54 (.674)/24th season Vs. a team ranked 6-10 .................. 0-0-0 Vs. a team ranked 11-15 ................ 1-1-0 DECEMBER Assistant Coach ........................ BJ Craig (third season) ................................................ (Gordon College ‘93) Vs. a team ranked 16-20 ................ 0-0-0 3-5 Fri.-Sun. NCAA Quarterfinals TBA Assistant Coach ........................ Chad Riley (fifth season) Vs. a team ranked 21-25 ................ 1-0-0 (Campus Sites) ................................................ (Notre Dame ‘04) When ... 10 Fri. NCAA Semifinals TBA Scoring first .................................... 3-0-0 (Santa Barbara, Calif.) Conference ................................ BIG EAST Opponent scores first ...................... 0-2-1 12 Sun. NCAA Final TBA BIG EAST Titles .......................... Tournament (2), Reg. Season (3) Leading at halftime .......................... 1-0-0 (Santa Barbara, Calif.) Home Field (Capacity) .............. Alumni Stadium (2,500) Trailing at halftime .......................... 0-2-0 Tied at halftime .............................. 2-0-3 2009 Overall Record .................. 11-8-4 Outshooting opponent .................... 3-2-2 home games in BOLD CAPS 2009 BIG EAST When being out shot ...................... 0-0-0 ^ — National Soccer Festival (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Record (Finish) .......................... 8-3-0 (2nd Blue Division) In games decided by ... ! — adidas/IU Credit Union Classic 2009 NCAA Tournament .......... Lost at Northwestern in One goal .......................................... 1-1-0 * — BIG EAST Conference game ................................................ second round, 3-1 Starters Returning/Lost from ‘09 .................................. 5/7 Two goals ........................................ 1-1-0 all times local to site Letter-Winners Returning/Lost from ‘09 .......................... 12/10 Three or more goals ........................ 1-0-0 2010 Notre Dame Men’s Soccer • Contact: Sean Carroll • [email protected] • 574.631.2664 • Page 2 THE LAST TIME … Probable Starters The Irish notched a 1-0 overtime victory against THE PROVIDENCE SERIES the Friars last season at Providence … Bright Dike Pos. # Name (Yr.) G-A-P Notre Dame leads 12-2-1 tallied the golden goal with just 51 seconds F 11 Steven Perry (Sr.) 4-0-8 remaining in the second overtime period … the H: 6-0-0, A: 5-2-1, N: 1-0-0 F 5 Jeb Brovsky (Sr.) 0-1-1 Irish out shot the Friars 18-14, while Providence Date Site Result LM 17 Brendan King (Jr.) 1-1-3 earned one more corner kick (6-5) … Notre Dame 10/14/95 Notre Dame, IN W, 1-0 CM 8 Dillon Powers (So.) 1-2-4 goalkeeper Philip Tuttle earned the win by mak - 8/31/96 Providence, RI W, 1-0 CM 10 Chris Sutton (Jr.) 0-0-0 ing two saves and not surrendering a goal. 9/7/97 Notre Dame, IN W, 3-0 RM 23 Michael Rose (Jr.) 0-2-2 10/21/98 Providence, RI L, 1-2 LB 6 Greg Klazura (Sr.) 1-0-2 CD 20 Grant Van De Casteele (So.) 1-0-2 NOTRE DAME IN BIG EAST PLAY … 10/9/99 Notre Dame, IN W, 4-0 CD 2 Aaron Maund (Jr.) 1-0-2 Notre Dame owns an overall record of 92-53-17 10/8/00 Providence, RI L, 1-3 RB 3 Bilal Duckett (Sr.) 0-0-0 (.620) in BIG EAST regular-season play since join - 10/24/01 Providence, RI W, 2-0 GK 1 Philip Tuttle (Sr.) 0.82 GAA ing the conference in 1995 … the Irish have post - 9/22/02 Notre Dame, IN W, 5-1 .800 SV% ed nine straight winning seasons within the con - 10/22/03 Providence, RI W, 2-0 ference, including last season’s 8-3-0 mark ... the 0-0-1; 0 SO 11/14/03 Storrs, CT* W, 1-0 eight wins in BIG EAST play in 2009 tied for the 10/19/05 Providence, RI (2ot) W, 2-1 most ever for the Fighting Irish … Notre Dame shutouts … Walsh has a 0.54 goals-against and a 10/14/06 Notre Dame, IN W, 3-0 .875 save percentage … fifth-year senior Philip also won eight BIG EAST matches in 2004 (8-1-1) 10/28/07 Providence, RI (2ot) T, 2-2 Tuttle , who is returning from a knee injury, and 2006 (8-3) … the Irish have three regular-sea - 10/19/08 Notre Dame, IN W, 3-1 played the entire Northwestern match in goal son BIG EAST titles … Notre Dame won the cham - and made four saves … head coach Bobby Clark is pionship outright in 2004 and 2008 (Blue Division) 10/10/09 Providence, RI (2ot) W, 1-0 in his 10th season with the Irish ... he has a 120- and shared the Blue Division trophy with * - BIG EAST Tournament 55-29 (.659) record during his Notre Dame tenure Connecticut in 2007 … the Fighting Irish captured … this is Clark’s 24th season as a college head BIG EAST tournament crowns in 1996 and 2003. PERRY PERFORMING … coach … he has a combined record of 273-118-54 Senior forward Steven Perry has a team-best four (.674) during his career, which included stops at CLARK IN THE CONFERENCE … goals this season … that is a single-season career- Dartmouth and Stanford.