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 #24 NOTRE DAME (2-1-1) at MICHIGAN (3-1-1) Overall (2-1-1); BIG EAST (0-0-0) Friday, Sept. 17 • 7:30 p.m. (ET) AUGUST U-M Soccer Complex • Ann Arbor, Mich. 23 Mon. UIC (ex.) W, 3-2 Notre Dame Leads Series 7-1-1 28 Sat. vs. #10 Ohio State^ (ex.) W, 2-0 Live Stats: Gametracker on UND.com 29 Sun. at IPFW^ (ex.) W, 3-0 SEPTEMBER 3 Fri. vs. #5 UCLA! L, 0-1 (Bloomington, Ind.) 5 Sun. CALIFORNIA! T, 0-0 (2ot) #15 MICHIGAN STATE (3-1-0) at #24 NOTRE DAME (2-1-1) Sunday, Sept. 19 • 2:00 p.m. (ET) MIKE BERTICELLI MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, Ind. 10 Fri. #22 DRAKE W, 2-0 Notre Dame Leads Series 10-4-5 12 Sun. CAL POLY W, 5-1 Live Stats: Gametracker on UND.com Live Audio: UND.com 17 Fri. at Michigan 7:30 p.m. In-Game Blog: UND.com 19 Sun. #15 MICHIGAN STATE 2:00 p.m. 25 Sat. ST. JOHN’S* Noon SETTING THE STAGE … 29 Wed. vs. Northwestern 7:00 p.m. The Fighting Irish will encounter two Big Ten Conference rivals this weekend. Notre Dame will (Toyota Park; Bridgeview, Ill.) travel to Michigan on Friday, Sept. 17 for a 7:30 p.m. (ET) kickoff. The Irish will play host to OCTOBER 3 Sun. PROVIDENCE* 2:30 p.m. Michigan State at 2:00 p.m. (ET) on Sunday, Sept. 19. Notre Dame is 2-1-1 this season and fresh (CBS College Sports) off winning last weekend’s Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament. 6 Wed. at Indiana 7:30 p.m. 9 Sat. at West Virginia* 7:30 p.m. FOLLOW THE GAMES … 13 Wed. MARQUETTE* 7:00 p.m. Live stats for Friday’s match at Michigan will be available via UND.com … Sunday’s home match 16 Sat. at Louisville* 7:00 p.m. against Michigan State will feature a live audio broadcast on UND.com … live stats through 19 Tue. at Seton Hall* 7:00 p.m. Gametracker and a live blog also will be available on UND.com for Sunday’s game … fans can sign 22 Fri. at Connecticut* 8:00 p.m. up for ‘Irish Alert’ on UND.com to receive text message score updates … updates and results can (Fox Soccer Channel) also be found on Twitter at UND_com. 27 Wed. PITTSBURGH* 7:00 p.m. 30 Sat. GEORGETOWN* 11:00 a.m. IRISH AT A GLANCE … NOVEMBER Notre Dame won the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament last weekend with victories over No. 3 Wed. BIG EAST First Round TBA 22 Drake (2-0) and Cal Poly (5-1) … the Irish offense is averaging 1.75 goals per game, while the (Campus Sites) defense is surrendering 0.50 goals per contest … senior forward Steven Perry has a team-best two 6 Sat. BIG EAST Quarterfinals TBA goals … sophomore midfielder Dillon Powers leads the team in assists with two … junior goalkeep - (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 .......................................... 2-0-1 14 Sun. BIG EAST Final TBA First Varsity Season .................. 1977 On the road .................................... 0-0-0 (Red Bull Arena; Harrison, N.J.) All-Time Record ........................ 434-212-70 (.655) At neutral sites ................................ 0-1-0 NCAA Tourn. Appearances ........ 13 (1988; 1993-94; 1996; 2001-09) 17 Wed. NCAA First Round TBA Vs. BIG EAST teams .......................... 0-0-0 Best NCAA Finish ...................... Quarterfinals (2006 & 2007) (Campus Sites) In overtime ...................................... 0-0-1 21 Tue. NCAA Second Round TBA Head Coach .............................. Bobby Clark Play during the day .......................... 1-0-0 (Campus Sites) ................................................ (Jordanhill College ’67) Play at night .................................... 1-1-1 28 Sun. NCAA Third Round TBA Record at Notre Dame .............. 119-54-27 (.663)/10th season Vs. a team ranked 1-5 .................... 0-1-0 (Campus Sites) Career Record .......................... 272-117-52 (.676)/24th season Vs. a team ranked 6-10 .................. 0-0-0 DECEMBER Assistant Coach ........................ BJ Craig (third season) Vs. a team ranked 11-15 ................ 0-0-0 ................................................ (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 .................................... 2-0-0 (Santa Barbara, Calif.) Conference ................................ BIG EAST Opponent scores first ...................... 0-1-0 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 .......................... 0-1-0 Tied at halftime .............................. 1-0-1 2009 Overall Record .................. 11-8-4 Outshooting opponent .................... 2-1-1 home games in BOLD CAPS 2009 BIG EAST ^ — National Soccer Festival (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Record (Finish) .......................... 8-3-0 (2nd Blue Division) When being out shot ...................... 0-0-0 ! — adidas/IU Credit Union Classic 2009 NCAA Tournament .......... Lost at Northwestern in In games decided by ... One goal .......................................... 0-1-0 * — BIG EAST Conference game ................................................ second round, 3-1 Starters Returning/Lost from ‘09 .................................. 5/7 Two goals ........................................ 1-0-0 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 … Jeb Brovsky and Steven Perry also netted goals Probable Starters for Notre Dame … Andrew Quinn played 83:22 THE MICHIGAN SERIES and made three saves in goal for the Irish, while Notre Dame Leads Series 7-1-1 Pos. # Name (Yr.) G-A-P Philip Tuttle played the remainder of the match … F 11 Steven Perry (Sr.) 2-0-4 H: 6-0-1, A: 1-1-0, N: 0-0-0 F 5 Jeb Brovsky (Sr.) 0-1-1 Michigan’s Chris Blais was in goal for all 90 min - Date Site Result LM 17 Brendan King (Jr.) 1-1-3 utes and made six saves. 9/30/77 Notre Dame, IN W, 4-2 CM 8 Dillon Powers (So.) 1-2-4 9/22/78 Notre Dame, IN W, 2-1 CM 10 Chris Sutton (Jr.) 0-0-0 SERIES HISTORY VERSUS MICHIGAN STATE … 9/14/86 Notre Dame, IN W, 3-2 RM 23 Michael Rose (Jr.) 0-1-1 The Fighting Irish and Spartans will be meeting for 11/30/03 Notre Dame, IN* T, 1-1 LB 6 Greg Klazura (Sr.) 1-0-2 the 20th time when they square off on Sunday ... 10/13/04 Notre Dame, IN W, 3-0 CD 20 Grant Van De Casteele (So.) 1-0-2 Notre Dame holds a 10-4-5 advantage in the 10/4/06 Ann Arbor, MI W, 2-0 CD 2 Aaron Maund (Jr.) 1-0-2 series … the Spartans topped the Irish 2-1 last 10/3/07 Notre Dame, IN W, 3-0 RB 3 Bilal Duckett (Sr.) 0-0-0 10/1/08 Ypsilanti, MI L, 1-3 GK 13 Will Walsh (Jr.) 0.47 GAA season in East Lansing, Mich. … Michigan State is 9/1/09 Notre Dame, IN W, 5-0 .889 SV% 0-9-1 all-time at Notre Dame … the Irish won the 2-1-1; 2 SO last contest against the Spartans at Notre Dame * - NCAA Tournament Round of 16 (3-0 in 2008) … the first meeting between the two er Will Walsh has played every minute in goal schools occurred in 1978, a 2-2 tie in East Lansing THE MICHIGAN STATE SERIES and boasts a 0.47 goals-against average and a ... Notre Dame has out scored Michigan State 33- .889 save percentage to go along with two 15 in the series ... five of the contests have gone Notre Dame leads 10-4-5 H: 9-0-1, A: 1-4-4, N: 0-0-0 shutouts … head coach Bobby Clark is in his 10th to overtime, all of them resulting in a tie. Date Site Result season with the Irish ... he has a 119-54-27 (.663) 10/7/78 East Lansing, MI (ot) T, 2-2 record during his Notre Dame tenure … this is SCOUTING THE SPARTANS … 10/19/79 Notre Dame, IN W, 2-0 Michigan State will bring a 3-1-0 record into its Clark’s 24th season as a college head coach … he 10/2/81 Notre Dame, IN W, 4-1 has a combined record of 272-117-52 (.676) dur - game against Marquette on Friday … the Spartans 9/14/84 East Lansing, MI (ot) T, 2-2 ing his career, which included stops at Dartmouth have posted wins over Maryland (4-3 in OT), 9/20/85 Notre Dame, IN (ot) T, 1-1 and Stanford. Providence (4-0) and Niagara (4-1) … Michigan 9/19/86 East Lansing, MI L, 0-1 State dropped a 4-0 decision to Georgetown … 9/18/87 Notre Dame, IN W, 3-1 SERIES HISTORY VERSUS MICHIGAN … the Spartan offense is averaging 3.00 goals per 9/16/88 East Lansing, MI W, 5-0 The Fighting Irish and Wolverines have squared game, while the defense is allowing 2.00 goals per 9/22/89 Notre Dame, IN W, 4-1 off nine times on the pitch, with Notre Dame game … Rubin Bega has a team-high three goals … 9/21/90 East Lansing, MI L, 0-1 holding a 7-1-1 advantage in the series ..