Cardinals and Norse Set to Meet for First Time in Over Three Decades

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - For the first time in over three decades, the University of Louisville men's soccer team will take on the Northern Kentucky Norse, when the two teams take to the pitch Tuesday, October 15 for a 7:00 p.m. match at Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium.

Gameday Information
When: October 15 | 7:00 p.m.
Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Venue: Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium (5,300)
Live Stats: Louisville Sidearm Live Stats
Live Video: ACC Network Extra; Matthew Schumacker (pxp), Matt Banker (analyst)
Series History: NKU leads 6-3
Last Meeting: Louisville 2, Northern Kentucky 1 | October 29, 1988 | Louisville, Ky.

Louisville Cardinals 5-4-2, 1-3-1 ACC
Last Game: L, 4-0 at #11 Clemson (Oct. 1)
Coach: John Michael Hayden | 1st Season
Goals Leader: Cherif Dieye | 5
Assists Leader: Three tied | 2
Points Leader: Cherif Dieye | 12
Shots Leader: Cherif Dieye | 45
Saves Leader: Jake Gelnovatch | 32

Northern Kentucky Norse 4-6-1, 2-3 Horizon
Last Game: L, 2-0 at Detroit Mercy (Oct. 12)
Coach: Stu Riddle | 3rd Season
Goals Leader: Alex Greive | 8
Assists Leader: Connor Probert and Justin Earle | 4
Points Leader: Alex Greive | 17
Shots Leader: Connor Probert | 41
Saves Leader: Baj Maan | 45

Opening kicks
• Northern Kentucky leads the all-time series 6-3, but the team teams have not met in over three decades. All nine meetings came during the 1980's
• The last time these two teams met resulted in a 2-1 win for the Cardinals 31 years ago.
• The Cardinals are 6-7-2 all-time on October 15, with their last game coming in 2016 in a 2-1 loss at #7 Wake Forest.
• UofL is 194-139-46 all-time at home.
• The Cardinals are 40-14-14 all-time at Lynn Stadium, including 13-7-6 against ranked foes and 5-3-1 in NCAA Championship matches.
• Junior forward Emil Elveroth was named to the watch list for the 2019 MAC Hermann Trophy, which honors the United Soccer Coaches Division I National Player of the Year.
• Louisville has advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship five times in the last nine seasons, and has made the NCAA Tournament 11 of the last 12 years.
• The 2019 roster features 27 total players with 10 international student-athletes.
• International players account for nine different nations. It does not include two players who moved to the US after being born; Diallo Irakoze (Tanzania) and Haji Abdikadir (Kenya).
• A total of 10 different states are represented in Louisville's 17 players from the US.

A long long time ago…
The Cardinals and Norse have not met on the soccer pitch since October 29, 1988, 31 years ago. A lot has changed since then…

A US Postage Stamp cost 24 cents.
A gallon of gas cost 91 cents.
Louisville was a member of the Metro Conference, which ceased to exist after 1994.
NKU was playing in Division II as a member of the GLVC.
UofL head coach John Michael Hayden hadn't started kindergarten yet…he was four years old.
NKU's head coach Stu Riddle was 12 years old.
Ronald Regan was serving the last few months of his second term as the 40th president (we're currently on #45).
Just a few days later George H. W. Bush defeated Michael Dukakis to become the 41st president.
The Berlin Wall was still standing in Berlin, Germany.
CDs out-sold vinyl records for the first time.
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers had just been released in theatres and the original Child's Play movie was released 10 days later. Other movies released in 1988 include: Beetlejuice, Twins, Rain Man, Coming to America, Bull Durham, Big, Crocodile Dundee 2, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, and Die Hard.
The US Stealth Bomber was unveiled.
The TV shows The Wonder Years and Roseanne premiered.
The Summer Olympic Games were held in Seoul, South Korea. The Soviet Union defeated Brazil 2-1 to win the gold medal in soccer. West Germany won the bronze (less than two year later West Germany ceased to exist, and soon after the Soviet Union as well).
Groovy Kind Of Love by Phil Collins was the #1 song on the Billboard chart for the second week in a row.

On This Date...October 15 (6-7-2)

1980	vs. Asbury	L, 0-2
1981	Asbury	W, 1-0
1983	at Xavier	T, 2-2
1986	Xavier	L, 2-4
1988	at Wright State	L, 0-3
1993	Virginia Tech&	W, 4-2
1994	at Virginia Tech&	W, 2-0
1995	at DePaul*	L, 0-1
2001	Drury	W, 5-0
2002	at Marquette*	L, 0-2
2003	#21 Cincinnati*	W, 2-1 (OT)
2005	at Villanova*	T, 0-0 (2OT)
2011	at #14 St. John's*	L, 0-1
2013	at Indiana	W, 3-0
2016	at #7 Wake Forest *	L, 1-2

All-Time Results vs. Northern Kentucky

09/23/1981	N	Northern Kentucky	W, 1-0	Unknown
09/29/1982	H	Northern Kentucky	W, 2-1	Louisville, KY
11/05/1982	H	Northern Kentucky	L, 1-3	Louisville, KY
09/14/1983	N	Northern Kentucky	L, 0-3	Unknown
10/24/1984	H	Northern Kentucky	L, 0-2	Louisville, KY
09/02/1985	A	Northern Kentucky	L, 2-3	Highland Heights, KY
10/22/1986	H	Northern Kentucky	L, 1-3	Louisville, KY
09/03/1987	A	Northern Kentucky	L, 1-3	Highland Heights, KY
10/29/1988	H	Northern Kentucky	W, 2-1	Louisville, KY

Overall: 3-6
Conf: 0-0
Home: 2-3
Away: 0-2
Neutral: 1-1

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Cardinals and Norse Set to Meet for First Time in Over Three Decades

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Cardinals and Norse Set to Meet for First Time in Over Three Decades

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Emil Elveroth

Jake Gelnovatch

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