Cardinals Set for First Road Trip of the Season

BOCA RATON, Fla. - For the first time in the 2019 season, the University of Louisville men's soccer team will play a road game, as the Cardinals travel to the Sunshine State to take on Florida Atlantic, Friday, September 6, at 7:30 p.m.

Louisville Cardinals 1-0-1, 0-0 ACC
Last Game: W, 3-0 vs. #9 Kentucky (Sep. 3)
Coach: John Michael Hayden | 1st Season
Goals Leader: Four tied | 1
Assists Leader: Three tied | 1
Points Leader: Emil Elveroth and Cherif Dieye | 3
Shots Leader: Cherif Dieye | 10
Saves Leader: Jake Gelnovatch | 7

Florida Atlantic Owls 1-0, 0-0 C-USA
Last Game: W, 1-0 vs. James Madison (Aug. 30)
Coach: Joey Worthen | 3rd Season
Goals Leader: Ivan Mykhailenko | 1
Assists Leader: Andres Macias | 1
Points Leader: Ivan Mykhailenko | 2
Shots Leader: Daniel Skistad and Alex Alexis | 2
Saves Leader: Hagay Jalon | 5

Gameday Information
When: September 6 | 7:30 p.m.
Where: Boca Raton, Florida
Venue: FAU Soccer Stadium (1,000)
Live Stats: FAU Live Stats
Live Video: FAU Broadcast
Series History: Louisville leads 1-0
Last Meeting: Louisville 5, Florida Atlantic 0 | October 10, 2017 | Louisville, Ky.

Opening kicks
• UofL leads the all-time series with FAU 1-0
• The last time these two teams met, Mohamed Thiaw scored a hat trick for the Cardinals, the last such time a player has scored a hat trick in a game.
• Louisville is 6-11-2 all-time in the state of Florida, winning its last three games.
• The Cards last played a game in Florida on Sept. 21, 2013 at UCF, where the Cardinals won 3-0.
• UofL is 99-184-28 all-time on the road.
• Louisville head coach John Michael Hayden earned his first career win as a head coach in the Cardinals' 3-0 win over #9 Kentucky on Tuesday.
• 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.

On This Date...September 9 (5-5-0)

1984	at Notre Dame	L, 1-3
1990	at Evansville	L, 0-3
1998	Alabama A&M	W, 2-0
2005	at Michigan	L, 0-1
2007	at Marshall	W, 4-1
2011	IUPUI	W, 2-0
2014	at Saint Louis	L, 1-0
2016	at Pittsburgh	W, 2-0
2017	#2 WAKE FOREST	L, 1-3
2018	#2 DUKE	W, 3-0

All-Time Results vs. Florida Atlantic

10/10/2017

W, 5-0

LOUISVILLE, KY

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Players Mentioned

Haji Abdikadir

Cherif Dieye

Emil Elveroth

Jake Gelnovatch

Diallo Irakoze

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