Friday, September 23
Louisville, Ky.
8:00 PM
University of Louisville
vs
Pitt
Photo by: Adam Creech | Louisville Athletics
Cards Host No. 8 Pitt Friday in Top-25 Showdown
September 22, 2022 | Men's Soccer
Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET at Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The 25th-ranked University of Louisville men's soccer team returns home after two away matches to take on No. 8 Pitt on Friday night at Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET and the match will be televised on the ACC Network.
FRIDAY PARKING
Friday night's men's soccer match will kick off at the same time as the St. X-Trinity football game at Cardinal Stadium. Parking for the match will be available for free on a first come, first serve basis in Sun Tan City Bronze Lots F and G entering through Lot G on the Floyd Street side of Cardinal Stadium. Once those lots have reached capacity, parking will be available in Planet Fitness Purple Lot A.
ABOUT THE CARDINALS
Louisville got back in the win column on Monday night with a 1-0 victory at Florida Gulf Coast. Aboubacar Camara tallied his second goal of the season in the 54th minute and Ryan Troutman recorded a shutout in goal in his first action in a Louisville uniform.
Friday's showdown with Pitt will be the fourth match this season for the Cardinals against a team ranked inside the top 10. Louisville defeated No. 10 Saint Louis 3-1 in the season opener before one-goal losses to No. 5 Kentucky and No. 7 Duke.
SERIES HISTORY
Louisville is 5-1-0 all-time against Pitt heading into Friday's match. The Cardinals won the first five meetings between the two programs, but the Panthers were victorious in the most recent meeting, a 4-1 Pitt victory in October of 2020.
CAMARA CLIMBING THE ALL-TIME GOALS CHART
Junior forward Aboubacar Camara has been one of the country's best goal scorers throughout his collegiate career.
Camara entered the 2022 campaign as the top returning goal scorer from last season among Power Five schools and his 66th minute strike in the season opener against Saint Louis moved him into a tie for 10th all-time in goals at Louisville.
The junior forward struck again in the win at Florida Gulf Coast and is now tied with Tim Kubel (2014-17) for ninth on Louisville's career scoring list. His next tally will tie him with Brian Whitman (1980-82) for eighth.
CARDS SHOWING OFF ROSTER DEPTH
John Michael Hayden spoke many times in the preseason about his team's depth entering 2022 and the Cardinals have displayed it as we approach the halfway point.
Fifteen different players have started a match for the Cards and six of Louisville's 13 goals this season have come from players that did not start the contest.
Hayden and the Cardinals have the potential to show off even more depth moving forward after seeing the 2022 debuts of Ugochukwu Achara and Patrick Ajdukiewicz at Florida Gulf Coast. Achara tallied three goals last season and was an All-Big Ten selection previously at Northwestern, while Ajdukiewicz started 14 matches as a freshman last fall.
LOUISVILLE FRESHMEN MAKING EARLY IMPACT IN 2022
John Michael Hayden and the Louisville coaching staff added another top 25 recruiting class this summer. The group included eight freshmen, several of which have already seen extensive playing time through three matches.
The quartet of Damien Barker John, Quinton Elliot, Filip Fredhall and Konstantinos Georgallides have combined to make 21 starts through seven matches.
Georgallides is the team leader with six points, while Barker John is tied for fourth with four. Georgallides had a strong night against Seattle, scoring the tying goal and later assisting on the game-winner.
LOUISVILLE SPREADING THE WEALTH OFFENSIVELY
The Cardinals have found the net 13 times through the first seven matches and the offensive output has come from a multitude of players.
Through seven matches, nine different Cardinals have scored and 13 have recorded either a goal or an assist.
Seventeen different Cardinals registered at least one point during the 2021 season.
FOLLOW LOUISVILLE MEN'S SOCCER ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Fans can follow Louisville men's soccer on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram at @LouisvilleMSOC.
FRIDAY PARKING
Friday night's men's soccer match will kick off at the same time as the St. X-Trinity football game at Cardinal Stadium. Parking for the match will be available for free on a first come, first serve basis in Sun Tan City Bronze Lots F and G entering through Lot G on the Floyd Street side of Cardinal Stadium. Once those lots have reached capacity, parking will be available in Planet Fitness Purple Lot A.
ABOUT THE CARDINALS
Louisville got back in the win column on Monday night with a 1-0 victory at Florida Gulf Coast. Aboubacar Camara tallied his second goal of the season in the 54th minute and Ryan Troutman recorded a shutout in goal in his first action in a Louisville uniform.
Friday's showdown with Pitt will be the fourth match this season for the Cardinals against a team ranked inside the top 10. Louisville defeated No. 10 Saint Louis 3-1 in the season opener before one-goal losses to No. 5 Kentucky and No. 7 Duke.
SERIES HISTORY
Louisville is 5-1-0 all-time against Pitt heading into Friday's match. The Cardinals won the first five meetings between the two programs, but the Panthers were victorious in the most recent meeting, a 4-1 Pitt victory in October of 2020.
CAMARA CLIMBING THE ALL-TIME GOALS CHART
Junior forward Aboubacar Camara has been one of the country's best goal scorers throughout his collegiate career.
Camara entered the 2022 campaign as the top returning goal scorer from last season among Power Five schools and his 66th minute strike in the season opener against Saint Louis moved him into a tie for 10th all-time in goals at Louisville.
The junior forward struck again in the win at Florida Gulf Coast and is now tied with Tim Kubel (2014-17) for ninth on Louisville's career scoring list. His next tally will tie him with Brian Whitman (1980-82) for eighth.
CARDS SHOWING OFF ROSTER DEPTH
John Michael Hayden spoke many times in the preseason about his team's depth entering 2022 and the Cardinals have displayed it as we approach the halfway point.
Fifteen different players have started a match for the Cards and six of Louisville's 13 goals this season have come from players that did not start the contest.
Hayden and the Cardinals have the potential to show off even more depth moving forward after seeing the 2022 debuts of Ugochukwu Achara and Patrick Ajdukiewicz at Florida Gulf Coast. Achara tallied three goals last season and was an All-Big Ten selection previously at Northwestern, while Ajdukiewicz started 14 matches as a freshman last fall.
LOUISVILLE FRESHMEN MAKING EARLY IMPACT IN 2022
John Michael Hayden and the Louisville coaching staff added another top 25 recruiting class this summer. The group included eight freshmen, several of which have already seen extensive playing time through three matches.
The quartet of Damien Barker John, Quinton Elliot, Filip Fredhall and Konstantinos Georgallides have combined to make 21 starts through seven matches.
Georgallides is the team leader with six points, while Barker John is tied for fourth with four. Georgallides had a strong night against Seattle, scoring the tying goal and later assisting on the game-winner.
LOUISVILLE SPREADING THE WEALTH OFFENSIVELY
The Cardinals have found the net 13 times through the first seven matches and the offensive output has come from a multitude of players.
Through seven matches, nine different Cardinals have scored and 13 have recorded either a goal or an assist.
Seventeen different Cardinals registered at least one point during the 2021 season.
FOLLOW LOUISVILLE MEN'S SOCCER ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Fans can follow Louisville men's soccer on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram at @LouisvilleMSOC.
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