Cardinals Head to Clemson for ACC Championship First Round

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville men's soccer team starts postseason play on Wednesday night at Clemson in the opening round of the ACC Championship. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. ET and will be televised on the ACC Network.

ABOUT THE CARDINALS
Louisville finished off the regular season with a 3-2 loss against No. 20 SMU on Friday night. Michael Lee and Gage Guerra each scored for the Cardinals.

LOUISVILLE IN THE ACC CHAMPIONSHIP
The Cardinals are 9-6-2 in 17 all-time matches in the ACC Championship, including a 5-3-0 mark on the road.

Louisville reached the ACC Championship semifinals last season after road victories at Pitt and Notre Dame. The Cardinals run ended at Clemson, where they will open play Wednesday.

SERIES HISTORY
Louisville is 4-8-1 all-time against Clemson. The Cardinals lost 3-2 in October against the Tigers, giving Clemson three straight wins in the series. Louisville is 0-2-0 versus Clemson in ACC Championship play and 1-5-0 all-time at Clemson.

NOTING THE CARDINALS

Louisville is 5-3-2 when it scores multiple goals
The Cardinals are 5-1-2 when scoring the opening goal
Louisville is 4-1-1 when has the lead at halftime
When the Cards have more shots on goal than their opponent, they are 5-1-0
Louisville has started 19 different players this season
JP Jordan is the only player to start all 16 matches this season
Sixteen different Cardinals have at least one point
Fourteen different Cardinals have scored a goal this season

HELPERS COMING FROM ALL OVER THE PITCH FOR CARDS
The Cardinals netted 31 goals in 16 regular season matches, ranking seventh in the ACC in both total goals and goals per match.

Louisville tallied 32 assists on the 31 goals, and the help has been coming from all areas of the pitch. Thirteen different Cardinals have at least one assist on the season. Ten players have multiple assists, and seven have three or more.

Leon Kondic currently leads the team with five assists on the season, aiming to become the first freshman to lead Louisville in assists since Tim Kubel tied for the team lead in 2014.

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Cardinals Head to Clemson for ACC Championship First Round

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Players Mentioned

Gage Guerra

JP Jordan

Leon Kondic

Michael Lee

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