Men’s Soccer Blanked by UCF

Saturday, September 17

Philadelphia, PA

7:00 PM

Temple University

2-3-2, 0-1-0

UCF

4-1-0, 1-0-0

UCF

Temple

Photo by: Zamani Feelings

Men’s Soccer Blanked by UCF

9.17.22 | Men's Soccer

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA – The Temple men's soccer team (2-3-2, 0-1-0 AAC) fell to the UCF Knights (4-1-0, 1-0-0 AAC) 4-0 Saturday night. This was the conference opener for both teams.

How it Happened
> In the first minute of the match, Temple scored on a run to the goal, but it was called back on an offsides.
> UCF scored the first tally shortly after a save from Temple keeper Micah Ramirez.
> In the 26^th minute, Chaim Roserie fired a shot on goal that was saved by UCF. The Knights scored their second less than a minute later.
> The Owls came out firing in the second frame, with Ferran Vera Filella ringing a shot off the post after beating the keeper and Mike Eijgendaal having a shot go wide leading to a corner.
> Neither side had a shot on target from the 48^th to the 84^th minute.
> The Knights scored twice in the final 10 minutes to put the final tally at UCF 4, Temple 0.

Game Notes
> Sophomore Daniel Moya made his first career start.
> Xavier Rimpel saw his first action of the season.
> Three yellow cards were issued in this match. Two were pulled on UCF and one on Temple.

From the Coach
> "We learned lessons from this game. Our group will always try to get the game back. I like the fight from our group."-- head coach Brian Rowland.

Up Next
> The Owls hit the road for the first time in nearly a month as they travel to Tampa face the USF Bulls. The 7 p.m. match will be streamed on ESPN+.