Men's Soccer at Home for Two-Straight

Saturday, October 16

Kansas City, Mo.

7:00 PM

Kansas City

Eastern Illinois

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Men's Soccer at Home for Two-Straight

10/15/2021 2:39:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Full Game Notes

Kansas City hosts Eastern Illinois tomorrow at 7 p.m. and will welcome Western Illinois to town next week

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City Men's Soccer returns home after two weeks on the road, hosting Eastern Illinois tomorrow at 7 p.m. before welcoming Western Illinois on Oct. 23 at 7 p.m.

Kansas City Notes

The Roos come home to Durwood Soccer Stadium for just their second and third home matches of the season, still in search of their first Summit League victory.
In the first RPI rankings of the season, the Roos took the 120th ranking. That is the third-highest RPI in the Summit League and they are the highest-rated one-win team.
Kansas City has taken on five nationally-ranked opponents this year, the most in program history. KC fell to James Madison, Marquette, Saint Louis and Missouri State and earned a tie with Virginia Tech.
With an average of 5.6 saves per game, Cooper Clark is tops in the Summit League and sixth nationwide.
Vlad Jokic is the Roos' leading goal-scorer on the year, netting two goals thus far. His most recent goal came against Oral Roberts and helped KC earn a point against the Golden Eagles.
The Roos have scored more than one goal just once this season, a 2-2 draw with Virginia Tech.

Eastern Illinois Notes

The Panthers, led by second-year Head Coach Ronnie Bouemboue, enter the matchup coming off a 5-0 loss to Louisville.
EIU's lone win on the season came against St. Thomas, a 1-0 victory directly after tying with Green Bay.
No Panthers have scored more than one goal on the year. Davi Girardi is the leading point-scorer, logging three on the year.

Western Illinois Notes

Western Illinois is currently still searching for its first win of the season, and will take on St. Thomas and Bradley before coming to Kansas City.
Four of the Leathernecks' 11 losses have come by a margin of just one goal, including both of their Summit League losses against Denver and Oral Roberts.
WIU has scored three goals on the season, with Jesse Agyekum, Daisuke Otsuka and Arian Mehrang all scoring one each.