Men's Soccer Set for Meeting with Tulsa

Friday, September 2

Tulsa, OK

7:00 PM

Kansas City

Tulsa

Photo by: Ryan Weaver Photography

Men's Soccer Set for Meeting with Tulsa

9/1/2022 3:16:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Full Notes

The Roos and Golden Hurricane will match up on Friday at 7 p.m.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - After splitting the opening week of the season against a pair of Missouri Valley teams, Kansas City travels to Tulsa for its first road game against a program the KC roster knows well.

Kansas City Notes

Head Coach Ryan Pore is a Golden Hurricane legend, twice earning All-American status while playing for Tulsa from 2002-04. Pore also coached at Tulsa from 2013-19.
In addition, keeper Cooper Clark and forward Noah Gonsalves are both transfers from the Golden Hurricane. However, after drawing a red card in the Roos' win over Bradley, Gosalves will be suspended for Thursday's match.
Kazuki Kimura and Christian Koffi have each taken five shots in the Roos' first two games, with each placing two on goal. Kimura scored the game-winner in KC's defeat of Bradley.
Shfeo Lar has taken just one shot on the year, but made it worth his while, scoring his second-career goal against the Braves.
On average, the Roos are out-shooting opponents 12.5-10.5 on the year.
Of Kansas City's 18 newcomers on roster this year, nine have seen the field so far. Leading the bunch is Bryson Gosch with 168 minutes played.
After posting a .747 save percentage en route to winning Summit League Goalkeeper of the Year honors for the second-straight season, Clark has opened up the 2022 season by making five saves on eight shots on goal faced.

Tulsa Notes

The Golden Hurricane officially enter Thursday's match with a 1-0-0 record, but were trailing Wisconsin 3-0 on Sunday before lightning struck in the 69th minute and the game was declared a no contest.
In Tulsa's season-opening win over Marquette, three different players found the score sheet.
The Roos and Golden Hurricane have met 15 times in the past. Kansas City's lone win came in 1995, a 2-1 win in Kansas City. The teams have tied twice, in 2005 and 2013.
Tulsa is one of 40 teams in Division One that have yet to lose or tie in a match.