Notes: No. 18 Kansas City Hosts No. 24 Missouri State in Home Opener

Monday, August 25

Kansas City, Mo.

7:30 PM

Kansas City

Missouri State

Photo by: Justin Kaplan

8/22/2025 5:18:00 PM | Men's Soccer

The Roos and Bears will kick off at 7:30 on Monday

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Kansas City Notes

No. 18 Kansas City Men's Soccer brings things to Durwood Soccer Stadium for the first time this year, hosting No. 24 Missouri State in a rematch of last season's NCAA Tournament Second Round game that saw the Roos advance, 2-1.
Coming off a season-opening draw against No. 5 SMU, the Roos will look for results against ranked opponents in back-to-back games for the first time in program history. Kansas City has played two-straight games against top-25 teams just three times previously (2015, 2021 and 2024).
Tallying two goals against the Mustangs, KC matched the program's most goals in the first game of the year since scoring three in a win over Central Arkansas in 2017. The Roos also tallied a pair of goals against No. 15 Virginia Tech in a season-opening draw on Aug. 26, 2021.
Kansas City will look to take down the Bears and earn a win in its home opener for the first time since the 2020 season, when the Roos defeated Omaha, 3-1 on Feb. 22, 2021.
Making his Kansas City debut, Mariano Beunza scored the season-opening goal, making it the sixth-straight year that KC's first score of the season came from a first-year Roo.

Missouri State Notes

Missouri State enters the match up with the No. 24 ranking and a 1-0 record after a 4-1 win over SeattleU on Thursday.
The Bears were 12-4-2 last season, going undefeated in Missouri Valley play and earning the #15 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Fumiya Shiraishi led the Bears in their season-opening win, scoring all four of MSU's goals.
The Roos and Bears have met 32 times in the past, with Missouri State playing to a 24-6-2 all-time advantage. However, KC won both meetings last season.
These teams met in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, a 2-1 Roo win with goals scored by Sora Shibata and Ales Kohoutek.