Men's Soccer Travels to Drexel

Monday, September 2

Philadelphia, Pa.

6:00 PM (ET)

Rutgers University

Drexel

Photo by: Ben Solomon/Rutgers Athletics

Sep 01 | Men's Soccer

Scarlet Knights & Dragons Kickoff at 6 p.m. on Monday

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Rutgers men's soccer team is back in Philadelphia on Monday to take on Drexel at 6 p.m. at Vidas Fied.

RUTGERS QUICK KICKS

The Rutgers men's soccer team opened the 2019 season with a 1-0 victory at Temple on Thursday night.
Freshman Jørgen Wisth Lie coverted a PK against the Owls in the 51st minute for the only score of the game after freshman Chris Tiao was taken down inside the box.
Lie's goal was not only the Norway native's first collegiate goal and game-winner, but marked the first game-winning goal by a Scarlet Knight freshman in a season opener since 2014.
Freshman Oren Asher logged his first career clean sheet with five saves in his Scarlet Knight debut.
The Scarlet Knights improved to 39-30-10 all-time in season openers.
It was the first Rutgers season opening win since 2015 in a 4-2 win over Siena at Yurcak Field and the first season opening shutout since 2014 in a 1-0 victory over UMKC at home.
Six newcomers appeared in the staring XI – Oren Asher, Hugo Le Guennec, Jørgen Wisth Lie, Jackson Temple, Chris Tiao and Randy Arronis.
Also making first career appearances were Keegan Vedder, Valentino Ambrosio and Anthony O'Donnell.
The full season preview can be found here.

SCOUTING DREXEL

Drexel opened up the 2019 season on Friday night with a 2-1 overtime setback at Binghamton.
Sophomore forward Chris Donovan put the the Dragons up 1-0 only 28 seconds into the second half, but the Bearcats tied up the game in the 79th minute and put away the game-winner four minutes into overtime.
Last season the Dragons went 9-5-3 ,including a 5-3-1 mark at Vidas Field and welcome back nine starters.
Donovan, who scored Drexel's lone goal on Friday, was tabbed to the CAA Preseason Season.
Appearing in all 17 games for the Dragons as a freshman with 15 starts, Donovan was named to the CAA All-Rookie Team in 2018 and finished third on the team with nine points (3G, 3A).
Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Stephen Kopsachilis got the start in net for the Dragons at Binghamton making eight saves.
Last season, Kopsachilis held down a 1.01 goals against average in 14 appearances, including six shutouts.

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