LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The 15th-ranked University of Louisville men’s soccer team hits the road for the first of back-to-back conference matches starting Friday at NC State. Kickoff has been moved up to noon ET and the match will be televised on ACC Network Extra.
ABOUT THE CARDINALS
Louisville extended its unbeaten streak to four matches with a 1-1 draw against UNC Greensboro on Tuesday at Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium. Macoumba Ba scored an early goal for the Cards, marking the sixth consecutive match in which they have scored first.
UNC Greensboro was the latest quality opponent on the Cardinals’ schedule this season. The Spartans were the first team in the receiving votes column in the most recent rankings. Louisville has played six of its nine matches against teams ranked or receiving votes.
SERIES HISTORY
Louisville and NC State will square off for the 11th time on Friday, with the series all knotted up at 4-4-2. The Cardinals have won the last two meetings, winning 2-1 last season in Louisville and 3-0 in the spring of 2021 in Raleigh. Aboubacar Camara tallied a goal in each of those victories.
CAMARA CLIMBING THE ALL-TIME GOALS CHART
Junior forward Aboubacar Camara has been one of the country’s best goal scorers throughout his collegiate career.
Camara entered the 2022 campaign as the top returning goal scorer from last season among Power Five schools and his 66th minute strike in the season opener against Saint Louis moved him into a tie for 10th all-time in goals at Louisville.
The junior forward struck again in the wins over Florida Gulf Coast and No. 8 Pitt to move into a tie for eighth on Louisville’s career scoring list with Brian Whitman (1980-82. Next up on the career scoring chart are Tate Schmitt (2015-18) and Ali Elwakhi (1980-83), who are tied for sixth with 26.
CARDS SHOWING OFF ROSTER DEPTH
John Michael Hayden spoke many times in the preseason about his team’s depth entering 2022 and the Cardinals have displayed it as we approach the halfway point.
Sixteen different players have started a match for the Cards and seven of Louisville’s 16 goals this season have come from players that did not start the contest.
Hayden and the Cardinals have the potential to show off even more depth moving forward after seeing the 2022 debuts of Ugochukwu Achara and Patrick Ajdukiewicz at…
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