CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The Virginia’ mens soccer team (2-2-3, 0-1-2 ACC) is set to host No. 2 Stanford (7-1-1, 2-0-1 ACC) on Friday night (Sept. 27) at Klöckner Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. on The ACC Network.
How to Follow
Friday’s match against Stanford will air on The ACC Network which is available on WatchESPN.com and the ESPN app for customers who have the ACC Network as part of their TV subscription. Links to both the broadcast and live stats are available at VirginiaSports.com. Fans can also get updates by following the program’s official Twitter account (@UVAMenSoccer).
The Series with Stanford
- This matchup will mark just the fourth meeting between all-time between Virginia and Stanford. The Cavaliers trail the series with a record of 1-2 against the Cardinal.
- This will mark just the second meeting between the schools at Klöckner Stadium — the last time the teams met at Klöckner marked the final game of Associate Head Coach Matt Chulis’ playing career at UVA.
- Each of the last two meetings between the schools have taken place in the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship.
Facing No. 2 in the Nation
- The Cardinal will arrive at Klöckner Stadium as the No. 2 team in the nation. Virginia is 20-21-11 all-time in games against teams ranked in the top-two. UVA is 12-13-6 when facing specifically the No. 2 team in the national poll.
- A win for Virginia would mark just the third in program history when facing a top-two team while being unranked themselves. The Cavaliers are 2-9-0 in such situations.
- The last time UVA faced off with the No. 2 team in the nation was in 2022 — a scoreless draw with Duke at Klöckner Stadium.
Early Autumn Streaks…
- Both of the previous two seasons featured lengthy unbeaten runs that were kickstarted in late September and early October.
- In 2022, Virginia started the season with a 4-3-0 record through its first seven games.
- The Cavalier season would later feature an eight-game unbeaten run (3-0-5) that started on Oct. 7—Virginia played six top-25 teams over that stretch.
- Virginia went on to earn the No. 4 overall seed in the 2022 NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship.
- In 2023, the Cavaliers started 4-3-1 in their first eight games.
- Virginia tore off a 10-game unbeaten run (7-0-3) that started on Sept. 26.
- The Cavaliers would earn the No. 7 overall seed in the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship.
The Virginia Standard
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