Cardinal Visits Lone Star State – Stanford Cardinal

MATCH NOTABLES

Saturday’s clash with SMU will be the first true road match against the Mustangs in program history … the Cardinal is outscoring SMU 12-3 in the previous five matches with SMU … all three Cardinal victories have been shutouts

QUICK PASSES

• Stanford, ranked No. 2 in the nation to start the year, enters the week ranked No. 9 in the United Soccer Coaches and TopDrawerSoccer polls … spent three consecutive weeks ranked No. 1 in the United Soccer Coaches poll starting on September 2 after reaching the College Cup Final and closing the season ranked second in the nation a year ago … the top ranking was the first for Stanford since finishing the 2019 season as the national champion
• Stanford’s .333 goals against average is second in the ACC and fourth nationally
• The loss to Florida State in the 2023 national championship match snapped a string of 36 consecutive unbeaten matches (30-0-6), and Stanford is now unbeaten in 47 of its last 49
• The Cardinal owns a 117-5-10 record at Cagan Stadium since the start of the 2014 season and is unbeaten in its last 34 straight home matches (32-0-2)
• Stanford has posted a shutout in eight of its first 12 matches of the season and has managed a clean sheet in 28 of its last 45 contests overall … .667 shutout percentage ranks third in the ACC and 10th in the nation … is 6-1-0 in matches decided by one goal this season, including having posted five 1-0 shutouts
• The Cardinal went 4-0 in the month of August – outscoring opponents 8-1 – and 6-1-1 in September while holding a 10-3 advantage in scoring
• The Cardinal has won two of the last seven College Cups – most recently capturing the title in 2019
• Stanford made its 11th appearance in the College Cup, and its sixth appearance in the College Cup Final, last year … is 3-3 in national championship matches
• With a 1-0 victory at San Francisco to start the season, Stanford extended its unbeaten streak to 18 straight matches in season openers (17-0-1) and has posted 10 shutouts over the string … the victory marked the fourth consecutive campaign that Stanford opened the year with a shutout (2-0 at Cal Poly in 2021, 5-0 vs. Sacramento State in 2022 and 4-0 vs. San Diego in 2023)
• Jasmine Aikey was named ACC co-Defensive Player of the Week on September 17 … is a preseason All-ACC selection and earned a spot on the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List … TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Best XI first team and tabbed the No. 3 player on TopDrawerSoccer’s Preseason Top 100…