MIAMI – Saint Mary's Men's Soccer will use their WCC bye week to take on the nationally-ranked, Florida International Panthers this Saturday in Miami. It will be the first ever meeting between the two programs.
 
THE DETAILS
Saint Mary's (5-4-2, 0-2-0) vs. No. 23 Florida International (6-2-3, 4-0-1)
Saturday, October 14 at 4:00 pm
FIU Soccer Stadium – Miami
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LAST TIME OUT
Saint Mary's Men's Soccer equalized against San Diego in the 72nd minute last Saturday, but the Toreros would go back ahead three minutes later for a 2-1 defeat of the Gaels at Saint Mary's Stadium.
 
A loose ball would end up with Jude Zamora who shot a right-footed laser beam from 30-yards out that found the left corner of the net for his first goal of the season, tying the game at 1-1.
 
However, the Toreros would answer in the 76th minute, after an initial shot was stopped on a sprawling save by Sebastian Ramirez in his first start as a Gael. San Diego would get to the rebound and maintain possession, before Rhys Gourdie with a right-footed shot from the top of the penalty area that found the lower left corner of the net past a diving Ramirez to make it 2-1 Toreros.
 
ABOUT FIU
The Panthers won the American Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championships in their first year in the conference, and then advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament last year before being eliminated by No. 3 Duke 1-0.
 
They were voted to repeat as AAC Champs in the conference's preseason poll, with Yushi Nagao and Bernardo Dos Santos Monteiro earning preseason All-Conference honors.
 
Nagao was the Panthers' assist leader in 2022, registering a career-high six. He logged 1,168 minutes last season and scored three goals, also a career high. For his efforts Nagao was named First Team All-Conference.
 
Dos Santos Monteiro finished the 2022 season with 15 points, the second most on the team. He netted six goals and added three assists after seeing action in all 20 matches last season, earning Second Team All-Conference honors.
 
Eduardo Mustre leads the team in goals this season with seven, to go along with one assist to give him 15 points on the year. Goalkeeper Tyler Hogan has a 0.96 GAA with 21 saves on the season for a 5-1-3 record.
 
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