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DATE: October 1, 2019 | 4 p.m.
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LOCATION: Kathy Zolad Stadium | West Haven, Conn. |
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WEST HAVEN, Conn. – The New Haven men's soccer team will return to the friendly confines of Kathy Zolad Stadium this Tuesday afternoon when they host Saint Rose at 4 p.m. The Chargers will look to regroup after a pair of tough one-goal losses last week.
INSIDE THE SERIES
New Haven is 3-9 all-time against the Golden Knights and have dropped seven straight in the series. New Haven's last win came back in 2011 at home.
SCOUTING THE CHARGERS (2-4-0, 0-3-0 NE10)
New Haven returns home for the first time since opening the season with a four-game homestand, during which they went 2-2. While on the road, the Chargers used a late rally to pull within one goal in the final minute, before ultimately falling 4-3 at No. 1 Adelphi on Wednesday. Junior
Sean Skeens (Auckland, New Zealand) scored a pair of second half goals off headers to get the team within one.
On Saturday, New Haven suffered a tough 3-2 overtime defeat at Saint Anselm. The Chargers outshot their opponents in both road defeats last week.
Estanislao Desseno (Buenos Aires, Argentina/Saint Patrick College) tallied two of his team-leading four assists last week at Adelphi. Desseno's four assists also put him in a four-way tie for the conference lead.
Francisco Guedes (Lisbon, Portugal/Maristas de Carcavelos) tallied his first points of the season with a goal and an assist at Saint Anselm. Senior Nate Puduzzi leads the team with four goal and eight points, including a two-goal effort in a 3-0 win over Nyack on Sept. 17.
New Haven has had a good amount of success off set pieces so far this season, scoring five goals in their first five games off corner and free kicks.
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS (5-2-0, 1-1-0 NE10)
New Haven and Saint Rose have one common opponent thus far in 2019, each falling by scores of 2-1 to Molloy. Saint Rose is coming off a 2-0 loss over the weekend at Franklin Pierce, and opened NE10 play last week with a 4-0 win vs. Southern Connecticut.
Goalkeeper Ryan Henning leads the NE10 with an .848 save percentage with 38 saves through the first seven games. Hilmar Halldorsson leads the squad with three goals and seven points, while Oskar Aastroem and Andrew Lule each have a pair of goals. Eight different players all have one assist. Saint Rose is averaging 1.86 goals per game this season, slightly less than the 2.00 goals per game average of the Chargers.
ON DECK
Next up, the Chargers will battle Stonehill on the road on Saturday at 11 a.m.
