Saturday, October 11
Syracuse, NY
6:30pm CT
SMU
at
Syracuse
No. 25 Mustangs Set To Take On Syracuse | Saturday 6:30pm CT
Oct 10 | Men's Soccer
#25 SMU (5-2-3, 2-0-2 ACC) at Syracuse (5-4-2, 2-2-0 ACC)
Saturday, Oct. 11 • 6:30 p.m. CT
SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, N.Y. • ACCNX
Watch • Live Stats • Match Notes • SMU Mobile App
Saturday, Oct. 11 • 6:30 p.m. CT
SU Soccer Stadium • Syracuse, N.Y. • ACCNX
Watch • Live Stats • Match Notes • SMU Mobile App
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (SMU) – SMU Men's Soccer is set to visit Syracuse to resume Atlantic Coast Conference play on Saturday.
The match will kick off at 7:30 pm CT at SU Soccer Stadium and will be aired on ACCNX.
Mustangs vs. Orange History
- This match will be the first meeting between SMU and Syracuse.
- Milton Lopez is SMU's top scorer with six goals this season. He is currently tied for fourth in the ACC top scorers list.
- Villads Landsperg has played the most minutes for SMU this season with 895 minutes in 10 matches. He's only missed five game minutes all season.
- The last new opponent SMU faced was No. 13 Virginia Tech (Sep. 20, 2024) when the Mustangs won 2-0 at home.
- Stephan Soghomonian was named ACC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 7.
- He became the first Mustang to score a hat trick after almost two years.
- The previous Mustang to score a hat trick was Jelldrik Dallmann against Temple on Nov. 9, 2023
- He scored his hat trick against Cal from the bench with only 44 minutes of play time.
- Slade Starnes was named ACC Defensive Player of the Week on Sep. 30.
- He captained the Mustangs' defensive line to their second clean sheet win of the season at No. 21 Notre Dame.
- He and the Mustangs' backline have contained opponents to an average of only 7.90 shot attempts per game. Limiting three teams (Cal, LMU and Oral Roberts) to under five shot attempts.
- Milton Lopez and Mukisa Emmanuel lead SMU's frontline with six and five goals, respectively.
- The two strikers have started together in the last four matches and a total of six matches this season.
- Lopez leads the Mustangs in goal contributions with seven (six goals and two assists), including three game-winning goals.
- Either Lopez or Emmanuel has scored in nine out of the 10Â matches this season.
- Lopez and Emmanuel both have scored a brace this season.
- Villads Landsperg has only missed five minutes on the pitch for the Mustangs this season.
- Played 895 minutes in 10 matches.
- He and the Mustangs' backline have contained opponents to an average of only 7.90 shot attempts per game. Limiting three teams (Cal, LMU and Oral Roberts) to under five shot attempts.
- Syracuse is currently eighth in the ACC standings with six points.
- They are coming off a 1-0 win against Boston College.
- The Orange's offense is led by striker Carlos Zambrano who has collected three goals this season.
- Tomas Hut has started between the goalposts for all of Syracuse's 11 matches this season. He has made 29 saves and earned six clean sheets.
- This is SMU's first home ACC win of the season.
- The Mustangs currently sit at fourth in the ACC standings with eight points.
- The Mustangs improved their all-time record against Cal to 6-1-1. This is the first time SMU has won with more than one goal over the Golden Bears.
- The 4-0 win is the Mustangs' highest-scoring win since they beat Central Arkansas 5-0 on Aug. 28, 2023.
- Stephan Soghomonian became the first Mustang to score a hat trick since Jelldrik Dallmann against Temple (Nov. 9, 2023).
- Soghomonian now has four goals this season.
- Milton Lopez scored his third game-winner of the season. He has scored three goals in the last two games.
- SMU's backline earned its third shutout of the season. Goalkeeper Martin Dominguez registered his second clean sheet of 2025.
- Daniel Escorcia made his fourth assist of the season, leading the Mustangs in that category.
- Luis Flores got his second assist for SMU.
- Jaylinn Mitchell made his third assist of the season.
- The last time SMU led by two goals at halftime was last season at Louisville (Nov. 1), when they won 3-2 in the 2024 regular season finale.
- Washburne Stadium will be an official training ground for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
- SMU is back on the rankings at No. 25.
- Five ACC teams were ranked in the last rankings and two others received votes.
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