NOTABLES• Friday night, a new era of Liberty soccer begins, as Kelly Find-ley takes over as head coach of the Flames. Findley begins his 14th year in his head coaching career with previous stops at N.C. State, Butler and Mars Hill.

• Liberty returns five starters and eight players who saw signif-icant minutes from last year’s 7-7-1 team. Rafael Castro, Sha-lom Dutey, Ruben Garcia, Matthew Zacyzk and Brogan Eng-bers were each part of the Flames’ starting “11” during 2018.

• The Flames added 11 newcomers to their roster for 2019, in-cluding seven transfers.

• Entering their second season of ASUN play, the Flames have been picked to finish fourth in the 2019 ASUN Presea-son Coaches Poll. Last season, Liberty posted a 2-3-1 mark in league play, placing fifth

• The Liberty men’s soccer program will begin its 45th year on Friday night. The Flames enter the contest, having won six straight season openers.

• Rivals in the Big South Conference for many years, Liberty has met Radford the most of any school in program history. Friday’s contest will be the 51st between the Flames and Highlanders.

• Liberty will face Incarnate Word in its home opener on Sunday. The Flames and Cardinals have never met on the pitch before.

• The Flames do have some continuity in its coaching ranks, as assistants Jose Gomez and A.J. Madero remain from last year’s staff. Both Liberty graduates, Gomez is in his sixth season and Madero his 10th on Liberty’s staff.

MEN’S SOCCER2019 WEEKLY NOTES @LibertySoccer

Ryan Bomberger, Senior Associate Director of Communications · Office: (434) 582-2292 · E-mail: rbomberger@liberty.edu

WEEK 1

LIBERTYFLAMES

(0-0, 0-0 ASUN)

Head Coach: Kelly FindleyOverall Record: 121-98-28 (13)Record at Liberty: 0-0

V S

SERIES HISTORY VS. RADFORD

Overall .....................................................22-20-8 Streak ............................................................... L5Liberty’s Last Win ....Oct. 30, 2012 at Radford (2-1)

Last Five Meetings:Oct. 6, 2013 .....................................L 1-2 OT (H)Oct. 4, 2014 ............................................ L 0-2 (A) Oct. 20, 2015 ..........................................L 0-3 (H)Oct. 5, 2016 ............................................ L 1-2 (A)Nov. 1, 2017 ...........................................L 2-4 (H)

SERIES HISTORY VS. INCARNATE WORD

Overall ....................................First Ever MeetingStreak ............................................................. N/ALiberty’s Last Win ..........................................N/A

AUGUST30 at Radford 7 p.m.

SEPTEMBER1 INCARNATE WORD 6 p.m.6 at Pittsburgh 7:30 p.m.10 GEORGE WASHINGTON 6 p.m.14 at George Mason 7 p.m.17 VMI 7 p.m.21 at North Florida* 7 p.m.24 at Navy 7 p.m.28 at NJIT * 1:30 p.m.

OCTOBER1 DUSQUESNE 7 p.m.5 STETSON * 1 p.m.8 at UMBC 7 p.m.12 ELON 6 p.m.19 FLORIDA GULF COAST * 2 p.m.22 USC UPSTATE 7 p.m.26 at Jacksonville* 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER2 LIPSCOMB* 7 p.m.8 ASUN Quarterfinals TBA ^10 ASUN Semifinals TBA ^16 ASUN Championship TBA ^

Home Games in BOLD CAPSAll times are listed in Eastern Time

* - ASUN Conference Game

2019 SCHEDULE

WHERE TO FOLLOWFriday at RadfordVideo ............................................ESPN+Live Stats ............................. LibertyFlames.comTwitter ............................ @LibertySoccer

Sunday vs. Incarnate WordVideo ............................................ ESPN+Live Stats ..............................LibertyFlames.comTwitter .............................@LibertySoccer

LAST TIME OUTNov. 2, 2018 - Nashville Tenn.ASUN Quarterfinal

1 2 TLiberty 0 0 0Jacksonville 0 2 2

@libertymenssoccer

RADFORDHIGHLANDERS

(0-0, 0-0 BIG SOUTH)

Head Coach: Bryheem HancockOverall Record: 10-10-4 (1)Record at Radford: Same

INCARNATE WORDCARDINALS

(0-0, 0-0 WAC)

Head Coach: Vincent MartinezOverall Record: 59-54-11 (7)Record at IWU: Same

PROJECTED STARTERS

4 WAGNER

3 DUTEY

2 SMITH

17 BURNETT

8 CASTRO

6 GARCIA

11 CLARK

5 VALDEZ

7 BARBARA

11 CLARK

14 ZACZYK

1 ENGBERS

SECOND YEAR IN ASUNLiberty enters its second year in the ASU Conference, after finishing its first season with a 2-3-1 record during league play. The Flames placed fifth in the conference standings and fell 2-0 to No. 4 seed Jacksonville in the ASUN Quar-terfinals.

LOOKING TO REPLACE OFFENSEThe Flames led the ASUN in scoring offense, last season.Liberty scored 2.13 goals per game to lead the conference. The Flames netted 32 goals and were among the top scoring teams in the country.

However, Liberty’s two top scorers from 2018, All-ASUN first teamers Kevin Mendoza and Tresor Mbuyu, have graduated and moved on to the professional ranks. Mendoza and Mbuyu scored 12 goals apiece in 2018, accounting for 75 percent of the Flames’ goals.

STARTING ALL 15Returning midfielder Ruben Garcia and forward Matthew Zaczyk joined Tresor Mbuyu as the only three Flames to start every Liberty contest, last season.

QUITE THE MARKSMENLiberty ranked 18th in the country in shot accuracy with a 48.1 shot percentage in 2018. The Flames put 6.8 shots on goal per game, 14th best in the nation.

Flames midfielder Kevin Mendoza completed the year as the NCAA Division I leader in shot accuracy. The senior put 74 percent of his shot attempts on goal in 2018.

Liberty finished the year outscoring its opponents, 32-26.

COACHES POLL1. Lipscomb (6) ......................................................47 points2. FGCU ................................................................42 points3. Jacksonville (1) ..................................................28 points4. Liberty ............................................................. 26 points5. Stetson ..............................................................22 points6. North Florida ......................................................17 points7. NJIT ...................................................................14 pointsFirst place votes in ()

Preseason Player of the Year: Shak Adams, FGCUPreseason Defensive Player of the Year: Ian McCuley, StetsonPreseason Goalkeeper of the Year: Gustavo Vasconcelos,

FGCU

2019 MEN’S SOCCER WEEKLY NOTES

GENERAL INFORMATIONSchool .......................................Liberty UniversityLocation ........................................Lynchburg, Va.Founded ....................................................... 1971Enrollment ................................................. 15,000Nickname ..................................................FlamesColors ...................................... Red, White & BlueAffiliation ..................................... NCAA Division IConference ................................................ ASUNHome Facility ............... Osborne Stadium (1,000)President ..................................... Jerry Falwell Jr.Director of Athletics ............................ Ian McCaw

COACHING STAFFHead Coach .................. Kelly Findley (First Year)Alma Mater ............................... Judson (IL), 1990Career Record...................................... 121-98-28Liberty Record ................................................. 0-0ASUN Record.................................................. 0-0Associate Head Coach..Jose Gomez (Sixth Year)Alma Mater .......................................Liberty, 2000Assistant Coach ............. A.J. Madero (10th Year)Alma Mater .......................................Liberty, 2010Director of Operations ...................Clay Copeland

TEAM 2018 Overall Record .................................... 7-7-12018 ASUN Record/Finish ................... 2-3-1/FifthStarters Returning/Lost ................................... 5/6Letterwinners Returning/Lost .......................... 8/9Newcomers ...................................................... 12ASUN Tournament Championships .................NAASUN Regular Season Championships...........NABig South Tournament Championships .............. 2Big South Regular Season Championships ....... 3

MEDIA INFORMATIONMen’s Soccer Contact .............. Ryan BombergerOffice Phone ................................(434) 582-2292Email .............................. rbomberger@liberty.eduMailing Address ...................1971 University Blvd. .........................................Lynchburg, Va., 24502Website .................................. LibertyFlames.comLiberty Men’s Soccer Twitter .......@LibertySoccerLiberty Athletics Instagram ...@libertymenssoccer

Credentials All members of the office follow the guidelines set forth by the NCAA and the ASUN Conference in governing the issuance of creden-tials. All credential requests should be submitted to the sport contacts.

E-mail Releases, game notes and advisories aree-mailed to media that cover Liberty on a regularbasis. Media wishing to be added to the e-maillist for a particular sport should contactrbomberger@liberty.edu.

QUICK FACTS NOTES

2018 ASUN FINAL STANDINGS

First Season at Liberty14th Season as Head Coach Alma Mater: Judson (IL), 1990

COACHING RECORD Year School Record2019 Liberty 0-0-02016 N.C. State 5-122015 N.C. State 8-6-32014 N.C. State 7-7-42013 N.C. State 8-5-42012 N.C. State 10-102011 N.C. State 7-11-22010 Butler 16-1-32009 Butler 14-3-22008 Butler 13-3-42007 Butler 9-7-42006 Butler 7-11-22000 Mars Hill 10-81999 Mars Hill 7-14

Career Record: Record at Liberty:

122-98-280-0

Record at N.C. State: 45-51-13Record at Butler: 59-25-1Record at Mars Hill 17-22ASUN Record: 0-0

COACHING LEDGER2019 .........................................Liberty (Head Coach)2018 ...................Davidson (Associate Head Coach)2017 .Sporting Kansas City Development Academy2011-16 ..............................N.C. State (Head Coach)2006-10 ..................................... Butlet (Head Coach)2004-05 .............. Charlotte (Associate Head Coach) 2001-03 ..........................Charlotte (Assistant Coach) 1999-2000 ........................... Mars Hill (Head Coach)1998 ..........................Miami, Ohio (Assistant Coach) 1996-97 .............Charlotte Eagles (Assistant Coach)1992 ............................Judson, Ill. (Assistant Coach)

KELLY FINDLEY

ASUN Pts. Overall Lipscomb 5-1-0 15 10-10-1FGCU 5-1-0 15 9-5-2North Florida 3-3-0 9 4-11-0Jacksonville 3-3-0 9 5-13-0Liberty 2-3-1 7 7-7-1Stetson 1-4-1 4 7-10-2NJIT 1-5-0 3 6-11-0

2019 ASUN PRESEASON COACHES POLL

2019 MEN’S SOCCER WEEKLY NOTES

2019 LIBERTY FLAMES ROSTERNO. NAME POS. CL. HGT. WGT HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL (PREVIOUS TEAM) 1 Brogan Engbers GK Jr. 5-11 160 Cumberland, Ontario, Canada/Toronto FC 2 Malik Smith D Jr. 6-0 180 Brampton, Ontario. Canada/Suzuki Seconday School (Grand Canyon) 3 Shalom Dutey D Sr. 6-2 175 Charlotte, N.C./Garringer 4 Frieder Wagner D Jr. 5-10 178 Weilheim/Teck, Germany/Wurttemberggymnasium (Tyler) 5 Sebastian Valdez MF So. 6-0 180 Queretaro, Mexico/Universidad del Futbol y Ciencias del Deporte 6 Ruben Garcia MF Sr. 5-8 160 Madrid, Spain/ IES Duque de Rivas (Universidad of Alcalá) 7 Jordan Barbara F Jr. 5-8 154 Lavardac, France/Girondins de Bordeaux (Presbyterian) 8 Rafael Castro MF Jr. 5-6 150 Durango, Mexico/Instituto Frances de la Laguna 9 Jack Worth F So. 5-11 157 Chester, N.J./ West Morris Mendham10 Musa Morris F Jr. 5-7 165 Lagos, Nigeria/Sandra Day O’Connor (Phoenix College/Grand Canyon)11 Seth Clark MF Fr. 5-8 143 Darfield, New Zealand/Middle Grange12 Rigo Rojas F Sr. 6-5 190 Chicago, Ill./Hinsdale 13 Evan Godfrey D Jr. 6-0 170 Millville, N.J./YSC Academy14 Matthew Zaczyk MF Jr. 6-0 185 Knoxville, Tenn./Christian Academy of Knoxville15 Brayden Borutskie D Fr. 6-2 178 Bradford, Ontario, Canada/Holy Trinity Catholic16 Andrew Taber D So. 5-10 160 Ottsville, Pa./YSC Academy17 Filip Burnett D Jr. 5-8 157 Germantown, Md./Poolesville (St. Francis, Pa.)18 Carter Burris F Sr. 5-9 165 Lewes, Del./Sussex Technical 19 Noah Senn MF So. 6-0 160 Stillwater, Minn./St. Croix Preparatory Academy20 Shane Geisler F Jr. 6-3 180 Germantown, Md./Poolesville21 James Worth D So. 5-8 140 Chester, N.J./West Morris Mendham22 Blake Myers MF So. 5-8 140 Troutville, Va./Lord Botetourt23 Bobby Bynum F Sr. 5-11 155 Colorado Springs, Colo./Battlefield (North Florida)24 Sam Schubert D So. 6-3 165 Evington, Va./Liberty Christian Academy25 Noah Holmes F Fr. 5-11 185 Apex, N.C./Cary Christian 26 Tyler Welch F So. 5-11 170 Hermon, Maine/Bangor Christian School (Northeastern)27 Danny Cordero GK Fr. 6-2 173 San Jose, Costa Rico/La Asuncion28 Nathan Yoder GK So. 6-3 185 Delaware, Ohio/Worthington Christian (Findlay)29 Hunter Heard D Fr. 6-2 183 Chesapeake, Va./Homeschooled

Head Coach: Kelly FindleyAssociate Head Coach: Jose Gomez Director of Performance Analysis: A.J. Madero Athletic Trainer: Dillion Lesniak

CLASSSenior ...................................................5Junior ..................................................10Sophomore ...........................................9Freshman .............................................5

POSITIONForward ................................................9Midfielder ..............................................7Defender .............................................10Goalkeeper ...........................................3

HOME STATE/COUNTRYColorado ...............................................1Delaware ..............................................1Illinois ....................................................1 Maryland ...............................................2New Jersey ...........................................3North Carolina ......................................2Maine ....................................................1Minnesota .............................................1Ohio ......................................................1Pennsylvania ........................................1Tennessee ............................................1Virginia ..................................................3

Canada .................................................3Coasta Rica ..........................................1France ..................................................1Germany ...............................................1Mexico ..................................................2Nigeria ..................................................1New Zealand ........................................1Spain ....................................................1

3 Dutey ....................................................................... DUE-tay (like may with a t)4 Frieder Wagner ................................................... FRIY-deh-R Vog (like fog)-ner12 Rigo ......................................................................................................Ree-go14 Zacyzk ...............................................................ZAY (like may with a z)-check15 Borutskie ....................................................................................Bore-wrote-ski17 Filip ........................................................................................................Phil-up23 Bynum ............................................................................................BYE-Numb24 Schubert ...........................................................................................Shoe-bert26 Geisler ................................................................................................GICE-ler28 Natanael ..................................................................................... Nuh-THAN-ul

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE ROSTER BREAKDOWN

2019 MEN’S SOCCER WEEKLY NOTES

1 BROGANENGBERS 2 MALIK

SMITH 3 SHALOMDUTEY 4 FRIEDER

WAGNER 5 SEBASTIANVALDEZ

8 RAFAELCASTRO 9 JACK

WORTH 10 MUSAMORRIS 11SETH

CLARK

15 BRAYDENBORUTSKIE 16 ANDREW

TABER14 MATTHEWZACZYK

20 SHANEGEISLER

18 CARTERBURRIS

19 NOAHSENN

17 FILIPBURNETT

6 RUBENGARCIA

12 RIGOROJAS

13 EVANGODFREY

21 JAMESWORTH 22 BLAKE

MYERS 24 SAMSCHUBERT

25 NOAHHOLMES

23 BOBBYBYNUM

26 TYLERWELCH 27 DANNY

CORDERO

7 JORDANBARBARA

28 NATHANYODER 29 HUNTER

HEARD

2019 MEN’S SOCCER WEEKLY NOTES

Liberty Men's SoccerLIBERTY Overall Individual Statistics (as of Aug 28, 2019)

All games

Overall: 7-7-1 Conf: 2-3-1 Home: 4-2-0 Away: 3-4-1 Neut: 0-1-0

## Player gp-gs min g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc gwg pk-att10 MENDOZA, Kevin 14-14 1100 12 5 29 37 . 3 2 4 27 . 7 3 0 2 0 2 2-211 MBUYU, Tresor 15-15 1245 12 4 28 53 . 2 2 6 27 . 5 0 9 2 0 3 0-014 ZACZYK, Matthew 15-15 1104 2 2 6 24 . 0 8 3 11 . 4 5 8 0 0 1 0-07 STOCKER,Shaun 13-11 835 1 2 4 10 . 1 0 0 4 . 4 0 0 3 0 0 1-112 ROJAS, Rigo 15-5 535 1 1 3 9 . 1 1 1 2 . 2 2 2 0 0 0 0-023 BYNUM, Bobby 15-11 995 0 3 3 12 . 0 0 0 6 . 5 0 0 1 0 0 0-04 MURILLO, Geovanny 14-14 1099 0 3 3 7 . 0 0 0 4 . 5 7 1 1 0 0 0-015 GARCIA, Isidoro 12-11 971 1 0 2 8 . 1 2 5 4 . 5 0 0 2 1 0 0-03 DUTEY, Shalom 12-9 830 1 0 2 6 . 1 6 7 2 . 3 3 3 2 1 1 0-022 MYERS, Blake 11-0 225 1 0 2 2 . 5 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-026 GEISLER, Shane 5-0 75 1 0 2 1 1.000 1 1.000 0 0 0 0-02 BELLARDE, Nico 13-13 1109 0 2 2 4 . 0 0 0 1 . 2 5 0 0 0 0 0-05 SANTIAGO, Jafeth 7-3 310 0 2 2 3 . 0 0 0 2 . 6 6 7 0 0 0 0-06 GARCIA, Ruben 15-15 1229 0 1 1 17 . 0 0 0 4 . 2 3 5 1 0 0 0-08 CASTRO, Rafael 13-10 759 0 1 1 10 . 0 0 0 2 . 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-017 WORTH, Jack 8-0 126 0 1 1 3 . 0 0 0 2 . 6 6 7 1 0 0 0-09 HOVIOUS, Chase 15-2 557 0 0 0 4 . 0 0 0 2 . 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-021 OCHOA, Mauricio 8-0 176 0 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-027 ENGBERS, Brogan 9-9 790 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-025 WORTH, James 2-0 14 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-020 TARNSTROM, Trent 8-0 143 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-016 TABER, Andrew 5-1 189 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-013 GODFREY, Evan 1-1 90 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-01 KNOEBEL, James 8-8 601 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0

Total 15 - 32 27 91 212 . 1 5 1 102 . 4 8 1 18 2 7 3-3Opponents 15 - 26 22 74 195 . 1 3 3 78 . 4 0 0 35 2 7 1-1

Goal Average Saves Record# Goalie gp-gs min ga gaavg saves pct w l t sho/cbo27 ENGBERS, Brogan 9-8 790:09 13 1.48 31 . 7 0 5 4 4 0 2/01 KNOEBEL, James 8-7 600:12 13 1.95 17 . 5 6 7 3 3 1 1/0TM TEAM - 0:00 0 0.00 4 1.000 0 0 0 0/0

Total 15 1390:21 26 1.68 52 . 6 6 7 7 7 1 3Opponents 15 1390:21 32 2.07 70 . 6 8 6 7 7 1 3

Team saves: 4

Goals by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalLIBERTY 14 16 1 1 32Opponents 8 17 1 0 26

Shots by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalLIBERTY 91 112 6 3 212Opponents 88 97 8 2 195

Saves by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalLIBERTY 29 21 1 1 52Opponents 29 36 4 1 70

Corners by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalLIBERTY 41 37 0 1 79Opponents 23 26 2 0 51

Fouls by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalLIBERTY 88 68 2 1 159Opponents 85 87 7 2 181

Attendance Summary LIBERTY OpponentTotal 3307 1891Dates/Avg Per Date 6/551 8/236Neutral Site #/Avg 1/121