Liberty to Face George Washington and Radford, This Week
9/5/2021 4:58:09 PM | Men's Soccer
LIBERTY at GEORGE WASHINGTON
Game Date: Tuesday, Sept. 7
Game Time: 2 p.m.
Live Video: ESPN+
LIBERTY at RADFORD
Game Date: Saturday, Sept. 11
Game Time: 6 p.m.
Live Video: ESPN+
Liberty Notables
- The Flames return to the road for a match Tuesday afternoon at George Washington. With the cancellation of their match with Winthrop, Liberty will play its first four matches of the 2021 Fall regular season on the road.
- On Saturday, Liberty will travel to Radford to meet the Highlanders. The Flames defeated the Highlanders 4-0 on Feb. 17 to open their 2021 Spring Season. Liberty will meet its old Big South Conference rival for the 53rd time on Saturday evening, the most of any school in program history.
- The Flames dropped their first two games of the season, this past weekend. Liberty fell 3-0 at Duke on Friday and then was edged to 1-0 in double overtime at Elon on Monday.
- Danny Cordero has started each of the first two games as the Liberty goalkeeper. Cordero has posted a 1.84 goals-against average and six saves over the two contests.
- Liberty has not scored yet in 2021. During the spring 2021 season, the Flames netted 17 goals in 12 games. Liberty returns three of its four top goal scorers from the spring. While leading scorer Musa Morris (5 goals) has graduated, Liberty returns Clark and forward Michael Huss who each scored four goals. Forward Noah Holmes, who netted goals in wins over North Carolina and Coastal Carolina, also returns.
- Liberty returns 10 of its 11 starters from the spring, including ASUN All-Conference first team midfielders Marko Mitrevski and Seth Clark. Both midfielders and defender Malik Smith were named to the 2021 Fall Preseason All-Conference team. Smith was a second team all-conference team member in the spring.
- In the 2021 Fall ASUN Preseason Poll, the conference’s head coaches voted Liberty to tie Lipscomb for third place in the eight-team league.
- In his first season with the Flames, midfielder Mitrevski led the ASUN Conference with six assists during the spring. He also scored a goal for eight points.
- A second team all-conference member, sophomore goalkeeper Cordero posted a 0.63 goals-against average and was named ASUN Defensive Player of the Week twice during the spring. Cordero, who played every minute in goal during Liberty’s 12-game slate, finished the year seventh in the nation with a .860 save percentage and fourth nationally with eight shutouts.
- Liberty forward Gabe Findley was named the ASUN Freshman of the Year and five Flames were selected to the 2021 Spring ASUN All-Conference team. Of the five, four return. Forward Musa Morris and 2021 fall returnee, midfielder Marko Mitrevski, were voted to the first team. Midfielder Seth Clark, defender Malik Smith and goalkeeper Danny Cordero, all returnees this fall, were named to the second team.
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