10/26/2026 2:14:00 PM | Men's Soccer
LYNCHBURG, VA. – With two home games remaining in their regular season, the Liberty Flames men's soccer team will welcome the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles to Osborne Stadium for an afternoon match Tuesday at 1 p.m. The match between the Flames (4-7-2, 2-3 SoCon) and Eagles (3-6-4, 0-2-1 Summit) will be the final non-conference match for both teams.
Liberty News & Notes
Liberty News & Notes
- The Flames will finish their regular season with two home matches. After Tuesday's match, Liberty will complete their regular season by hosting the VMI Keydets in a SoCon match on Friday. The contest will help determine conference seeding and matches for the upcoming SoCon Tournament, Nov. 3-13.
- Tuesday's match will be the final non-conference regular season match for the Flames. All of Liberty's previous non-conference matches have been road games, except one, a 3-2 loss to FGCU on Aug. 28.
- Liberty is 2-1 at Osborne Stadium this season. The Flames recorded their first two shutouts of 2026 in their last two home games, a 1-0 victory over Furman on Sept. 26 and a 3-0 victory over Mercer on Oct. 3.
- This past Tuesday, the Flames fell 2-0 at Seton Hall in their last road match of the regular season.
- Liberty finished the regular season with a 2-6-2 record on the road this season. Of Liberty's 13 games this season, 10 have been on the road.
- Liberty has been outscored by its opponents, 24-17 on the season. The Flames are averaging 12.6 shots per game, while limiting their opponents to 10.0 shots per game.
- Despite playing only five games, forward Samson Kpardeh leads Liberty with six goals and 12 points.
- Liberty midfielder Ronnie Gorman has recorded four assists this season. Gorman is tied for fourth in the SoCon and leads the Flames in assists.
- Gorman and Pablo Montavele are second on the Flames with six points. Gorman has a goal and four assists, while Matavele has scored two goals and has two assists.
- Liberty goalkeeper Dan Rose has started and played the full 90 in 11 of Liberty's 13 matches this season, posting a 1.82 goals-against and a .600 save percentage over 990 minutes. He also has two shutouts this season.
- Liberty midfielder Javan Ochieng was called up to the Kenya National Team at the end of September and made his first appearance with the team this month.
- The Flames have players from 13 different countries and six different continents.
- Liberty head coach Scott Wells is in his first season with the Flames. He previously coached at Gardner-Webb, leading the Runnin' Bulldogs to the Big South Conference Championship in 2024.
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