Men's Soccer Travels to the Windy City This Weekend

After a tight loss in the season opener, the Fordham men's soccer team makes its first trip to the Windy City since 1997, as the Rams are in Chicago for a pair of road contests.  Fordham will play Loyola-Chicago on Friday, while taking on DePaul on Sunday.

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Friday at Loyola - Live Stats | Twitter Updates on @FordhamSoccer

Sunday at DePaul – Live Video | Live Stats ?| Twitter Updates on @FordhamSoccer

SERIES HISTORY: The Rams and Ramblers have met only once all-time, which came back at the 1997 Jesuit Cup in Chicago.  The Ramblers posted a 4-0 win over the Rams, who just like this season, were coming off an Atlantic 10 Championship title.
 
Sunday's Fordham-DePaul match-up is the first ever meeting between the two schools.

LAST TIME OUT: For the second straight year, the Fordham men's soccer team opened their season against the Boston University Terriers and again came out on the wrong end of the contest.  The Terriers' T.J. Butzke scored just over five minutes into overtime to give Boston University a 2-1 victory at Jack Coffey Field on Friday night.
 
After a scoreless first half, Fordham had a golden opportunity in the 73^rd minute, as Jannik Loebe found himself all alone in front of the Terriers' goal after a quick flick from Andres Penfold, but he angled the shot just over the crossbar.

 
Less than a minute later, Fordham's Janos Loebe didn't miss, scoring his first collegiate goal in the 74^th minute.  Gabe Stauber put a lead pass through to Loebe, who one-touched to the left around the goalkeeper and from a very sharp angle, scored just inside the right post.

The score remained that way until the 83^rd minute, when Anthony Viteri was taken down by Stauber in the box on a scoring attempt.  Stauber was given a red card, while Felix De Bona scored on the penalty kick to knot the game at one.
 
Then in overtime, the Terriers netted the game-winner in the 95^th minute.  Adam Sheikali hit a long cross to the far post, which De Bona back kicked to T.J. Butzke for the one-timer at the top of the six-yard box for the game-winner.
 
In goal, Boston University's Matt Gilbert made four saves, while Fordham's Rashid Nuhu had one.
 
WHO'S NEXT: The Fordham men's soccer team will next be in action on September 12^th at Lafayette, beginning at 1:00 PM.