FRESNO, Calif. – The Fresno Pacific men's soccer team will play just one game this week, squaring off with Concordia in the first road conference match of the year.
 
Quotable
"This will be an opportunity for us to seek three points away from our home facility against one of the leaders in our conference. We'll be looking for a little bit of redemption from last year, and hopefully, we can surprise them." – head coach Jaime Ramirez
 
About Fresno Pacific (2-5-0, 1-1-0 PacWest)
• FPU split the first week of PacWest action, defeating Dominican 4-2 last Thursday before falling 1-0 to Point Loma on Saturday evening.
• The Sunbirds have outshot their opponents 114-92 to this point in the season, including a 35-23 mark against conference foes.
• Since joining the PacWest for the 2012 season, Fresno Pacific is 23-10-2 in road conference contests.
 
Sunbird Leaderboard
• Shots: Fellipe Souza, 26
• Goals: two players tied, 3
• Points: Anthony Velarde, 8
• Assists: two players tied, 2
• Saves: Patrick Timmer, 28
 
About Concordia (3-2-1, 2-0-0 PacWest)
• Last week, he Eagles outscored Hawai'i Pacific and Hawai'i Hilo by a combined score of 5-1 en route to starting league play 2-0.
• Concordia has found the net 14 times as a team this fall, good enough for third in the PacWest Conference.
• Preseason All-Conference selections Connor Gordon and Jose Huerta have combined for half the team's goals and 23% of the team's shots.
 
Eagle Leaderboard
• Shots: two players tied, 10
• Goals: Connor Gordon, 4
• Points: Connor Gordon, 9
• Assists: Ether Bustos, 4
• Saves: Saul Ocampo, 23
 
The Series
• Fresno Pacific claims a 23-8-1 record in the all-time series, including a 22-7-1 mark when playing as a conference opponent.
• The Sunbirds are 10-5-1 all-time in Irvine but lost last season's meeting by a final of 4-1.
 
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