Falcons Face Washington and Portland at Nike Invitational
8/29/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Schedule: Friday, Sept. 1 vs. Washington, 4:30 p.m. (PT) (Portland, Ore.) Sunday, Sept. 3 at Portland, 2:30 p.m. (PT) (Nike Invitational)
Live Audio: http://www.portlandpilots.com/broadcast/ (Game vs. Portland only)
2006 Records: Air Force is 0-0-1 after tying Army, 1-1, on August 25. Washington is 1-0-0 after defeating UC Davis, 5-0, on August 25 Portland is 0-0-1 after tying #3 New Mexico, 0-0, on August 26
Coaches: Air Force is coached by Lou Sagastume (San Francisco, 1968), who is in his 28th season with the Falcons. Sagastume has a record of 277-176-43 at the Academy and a career mark of 298-183-43 in 29 seasons.
Washington is coached by Dean Wurzberger (Sacramento State, 1982), who is in his 15th season with the Huskies. He is 175-76-27 at Washington. He has a 183-84-32 career record in 15 seasons.
Portland is coached by Bill Irwin (Portland, 1994), who is in his fourth season with the Pilots. He is 28-28-6 at the school and in his career.
Top Players: Air Force is led by freshman Josh Rhynard, who scored the Falcons' lone goal vs. Army. Junior co-captain Brian Guyette allowed one goal and made three saves against the Black Knights.
Washington is led by Ely Allen and Kevin Forrest, who each scored two goals against UC Davis last weekend. Goalie Rylan Hawkins made one save in posting the shutout.
Portland's Luis Robles made six saves as Portland held No. 3 New Mexico scoreless for 110 minutes. Leland Wright led the Pilots with two shots on goal against the Lobos.
50 Years of Air Force Soccer This season marks the 51st year of varsity soccer for Air Force. This is Air Force's 11th season in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. AFA was a member of the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Soccer League from 1956-1988 before joining the MPSF for four years from '92-95. The Falcons then joined the Western Athletic Conference for three years before re-joining the MPSF in 1999.
MPSF Preseason Poll Air Force was picked fifth in this season's MPSF preseason coaches poll.
School (First Place Votes) Pts1. New Mexico (5) 252. Sacramento State (1) 19 San Jose State 194. Denver 105. Air Force 96. UNLV 8
Two Tourney Teams on Schedule Two of Air Force's 13 opponents received a bid to the NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament last season. Defending MPSF champion New Mexico lost in the championship game, while Creighton advanced to the quarterfinals.
Sagastume Shooting for 300 Air Force head coach Lou Sagastume has 298 career victories, which places him 12th on the list of the Division I winningest active coaches. Sagastume has a career record of 298-183-43 over 29 years, and has a record of 277-176-43 in his 27 seasons at Air Force.
Guyette, McNabb All-MPSF in 2005 Junior co-captain Brian Guyette and senior Duncan McNabb were named to the all-MPSF second-team last season. Guyette led the league in saves while McNabb had five points.
Last Week's Recap
Air Force 1, Army 1 (8-25-06)Army's Bill Watts scored with two seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game and the Black Knights and Air Force played two scoreless overtime periods Friday night as the two service academies battled to a 1-1 draw in front of a regular-season Cadet Soccer Stadium record of 3,206 fans. It was the season-opening game for both teams.
Watts headed his shot past Falcon goalie Brian Guyette, who had come out of the net to stop the pass, but the ball skidded past Guyette and another Army attacker right to Watts, who found the open net.
Freshman Josh Rhynard scored the first goal of his career for the Falcons in the ninth minute, taking a pass from fellow frosh Steve Noller and firing a rocket from the top of the box past Army goalie John-Michael Gallogly.
Air Force had two outstanding scoring chances as Noller chipped a shot that hit the crossbar in the 40th minute, and senior Duncan McNabb also hit the crossbar with a shot in the fifth minute of the second overtime stanza.
The game was fairly even statistically, as Air Force attempted 15 total shots, compared to 13 for Army and each team had four shots on goal. Guyette and Gallogly each made three saves.
Air Force had a man advantage during the overtime periods after Army's Adrian Moreno was issued a red card with just over one minute remaining in regulation time.
Game Stats
Scoring1. AFA - Josh Rhynard (Steve Noller), 9:552. ARMY - Bill Watts (Chase Spruill), 89:58
Total Shots (Shots on Goal)Air Force - 15 (4)Army - 13 (4)
SavesBrian Guyette (Air Force) - 3John-Michael Gallogly (Army) - 3
Corner KicksAir Force - 5Army - 8
FoulsAir Force - 26Army - 15
Live Audio: http://www.portlandpilots.com/broadcast/ (Game vs. Portland only)
2006 Records: Air Force is 0-0-1 after tying Army, 1-1, on August 25. Washington is 1-0-0 after defeating UC Davis, 5-0, on August 25 Portland is 0-0-1 after tying #3 New Mexico, 0-0, on August 26
Coaches: Air Force is coached by Lou Sagastume (San Francisco, 1968), who is in his 28th season with the Falcons. Sagastume has a record of 277-176-43 at the Academy and a career mark of 298-183-43 in 29 seasons.
Washington is coached by Dean Wurzberger (Sacramento State, 1982), who is in his 15th season with the Huskies. He is 175-76-27 at Washington. He has a 183-84-32 career record in 15 seasons.
Portland is coached by Bill Irwin (Portland, 1994), who is in his fourth season with the Pilots. He is 28-28-6 at the school and in his career.
Top Players: Air Force is led by freshman Josh Rhynard, who scored the Falcons' lone goal vs. Army. Junior co-captain Brian Guyette allowed one goal and made three saves against the Black Knights.
Washington is led by Ely Allen and Kevin Forrest, who each scored two goals against UC Davis last weekend. Goalie Rylan Hawkins made one save in posting the shutout.
Portland's Luis Robles made six saves as Portland held No. 3 New Mexico scoreless for 110 minutes. Leland Wright led the Pilots with two shots on goal against the Lobos.
50 Years of Air Force Soccer This season marks the 51st year of varsity soccer for Air Force. This is Air Force's 11th season in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. AFA was a member of the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Soccer League from 1956-1988 before joining the MPSF for four years from '92-95. The Falcons then joined the Western Athletic Conference for three years before re-joining the MPSF in 1999.
MPSF Preseason Poll Air Force was picked fifth in this season's MPSF preseason coaches poll.
School (First Place Votes) Pts1. New Mexico (5) 252. Sacramento State (1) 19 San Jose State 194. Denver 105. Air Force 96. UNLV 8
Two Tourney Teams on Schedule Two of Air Force's 13 opponents received a bid to the NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament last season. Defending MPSF champion New Mexico lost in the championship game, while Creighton advanced to the quarterfinals.
Sagastume Shooting for 300 Air Force head coach Lou Sagastume has 298 career victories, which places him 12th on the list of the Division I winningest active coaches. Sagastume has a career record of 298-183-43 over 29 years, and has a record of 277-176-43 in his 27 seasons at Air Force.
Guyette, McNabb All-MPSF in 2005 Junior co-captain Brian Guyette and senior Duncan McNabb were named to the all-MPSF second-team last season. Guyette led the league in saves while McNabb had five points.
Last Week's Recap
Air Force 1, Army 1 (8-25-06)Army's Bill Watts scored with two seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game and the Black Knights and Air Force played two scoreless overtime periods Friday night as the two service academies battled to a 1-1 draw in front of a regular-season Cadet Soccer Stadium record of 3,206 fans. It was the season-opening game for both teams.
Watts headed his shot past Falcon goalie Brian Guyette, who had come out of the net to stop the pass, but the ball skidded past Guyette and another Army attacker right to Watts, who found the open net.
Freshman Josh Rhynard scored the first goal of his career for the Falcons in the ninth minute, taking a pass from fellow frosh Steve Noller and firing a rocket from the top of the box past Army goalie John-Michael Gallogly.
Air Force had two outstanding scoring chances as Noller chipped a shot that hit the crossbar in the 40th minute, and senior Duncan McNabb also hit the crossbar with a shot in the fifth minute of the second overtime stanza.
The game was fairly even statistically, as Air Force attempted 15 total shots, compared to 13 for Army and each team had four shots on goal. Guyette and Gallogly each made three saves.
Air Force had a man advantage during the overtime periods after Army's Adrian Moreno was issued a red card with just over one minute remaining in regulation time.
Game Stats
Scoring1. AFA - Josh Rhynard (Steve Noller), 9:552. ARMY - Bill Watts (Chase Spruill), 89:58
Total Shots (Shots on Goal)Air Force - 15 (4)Army - 13 (4)
SavesBrian Guyette (Air Force) - 3John-Michael Gallogly (Army) - 3
Corner KicksAir Force - 5Army - 8
FoulsAir Force - 26Army - 15
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