Falcon Men's Soccer Travels to No. 25 Missouri State, Central Arkansas

Game 03
Air Force (0-2) at No. 25 Missouri State (1-0-1)
7 p.m. CT, Friday, September 2
Betty & Bob Allison South Stadium
Springfield, Missouri

Game 04
Air Force at Central Arkansas
12 p.m. CT, Monday, September 5
Bill Stephens Soccer Complex
Conway, Arkansas

THE SERIES AGAINST MISSOURI STATE
The Falcons are 2-6 against the Bears in the all-time series, winning the last meeting, 1-0, at USAFA in 2017. Air Force has one win against Missouri State on their pitch, posting a 2-1 victory in 2002.

DEWING THE JOB
Junior forward Thaddaeus Dewing put up a goal at No. 24 North Carolina and again at No. 15 Wake Forest. The native of Colorado Springs, Colorado, is the only Falcon to have scored heading into the third match. Dewing has 10 career goals for the most on the team. He has 34 career appearances.

CLOCKING TIME
Linchpin defender and team captain London Aghedo leads all Falcons in career minutes played with 4,319:52. Aghedo has started in all 50 career appearances for the most games started on the team. Falcon defender Tyler Johnson and forward Thaddaeus Dewing have played all 180 minutes of the season thus far. Johnson has 52 career appearances while senior teammate Luke Hill has 53, marking the most career appearances on the team.

UP NEXT
Air Force plays a different kind of Bear in a Monday morning match with Central Arkansas on September 5. Action is slated for noon CT at Bill Stephens Soccer Complex. The first and last time the teams met was at the Air Force Academy in the opening round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament. The Falcons blanked the Bears, 4-0.

AROUND THE WAC
Reigning WAC tournament champion Seattle U raced out of the gates in the new season with an impressive 3-1 win at No. 4 Notre Dame on Aug. 25. Declan McGlynn captured the conference's first offensive player of the week citation in 2022 with a brace against the Irish, tallying goals in the 50th and 65th minutes for the Redhawks.

Ranked matchups on the week two docket for WAC men's soccer include UNLV at No. 24 Loyola Marymount on Sept. 1, Air Force at No. 25 Missouri State and Utah Valley at No. 8 Washington on Sept. 2, San José State at No. 3 Stanford on Sept. 4 and Grand Canyon at No. 4 UCLA on Sept. 5. Other key matches on tap feature Seattle U at Louisville (Sept. 2) and UTRGV at SMU (Sept. 5).

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