American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Release – October 17

Stritter Among Nation’s Best

Charlotte goalkeeper Leo Stritter has been one of the top in the nation this season.  With seven shutouts on the year, he is tied for the second most in the country.  He also has the third best goals against average at .545 goals per game allowed.

Tigers in the Driver’s Seat

With a three-point lead and tiebreaker over Charlotte, the Memphis Tigers are in the driver’s seat for the top seed in the conference tournament.  With three games remaining, Memphis will take on fourth place South Florida in Tampa on Friday at 7 p.m. ET.

Traore Facilitating

Current American Offensive Player of the Week Aboubacar Traore is 11th in the NCAA in total assists (11) and 9th in assists per game (0.64). This past week, he scored a goal and assisted on two more to help the Owls beat South Florida 3-1.

South Florida Showdown

This weekend features two Florida schools battling it out as Florida Atlantic travels from Boca Raton to Miami to take on FIU at 7 p.m. ET.  The Panthers enter the weekend tied for second in the conference at 2-1-1, while the Owls are tied for fourth at 1-2-1.

NCAA RPI

Four American squads enter the week in the Top 100 in the NCAA RPI.  Charlotte leads all teams at No. 18, followed by FIU (47), UAB (86) and Memphis (88).

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15

Temple 2, Mercyhurst 0

Florida Atlantic 3, FGCU 0

Missouri State 3, Memphis 1

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18

FIU 1, VCU 1

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18

Memphis at South Florida_____ 7 p.m.

RV/- Charlotte at Tulsa_________ 8 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19

Temple at UAB_______________ 8 p.m.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20

Florida Atlantic at FIU_________ 7 p.m

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22

UAB at Gardner-Webb_________ 6 p.m.

South Florida vs Hofstra_______ 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23

Charlotte at Elon_____________ 7 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26

FIU at Temple________________ 2 p.m.

Tulsa at South Florida_________ 7 p.m.

Florida Atlantic at Memphis___ 8 p.m.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27

UAB at Charlotte______________ 7 p.m.

All times ET and subject to change