#WEARtheBEAR Podcast with Eric Pogue
ROCHESTER, Mich. – The Oakland men's soccer team welcomes Bradley in a non-conference tilt on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. presented by United Shore. The match will be broadcast live from the Oakland Soccer Field on ESPN+ with the voice of the Golden Grizzlies
Neal Ruhl and legendary coach Gary Parsons on the call.
Notes:
- Bradley is 7-4-3 overall and 1-4 in the Missouri Valley Conference
- The last time out,
Nebojsa Popovic connected on the game-winning goal with just 19 seconds left in regulation giving Oakland a crucial 1-0 win over Milwaukee on Saturday night. After making a save,
Sullivan Lauderdale threw an outlet pass to
Jimmy Todd who in turn passed the ball up to Popovic who dribbled across the left side and ripped a shot to the right corner to beat Panther goalkeeper Freddie Lorenzen.
- For his late game heroics, Popovic was also named Nike Horizon League Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this season
- As a team, Oakland ranks fourth in conference in goals (24), assists (24), points (72) and second in saves (65). Additionally, the team earned the 2017-18 United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award for the sixth consecutive year and ninth overall.
- Individually, Popovic leads the team and is tied for sixth in the conference in goals (6) tied for seventh in assists (6) and points (18)
while Lauderdale ranks second in saves (64) and tied for fourth in shutouts (3).
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Napoleon Outlaw III (3 goals, 2 assist) ranks second on the team in points (8) and goals (3) followed by
Travis Harrington (3 assists, 2 goals) (7),
Jacob Moore (3 goals) (6) and
Corentin Diverres and
Evan Sawula (5).
- Oakland has played three nationally ranked teams this season most recently falling 2-0 against No. 23 Wright State (10/13). The Golden Grizzlies came up short against No. 14 Michigan, 2-1, in front of a new Oakland Soccer Field record attendance of 2,344 at the Fill the Hill Game (10/3) and fell in a hard-fought battle at No. 3 Michigan State, 4-2, (9/10).
- The Golden Grizzlies are 1-1-2 in overtime games this season.
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