Men’s Soccer to Start 2024 Season with Away Match Against Lehigh

August 21, 2024

PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle men's soccer team begins its 2024 season Thursday evening against the Lehigh Mountain Hawks in Bethlehem, Pa. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
The match will stream on ESPN+. Follow the action on X @LaSalle_MSOC and on Instagram @lasalle_msoc.

SCOUTING THE EXPLORERS

The Explorers are looking to build off their 2023 campaign in which they finished 5-8-4 overall and 3-3-2 in conference play.
The team played the Mountain Hawks last year, which resulted in a 1-0 win for the Explorers.
Graduate student Drew Blackwell, who led the team in assists last season with six, will return to play for his third season in a La Salle uniform. His six assists were tied for fourth in the Atlantic 10.
The Explorers' top three scorers from last season will return this year. Sophomore Yuval Nimrodi, junior Americo Pereira, and redshirt senior Sean Yurgel each tallied three goals in 2023.
Pereira, who was a member of the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll last year, started 16 games last year as a central defender, and assisted on the game-winning goal in a 2-1 win over George Mason.
The goalkeeper room will look different from last year. There will be two new goalies arriving at La Salle, including sophomore Wanwi Choi and graduate student Jules Dechert.
Along with Choi and Dechert, junior Tino Kneis looks to return this season after redshirting last year.
The team welcomes three freshmen to the squad this year.
The Explorers are led by head coach Taylor Thames, who enters his fourth season in charge of the group.

SCOUTING THE MOUNTAIN HAWKS

Lehigh finished the 2023 season with a 3-10-5 record overall, and a 2-5-2 record in conference play.
Senior Perry Kingson returns for his fourth season for the Mountain Hawks after a breakout 2023 campaign where he led his team with five goals.
Graduate student Blake Koski returns to Lehigh after a 2023 season where he started 12 games and made 39 saves for the Mountain Hawks.

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