SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Irish travel to Pittsburgh to take on the Panthers in the regular season finale at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Oct. 28. The match will be streamed on ACCNX.
NOTRE DAME vs. PITT
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Ambrose Urbanic Field
TV: ACCNX
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Game Notes: vs. Pitt
• The Irish and Panthers will meet on the pitch for the 32nd time on Friday.
• Notre Dame holds a decisive lead in the all-time series with a record of 20-7-4.
• The Irish came out on top of all three matchups last season, winning in overtime in the regular season and ACC Tournament semifinals and advancing to the College Cup after winning a penlaty shootout (4-2) in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals.
• The Irish halted Pitt’s 19-match home winning streak the last time they played at Pitt in the ACC Tournament semifinals, winning by a score of 2-0.
THE LAST TIME OUT
• The Irish won a comeback thriller over Michigan by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday evening at Alumni Stadium.
• Notre Dame scored twice in the final seven minutes of play to complete the comeback victory.
• Daniel Russo scored all three of the Irish goals, marking the first hat trick of his career. All three of his goals came in the second half.
• The Irish outshot the Wolverines 19-6 for the match, including 15-1 over the final 45 minutes of play.
FIRST HALF DOMINANCE
• The Irish are outscoring the opposition 15-6 over the opening 45 minutes of play this season.
• Notre Dame has given up just four goals from open play in the first half of matches this season, the other two goals coming from penalties.
• The Irish are currently 5-0-0 when holding a lead at the half.
NUMBERS TO KNOW
• Notre Dame has won every match in which it has scored multiple goals, going 7-0-0 when putting two or more goals on the scoreboard in 2022.
• The Irish are a perfect 7-0-0 when scoring first in matches this season.
• Twelve different Notre Dame players have scored a goal this season.
• Eight players have recorded multiple assists through 15 games, with Daniel Russo leading the Irish with four assists on the season.
• Of the 16 Notre Dame players that have recorded starts this season, nine have been either freshmen or sophomores.
100 CLUB
• With a win over UIC, McFarland Family Head Men’s Soccer Coach Chad Riley recorded the 100th victory of his head coaching career.
• Riley is the fifth head coach in program history to reach the 100-win mark for their career.
• Fifty-one of Riley’s wins have come at Notre Dame while 51 came in his five-year stint at Dartmouth.
#3 RANKED FRESHMAN CLASS IN THE COUNTRY
• The Irish welcome a seven-man freshman class to South Bend which was ranked as the No. 3 class in the country by TopDrawerSoccer.
• The class features four players ranked in IMG’s top 200 rankings, each ranking in the top 100.
• The seven players come from a combined five states and one foreign country (Ghana).
• Kelvin Baffour (M), Daniel Boateng (M), Wyatt Borso (F), Owen Cornell (GK), Mitchell Ferguson (D), Sebastian Green (M) and Nicholas Legendre (F) make up the class.
• Notre Dame also welcomes Mo Williams to the team, a grad transfer defender from Seton Hall.