SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Notre Dame returns to Alumni Stadium to welcome Chicago State for a non-conference midweek matchup at 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Sept. 21. The match will be streamed on ACCNX via WatchESPN.
NOTRE DAME vs. CHICAGO STATE
Location: South Bend, Indiana | Alumni Stadium
Live Stream: ACCNX
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Game Notes: vs. Chicago State
THE CHICAGO STATE SERIES
• The Irish and Cougars will meet on the pitch for the first time in program history on Wednesday evening.
LAST TIME OUT
• Notre Dame escaped Charlottesville with a thrilling 2-1 road win over Virginia in ACC play on Friday, Sept. 16.
• KK Baffour provided the heroics, scoring the match winner with 3.1 seconds left after Matthew Roou played him through on goal just before crossing the midfield line.
• Baffour’s goal was the first of his collegiate career.
• The Irish never trailed in the contest.
• Notre Dame has now won three of the last four matchups against Virginia and the last 11 matches have been decided by a goal or ended in a draw.
YOUTH MOVEMENT
• Of the 14 Notre Dame players that have recorded starts this season, seven have been either freshmen or sophomores.
• Seven Irish players made their collegiate debuts this season.
• Of the 18 players that have seen the pitch, 11 are either sophomores or freshmen.
• Four of Notre Dame’s five goals and five of their seven assists have come from freshmen or sophomores.
BALANCED ATTACK
• Fourteen returning Irish players registered at least one point last season, as the team returns 86 points from last year.
• Ten players scored a goal through during the 2021 campaign, with six scoring multiple goals.
• Sophomore Matthew Roou is the top returning goal scorer on the 2022 squad after firing in seven goals during his debut season.
#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.
2021 REWIND
• The Irish are coming off one of their most successful seasons in program history.
• The 2021 squad advanced to the College Cup for the second time in history and captured the program’s first ACC Tournament title.
• Notre Dame finished the season on an eight-game unbeaten streak, going 5-0-3 during that span, all coming in postseason play.
• The Irish allowed just two goals over the final eight matches of the year.
• Notre Dame defeated Duke in the ACC Tournament final to capture the crown. The Irish didn’t allow a single goal over four matches of ACC Tournament play.
• The season came to an end in the College Cup semifinals, as the Irish fell to Clemson in penalties (5-3) in Cary, N.C.