Wednesday, October 27
| South Florida 4, UCF (RV) 3 (OT) |
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| Memphis 2, Temple 1 |
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| No. 8/5 Tulsa 0, SMU 0 (2OT) |
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South Florida 4, UCF (RV) 3 (OT)
South Florida scored a huge victory at rival UCF, knocking off the first-place 4-3 in overtime in a wild match in Orlando. UCF held a 20-13 total shots advantage in the contest but USF led the way with an 8-6 edge in shots on goal in the victory.
UCF opened the scoring at 23:59 on an Ariel Hader goal from Yanis Leerman to take a 1-0 lead. USF equalized at 31:39 from Andres Freire and took the advantage at 2-1 on a Jeffrey Copper goal at 39:55. Oscar Resano scored an unassisted goal at 71:39 to provide USF a 3-1 lead, but Mauricio Villalobos answered at 73:27 to pull UCF within one at 3-2. Gianluca Arcangeli tied the match once with a UCF goal at 84:52 to force overtime. Shion Soga deposited an assist from Copper in the first extra period to give the Bulls the win at 94:59.
Memphis 2, Temple 1
Memphis eliminated Temple from American Men’s Soccer Championship contention by way of a 2-1 home victory. The Tigers outshot the Owls 14-7 in the match and held a huge 10-1 margin in corner kicks.
Lineker Rodrigues dos Santos opened the Memphis scoring at 14:57, notching an unassisted goal to give the Tigers the 1-0 lead. Kyle Hellman tied the contest for Temple at 75:22, squaring the match at 1-1. Artur De Luca pulled Memphis back in front just over one minute later, securing a successful penalty kick at 76:33 to lead the Tigers to the win.
No. 8/5 Tulsa 0, SMU 0 (2OT)
No. 8/5 Tulsa and SMU battled to a 0-0 draw in Dallas on Wednesday night. The Golden Hurricane moved to the top of The American table by a single point with the scoreless tie. SMU outshot Tulsa 18-17 on the night, but Tulsa turned in six shots on frame to just two for SMU.