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Promotions PORTLAND PILOTS (1-1-2) vs. DUQUESNE DUKES (3-0-1)Date: Friday, September 12, 2014
Location: Portland, Ore.
Kickoff: 2:00 p.m.
Pitch: Merlo Field (4,852)
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PORTLAND PILOTS (1-1-2) vs. SIENA SAINTS (4-0-0)Date: Sunday, September 14, 2014
Location: Beaverton, Ore.
Kickoff: 1:00 PM
Pitch: Ronaldo Field @ Nike
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THIS WEEK • The Pilots return home this week for a pair of challenging games as the Duquesne Dukes and Siena Saints visit the Rose City.
• Portland first hosts the Dukes at Merlo Field on Friday at 2 p.m.; the game will be the first part of a triple header at Merlo Field that afternoon/evening.
• The Pilots will then host the Saints on Sunday at Ronaldo Field at the Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton at 1 p.m.
• The Dukes (3-0-1) and Saints (4-0-0) are both unbeaten this season and Siena sits just outside the NSCAA Coaches' Poll.
• Both games this weekend are part of Oregon State's Hensor/Zaher Nike Classic.
LAST WEEK • The Pilots made a lengthy trip back east last week to earn a 0-0 draw at Florida Gulf Coast on Thursday night before dropping a 2-0 decision at South Florida on Sunday afternoon.
• The shutout at FGCU was the second clean sheet this season for Portland freshman goalkeeper Paul Christensen, and Erik Edwardson led the UP attack with three shots, all on-goal.
• On Sunday, the Bulls scored both their goals in the second half, including in the final minute of regulation; Christensen made six more saves.
ABOUT THE PILOTS... • The Pilots received two votes in NSCAA Poll for the second straight week.
• Freshman Erik Edwardson, who scored two goals during a 4-0 exhibition win over Linfield on Aug. 22, has assisted on both Portland goals this season.
• Portland junior Hugo Rhoads was named the Defensive MVP at the 2014 Nike Portland Invitational, which took place at Merlo Field the weekend of Aug. 29-31; Rhoads and the Pilots blanked UCF at the Invite before playing Evansville to a 1-1 draw.
• Sophomore Eddie Sanchez was named to the WCC Preseason All-Conference Team, while the Pilots were picked to finish third in a vote by the league's head coaches.
• Reigning league champ LMU received six-place votes and was chosen as the favorite to claim the WCC's top spot once again.
• UP features a sizeable roster as 13 newcomers joined 15 returning letterwinners.
• Sanchez was tops in the WCC last year in overall points (27), goals (12) and game-winners (4), and he ranked sixth nationally in goals per game (0.71), was 10th in points per game (1.59) and 13th in total goals.
• Sanchez registered a hat trick during a 4-1 win at Santa Clara on Oct. 20 becoming the first Pilot to score three goals in a game since 2003.
• He was named the 2013 WCC Freshman of the Year, landed on Soccer America's All-Freshman First Team and he was named to the All-WCC First Team.
• Fellow sophomore Matthew Coffey landed on the All-WCC Second Team and joined Sanchez on the all-freshman team, while senior Derek Boggs and junior Hugo Rhoads both earned all-league honorable mention.
• The Pilots featured the most prolific offense in the WCC in 2013, leading the way with 33 goals and an average of 1.75 goals per game; UP was second in total assists (27), assists per game (1.35), total points (97) and points per game (4.85).
• Portland has been to two College Cups (1988 & 1995) and has reached the NCAA Postseason 14 times.
• Head coach Bill Irwin notched career win No. 100 on Oct. 11 last season when the Pilots defeated San Diego 2-1 at Merlo Field; Irwin is in his 12th year at the helm of the UP men's soccer program and his 28th year overall on the Portland staff.
• Assistant coach Rob Baarts is in his 11th year on the Portland bench, while assistant coach Brandon McNeil is in his seventh year on the staff; both Baarts (1987-90) and McNeil (1998-2001) played at UP.
