OKLAHOMA CITY – The No. 14 MACU Men's Soccer team will be seeking to get back on the winning track on Tuesday night as the Evangels will host Friends for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff at the Dill Soccer Field. The reserve team will also challenge the Falcons reserve team starting at 5 p.m.
 
SEASON REPORT

• Record: 3-1-2
• Last Game: Lost at No. 6 Oklahoma Wesleyan – Sept. 13, 2024 – Bartlesville, Okla.
• Top Performers:
  • Enzo Nogue – SR – F/M
    • 4 Goals, 2 Assists, 10 Points, 9 Shots, 7 SOG, 1 GWG
  • Pietro Musso – SR – F
    • 1 Goal, 2 Points, 10 Shots, 5 SOG, 1 GWG
  • Federico Palacios – SO – F
    • 2 Assists, 2 Points, 7 Shots, 6 SOG
  • Claudio Fuentealba – SR – GK
    • 3-1-1 W-L, 1.20 GAA, 12 Saves, .667 SV%, 1 SHO
• Team Notes:
  • Mid-America Christian is coming off its first loss since it suffered a 2-1 defeat to No. 20 Rio Grande (Ohio) in the 2022 NAIA National Tournament Quarterfinal as the Evangels fell 2-1 at No. 6 Oklahoma Wesleyan on Friday.
  • After falling behind 1-0 in the 27^th minute, MACU found the equalizer before heading into the half as Enzo Nogue notched his team-leading fourth goal of the season on a penalty kick when Federico Palacios was taken down inside the 18-yard box.
  • Despite suffering the loss, the Evangels will look to continue its historic trend of winning bounce-back games as MACU is 8-0-1 in its contests following a loss. Mid-America Christian has not suffered back-to-back losses since Oct. 23 and Oct. 26, 2018 against Southwestern Christian and Oklahoma City.
  • Friends will mark MACU's third-straight opponent from its neighboring conference, Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC). Impressively, the Evangels hold a 15-1 record against KCAC competition since the 2017 campaign with the defeat to OKWU last week being the first loss since falling 2-0 at Sterling (Kan.) on Sept. 17, 2016.

SCOUTING REPORT
Friends (Kan.)

• Record: 0-2-2
• Last Game: Tied vs. (RV) John Brown (Ark.) – 1-1 – Sept. 7, 2024 – Wichita, Kan.
• Series vs MACU (2013-): MACU leads 4-0
• Last Match vs MACU: MACU won 5-0 – Aug. 30, 2022 – Wichita, Kan.
• Series Streak: MACU won 4
• Players to Watch:
  • Eddy Rachedi – JR - F
    • 2 Goals, 4 Points, 11 Shots, 4 SOG
  • Jose Quiel – FR - M
    • 1 Goal, 2 Assists, 4 Points, 7 Shots, 3 SOG
  • Arturo Pombo-Palomero – SO - GK
    • 0-1-2 W-L, 2.33 GAA, 11 Saves, .611 SV%
• Team Notes:
  • Friends is seeing its first action in 10 days as the Falcons are coming off a hard-fought 1-1 draw at home to John Brown on Sept. 7. In that contest, Friends defensively stifled the Golden Eagles, holding JBU to only seven shots with three landing on-target.
  • After opening the season with a 4-1 loss at Benedictine and a 3-1 defeat at home to Briar Cliff, the Falcons have put together back-to-back strong performance in a pair of draws as they also played No. 14 William Penn to a 2-2 tie at Austin-Adair Stadium on Sept. 1. On the brink of defeat, Jose Quiel netted the game-tying goal with just under four minutes remaining in the contest.
  • Quiel along with junior forward Eddy Rachedi have provided a bulk load of the Friends offense so far this season, combining to score three of the team's five goals this season. So far this season, Arturo Pombo-Palomero has started three of the Falcons four games this season in-goal as he enters the contest with an 0-1-2 record with a 2.33 goals allowed average.
  • Since the two teams started facing each other in 2013, Mid-America Christian has fared well against Friends by going 4-0 in the first four meetings. After a one-year hiatus, MACU is once again playing the Falcons after defeating its visitor from the north 5-1 at the Dill Soccer Field on Aug. 31, 2021 before handing Friends a 5-0 defeat on its home pitch on Aug. 30, 2022.