COBBER MEN’S SOCCER

GAMEDAY September 16, 2006 – 1 p.m.

Concordia-Moorhead vs. #4 Gustavus Jake Christiansen Athletic Complex

GAME #5 #4 Gustavus (4­0­1/1­0­0 MIAC)

at Concordia College (2­2­0/0­1­0 MIAC)

September 12, 2006

Jake Christiansen Complex Moorhead, MN

GAME TIME: 1 p.m. SERIES: Gustavus leads series 15­3­1 SERIES STARTED: 1987 LAST YEAR: Last year Gustavus scored two goals 2:29 apart in the first half and added three more in the second half and beat Concordia 5­0 in a game played in St. Peter. Gustavus held a 10­5 edge in shots on goal and a 27­6 margin in total shots. Bobby Kroog scored a hat­trick for the Gusties. He scored the first two goals in the game and then added his third in the 70 th minute. Jeff Aasness and Alex Groth also scored for GAC. Concordia split goalkeeping duties between Dustin Pattengale and Brett Oestreich. Oestreich started the game and made four saves and Pattengale came on in the second half to pick up one save. Tyler Garry made five saves to earn the win for Gustavus. SERIES HISTORY: Gustavus has won the last five games in the series. The last time the Cobbers beat the Gusties was back in 2000 when CC outlasted GAC 1­0 in Moorhead. Concordia’s Jerry Nathan scored on a counterattack for the only goal of the game. Gustavus holds a 6­2 edge in the last eight games of the series. The Gusties were 7­0­1 in the first eight games of the series. The first Cobber victory against GAC came in 1995 in St. Peter when CC claimed their first conference title.

Cobber Gameday Profile – Matt Klein #5 Year: Junior Position: Defense Major: Nursing Post Graduation Plans: Find a job Nickname: Kleiner Place I would most like to visit: Australia Favorite food: Stir fry Favorite movies: Snatch, Fight Club Favorite TV show: That 70's Show, Boston Legal Favorite music groups: Say Anything, The Format, Reuben's Accomplise Favorite book: Hary Potter The three people I would most like to meet: Lance Armstrong, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera The biggest influence on my soccer career: Scott Bjerke (high school coach) If I were to play another sport, it would be: Hot Dog Eater My dream job is: To play pro soccer

GAMEDAY GAME NOTES COBBER CORNERS

• Concordia enters today’s game 2­2. After winning the first two games of the season, the Cobbers lost at regionally­ranked UC­Santa Cruz 4­0 on Monday and then dropped their MIAC opener 3­1 at St. Thomas on Wednesday.

• Today’s game also marks the home opener for the Cobbers in 2006. Last year Concordia was 1­7­0 at home with their lone win coming in the second home game of the year against St. Scholastica.

• Concordia is 4­6 in the last ten home openers. In that time, the Cobbers have opened with the Gusties three times and have a 1­2 mark. The last time CC opened with Gustavus was back in 2004 when the Gusties won 2­0. The last time Concordia won a home opener was back in 2003 when CC beat the University of Mary (N.D.) 2­1.

• Concordia was supposed to play two games in California but a scheduling mix­up by Bethany forced the Cobbers to cancel their game on Saturday against Bethany.

• The Concordia men’s soccer team started the season 2­0 for the first time since the 2003 season. The Cobbers defeated Concordia University (Wis.) 2­1 and then downed the University of Mary (N.D.) 2­ 1 in a game shortened by lightning to claim the championship of the St. John’s Tournament.

• After allowing 69 goals in 16 games last season (4.31/game), Concordia opened the year by only allowing a single goal in both opening­weekend contests. That feat duplicates the total from 2005 when the Cobbers allowed less than two goals in only two games.

• Cobber junior forward Brandon Root returned to the lineup for the Cobbers’ and promptly scored the winning goal in the team’s first win of the year. Root, who took a year off in 2005, helped set up the first goal in the team’s 2­1 win over Concordia University and then scored the game­winner at the 57:47 mark. Root has led the team in scoring in each of the two years he has competed for the Cobbers.

• After today’s game, Concordia will have a week off before taking on St. Olaf in Northfield, Minn. next Saturday. The Cobbers’ next home game is Tuesday, Sept. 26 when they host Hamline at 4 p.m. GUSTIE GOALS: (season preview courtesy of Gustavus SID) • Gustavus enters today’s game with a 4­0­1 record. After tying their

first game of the season, the Gusties rattled off four straight wins ­ including Wednesday’s MIAC opener against Carleton.

• The Gustavus men’s soccer team remained unbeaten on the season with wins over Simpson (3­0) and Nebraska Wesleyan (3­0) last weekend. Coach Larry Zelenz’s squad, which is currently 3­0­1, has recorded three shutouts in four matches and have outscored its opponent’s 8­1.

• Senior leadership has been the key to the Gusties fast start as midfielder Matt Broin has tallied six points on three goals, forward Alex Groth has contributed six points on two goals and two assists, and goalkeeper Tyler Garry (Sr., Sioux Falls, S.D.) has recorded two shutouts in four games with a 0.24 goals against average.

• Gustavus is coming off a dream season in 2005 in which they went all the way to the NCAA Tournament championship game where they lost to Messiah 1­0. It was the first time an MIAC men’s soccer team had ever reached the Final Four of the Division III playoffs. For his efforts, Gustie head coach Larry Zelenz was named the National Coach of the Year. It’s just nice for the Gameday staff to be able to say that we knew him way back before he was a legend!!!

GAMEDAY ROSTERS CONCORDIA COLLEGE MOORHEAD “COBBERS” No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School 00 Mads Schmidt Fr. GK 6­1 170 Skive, Noway/Skive 01 Dustin Pattengale Jr. GK 5­10 165 Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead 02 Robbie Tungseth Fr. D 5­11 160 Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead 03 Shane Evenstad Jr. D 6­0 170 Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead 04 Chad Morlock Jr. D/M 6­2 185 Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead 05 Matt Klein Jr. M/D 5­8 160 Fergus Falls, Minn./Fergus Falls 06 Ryan Albrecht Jr. D 5­11 155 Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater 07 Kevin Quimby Sr. M 5­4 130 Mahtomedi, Minn./Mahtomedi 08 Lane Muzzana Fr. D 5­10 170 Great Falls, Mont./C.M. Russell 09 Miguel Angel Diaz So. M 5­9 170 Pelican Rapids, Minn./Pelican Rpds 10 Brandon Root Jr. F 5­10 180 Fargo, N.D./Fargo South 11 Kwaku Opoku Jr. F 6­1 185 Takoradi, Ghana/Mfantsipion 12 Eric Juven Fr. M 5­8 140 Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead 13 Caleb Husmann Sr. M 6­0 170 Rochester, Minn./Century 14 Alex Brandt Jr. F 5­8 150 Duluth, Minn./Duluth Central 15 Aaron Klein So. M/D 5­8 165 Fergus Falls, Minn./Fergus Falls 16 Chase Hegarty So. M 5­8 165 Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata 17 Ryan Elling Jr. M 5­6 160 Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Simley 19 Kyle Walerius Fr. D 6­1 165 West Fargo, N.D./West Fargo 20 Mergim Vllahiu Fr. M 5­10 200 West Fargo, N.D./West Fargo 21 Kirby Johnson Fr. M/F 5­8 160 Crookston, Minn./Crookston 22 Gennadiy Patselov So. M/F 5­11 170 Fargo, N.D./Fargo North 23 Jered Magsam Fr. M 5­11 175 St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Tech 24 Matt Prendergast So. D 5­10 165 Rochester, Minn./Century 26 Alexander Jorgensen Fr. M 5­10 160 Trondheim, Norway/Videregaende 28 Brett Oestreich Jr. GK 6­4 190 Fargo, N.D./Fargo South

Coaching Staff: Head Coach – Damian Koshnick (Concordia ’98; 2 nd Season) Assistant Coaches ­ Paul Berglund (2 nd Year)

GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE “GUSTIES” No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School 01 Trevor Brown Jr. GK 6­4 185 Madison, Wisc./James Madison 02 Dan Suchy Sr. F 5­6 145 La Crosse, Wisc./Central 03 Sam Barthell Jr. D 6­0 180 Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson 04 Dane Espenson So. MF 5­8 153 Duluth, Minn./Denfield 05 Ryan Beduhn Jr. MF 5­9 155 St. Cloud, Minn./Tech 06 Jeffrey Johnson Jr. MF 5­9 160 Tonka Bay, Minn./Minnetonka 07 Gabe Joyes Jr. MF 5­8 160 Stoughton, Wisc./Stoughton 08 Mike Butterworth Jr. F 6­2 185 Katy, Texas/Robert Service, Alaska 09 Dane Obermeyer Jr. MF 5­10 155 Los Alamos, New Mexico 10 Flynn Stewart­Franzen So. D 6­4 170 Minneapolis, Minn./Holy Angels 11 Fraser Horton Fy. MF 6­0 175 Missoula, Montana 12 Ben Heupel Jr. MF 5­11 160 Maple Grove, Minn./Osseo 13 Ben Eriksson So. F 5­10 160 Madison, Wis./West 14 Matt Broin Sr. MF 6­0 170 Minnetonka, Minn./Hopkins 15 Matt Strom Jr. MF 5­11 160 Plymouth, Minn./Cooper 16 Jack Underwood Jr. MF 5­9 155 Fergus Falls, Minn./Fergus Falls 17 Neil Nelson Sr. F 6­0 160 Edina, Minn./Edina 18 Todd Johnson So. D 6­1 180 Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson 19 Jesus Espina­Velosa So. F 5­7 155 Hopkins, Minn./Hopkins 21 Tim Gendron Jr. F 6­1 160 Burnsville, Minn./Burnsville 22 Stefan Kolis Fy. MF 5­9 140 Eau Claire, Wis./North 23 Vince Oldre Jr. D 5­8 160 Excelsior, Minn./Hopkins 24 Alex Groth Sr. F 5­11 180 Waupaca, Wisc./Waupaca 33 Tyler Garry Sr. GK 6­3 200 Sioux Falls, SD/O’Gorman

Coaching Staff: Head Coach: Larry Zelenz (DePauw University ’79; 21 st season: 224­96­39) Asst. Coach: Joe Hartwell

Gustie Soccer Info: 2005 Record: 17­3­5 2005 MIAC: 7­1­2 (T1 st ) Home: 6­2­2 Away: 7­1­2 Neutral: 4­0­1 Last Postseason: 2005 – loss to Messiah (1­0) in the championship game of the NCAA Tournament. 2005 Stat Leaders: Pts: Bobby Kroog (31), Caleb Bousu (25) Goals: Bobby Kroog (14), Caleb Bousu (9), Alex Groth (9) Assists: Caleb Bousu (7), three players tie with 5 Goals Against: Tyler Garry (0.42)

Cobber Soccer Info: 2005 Record: 1­15­0 2005 MIAC: 0­10­0 (11 th ) Home: 1­7­0 Away: 0­7­0 Neutral: 0­1­0 Last Postseason: 1996 – loss to Luther (4­1) in round of 16 in NCAA Tournament 2005 Stat Leaders: Pts: Sylvester Ndhlovu (12), Caleb Husmann (8) Goals: Sylvester Ndhlovu (5), Caleb Husmann (3) Assists: Four players tied with 2 Goals Against: Dustin Pattengale (4.03) Brett Oestreich (4.65)

GAMEDAY SCHEDULES

‘06 CONCORDIA SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER___________________________ 2 vs. Concordia U. (Wis.) @ SJU W 2­1 3 vs. U. of Mary (N.D.) W 2­1 11 at UC­Santa Cruz L 0­4 13 at St. Thomas L 1­3 16 GUSTAVUS 1 p.m. 23 at St. Olaf 2 p.m. 26 HAMLINE 4 p.m. 30 at St. Mary’s 2 p.m.

OCTOBER_____________________________ 5 UW­SUPERIOR 3 p.m. 7 at Bethel 4 p.m. 10 AUGSBURG 1:30 p.m. 14 MACALESTER 3 p.m. 15 UPPER IOWA 1 p.m. 21 at Carleton 1 p.m. 22 vs. Central (Iowa) @ Carleton 1 p.m. 25 U. OF MARY (N.D.) 1 p.m. 28 ST. JOHN’S 3 p.m. 31 MIAC PLAYOFFS ­ Semifinal TBA

NOVEMBER____________________________ 4 MIAC PLAYOFFS ­ Final TBA

2006 GUSTAVUS SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER___________________________ 1 at Edgewood (Wis.) T 0­0 2OT 2 at UW­Whitewater W 2­1 9 SIMPSON (IOWA) W 3­0 10 NEBRASKA WESLEYAN W 3­0 13 CARLETON W 2­0 16 at Concordia 1 p.m. 23 ST. JOHN’S 1 p.m. 26 ST. MARY’S 4 p.m. 30 at St. Olaf 1 p.m.

OCTOBER_____________________________ 1 at Luther 5 p.m. 6 at Macalester 7:30 p.m. 11 ST. THOMAS 4 p.m. 14 CENTRAL (IOWA) 3:30 p.m. 18 at Hamline 3:30 p.m. 22 at Cal State East Bay 2 p.m. 23 at UC­Santa Cruz 2 p.m. 25 at Augsburg 7:30 p.m. 28 BETHEL 1 p.m. 31 MIAC PLAYOFFS ­ Semifinal TBA

NOVEMBER____________________________ 4 MIAC PLAYOFFS ­ Final TBA

COBBER LAST GAME RECAP Concordia gave up two goals in the first half and one in the second against St. Thomas and lost 3­1 in the MIAC opener for both teams.

The loss drops the Cobbers' season record to 2­2 after starting the season at 2­0. St. Thomas moves to 3­1.

The game was decided in the 29th minute of the first half. After the Tommies had scored the initial goal of the game at the 27:00 mark, they were able to add another just two minutes later. The Tommies tacked on their final goal in the 65th minute.

Concordia was able to get one back in the 74th minute when junior Kwaku Opoku finished off a pass from Caleb Husmann to pull the Cobbers to within 3­1.

For the game, St. Thomas outshot the Cobbers 22­10 and held an 11­5 advantage in corner kicks.

Concordia goalie Mads Schmidt made three saves in the first half and four more in the second for a total of seven.

GUSTIE LAST GAME RECAP (Courtesy of the Gustavus SID) The Gustavus men's soccer team pulled out a 2­0 victory over Carleton College, Wednesday afternoon in St. Peter. The Gusties took a 1­0 early lead in the first half and then played exceptional defense the rest of the way. The second goal came with :23 seconds left to play on a Mike Butterworth breakaway. Gustavus extends its unbeaten streak to five games, and improves its record to 4­0­1, while getting its first win in MIAC play. The Knights fall to 2­3 overall and 0­1 in the MIAC.

In the first half, the Gusties got out to an early 1­0 lead when Matt Strom took a corner kick and put it in front of the net where a Carleton player knocked it in his own goal. Both teams extinguished each other's numerous scoring opportunities in the first half and Gustavus escaped with a 1­0 lead.

The scoring opportunities continued throughout the second half. The best chance for Gustavus came with over four minutes to play as Dan Suchy broke free down the side of the field with the ball. Suchy passed to Butterworth who was waiting in front of the net, however his kick went just wide of the net.

The game looked like it would end with the Gusties up by one but Butterworth was determined to get his first goal of the season. With 23 seconds left, Butterworth and a defender raced after a loose ball. Butterworth booted the ball into the air fooling the defender then he controlled the ball and beat the keeper for a 2­0 Gustavus win.

Tyler Garry saved four shots in the game for the Gusties. Ross Mattson stopped seven shots for the Knights. Gustavus outshot Carleton 16­12 and led corner kicks, 9­3.

The Gusties are now 9­0­1 against Carleton in their last ten meetings. Gustavus holds an all­time mark of 20­4­5 against the Knights.

GAMEDAY BACK PAGE 2006 MIAC STANDINGS

MIAC Overall Games School W L T W L T .PCT Augsburg 1 0 0 6 0 0 1.00 Hamline 1 0 0 5 0 0 1.00 Gustavus 1 0 0 4 0 1 .900 St. John's 1 0 0 4 0 1 .900 St. Thomas 1 0 0 3 1 0 .750 Macalester 1 0 0 1 2 0 .333 St. Olaf 0 1 0 2 1 0 .667 Concordia 0 1 0 2 2 0 .500 St. Mary's 0 1 0 3 3 0 .500 Carleton 0 1 0 2 3 0 .400 Bethel 0 2 0 1 5 0 .167

UPCOMING GAMES 9/16/2006 (Saturday) Gustavus @ Concordia, 1:00pm Saint John’s @ St. Olaf, 1:00pm Carleton @ Saint Mary's, 1:00pm Simpson @ Bethel, 1:00pm Augsburg @ Hamline, 1:00pm St. Thomas vs. Neb. Wslyn @ B. Vista, 3:30pm 9/17/2006 (Sunday) St. Thomas vs. Grinnell @ B. Vista, 11:00am Saint John’s @ St. Norbert, 2:00pm Macalester @ Luther, 5:00pm 9/18/2006 (Monday) Northwestern @ Hamline, 4:00pm 9/20/2006 (Wednesday) Bethel @ St. Thomas, 4:00pm Wartburg @ St. Olaf, 5:00pm Luther @ Carleton, 6:30pm Augsburg @ St. Scholastica, 6:30pm 9/22/2006 (Friday) Saint Mary’s @ Macalester, 7:30pm 9/23/2006 (Saturday) Augsburg @ Carleton, 1:00pm Saint John's @ Gustavus, 1:00pm Concordia @ St. Olaf, 2:00pm St. Thomas @ Carroll, 3:30pm

RECENT RESULTS 9/14/2006 (Thursday) Luther 0 @ Bethel 1 9/13/2006 (Wednesday) Concordia 1 @ St. Thomas 3 Carleton 0 @ Gustavus 2 Saint John's 2 @ Bethel 0 Hamline 3 @ Saint Mary’s 2 St. Olaf 0 @ Augsburg 1 9/11/2006 (Monday) Concordia 0 @ UC­Santa Cruz 4 9/10/2006 (Sunday) MSOE 2 @ Hamline 4 Carroll 0 @ Augsburg 2 Carthage 1 @ Carleton 0 Ripon 0 @ Saint Mary’s 2 St. Thomas 2 @ Northland 1 OT Simpson 1 vs. Saint John's 3 @ Gustavus Nebraska Wesleyan 0 @ Gustavus 3 Macalester @ Wartburg ­ Postponed to Oct. 19 9/9/2006 (Saturday) Carroll 1 @ Hamline 2 MSOE 0 @ Augsburg 1 Central 0 @ St. Olaf 1 Neb.Wesleyan 0 vs Saint John’s 1 @ Gustavus Simpson 0 @ Gustavus 3

2006 TEAM STATISTICS Concordia College ## Name G A Pts Sh Shot% SOG SOG% GW 13 Caleb Husmann 1 1 3 7 .143 3 .429 0 10 Brandon Root 1 0 2 10 .100 7 .700 1 16 Chase Hegarty 1 0 2 4 .250 1 .250 1 11 Kwaku Opoku 1 0 2 4 .250 2 .500 0 20 Mergim Vllahiu 1 0 2 1 1.000 1 1.000 0 4 Chad Morlock 0 1 1 0 .000 0 .000 0 7 Kevin Quimby 0 0 0 4 .000 1 .250 0 6 Ryan Albrecht 0 0 0 4 .000 1 .250 0 17 Ryan Elling 0 0 0 3 .000 1 .333 0 22 Genna Patselov 0 0 0 2 .000 2 1.000 0 21 Kirby Johnson 0 0 0 2 .000 1 .500 0 8 Lane Muzzana 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 26 Alexander Jorgensen 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 23 Jered Magsam 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 15 Aaron Klein 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 9 Miguel Angel Diaz 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 5 Matt Klein 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 3 Shane Evenstad 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 2 Robbie Tungseth 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0

Total.............. 5 2 12 42 .119 20 .476 2 Opponents.......... 9 6 24 76 .118 27 .355 2

GOALKEEPING ## Name GP­GS Min GA Avg Svs Pct W­L­T 00 Mads Schmidt 4­4 340 9 2.38 28 .757 2­2­0

Total........ 4 340 9 2.38 28 .757 2­2­0 Opponents.... 4 340 5 1.32 19 .792 2­2­0

GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE ## Name G A Pts Sh Shot% GW 14 Matt Broin 3 0 6 8 .375 2 24 Alex Groth 2 2 6 11 .182 1 6 Jeffrey Johnson 2 1 5 15 .133 0 7 Gabe Joyes 1 2 4 2 .500 0 8 Mike Butterworth 1 0 2 15 .067 0 10 F. Stewart­Franzen 0 1 1 2 .000 0 12 Ben Heupel 0 0 0 5 .000 0 5 Ryan Beduhn 0 0 0 5 .000 0 17 Neil Nelson 0 0 0 4 .000 0 3 Sam Barthell 0 0 0 3 .000 0 2 Dan Suchy 0 0 0 3 .000 0 21 Tim Gendron 0 0 0 2 .000 0 16 Jack Underwood 0 0 0 2 .000 0 4 Dane Espenson 0 0 0 2 .000 0 19 Jesus Espina­Velosa 0 0 0 1 .000 0 15 Matt Strom 0 0 0 1 .000 0 13 Ben Eriksson 0 0 0 1 .000 0 9 Dane Obermeyer 0 0 0 1 .000 0 33 Tyler Garry 0 0 0 0 .000 0 23 Vince Oldre 0 0 0 0 .000 0 22 Stefan Kolis 0 0 0 0 .000 0 18 Todd Johnson 0 0 0 0 .000 0 11 Fraser Horton 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 Trevor Brown 0 0 0 0 .000 0

Total............... 10 6 26 83 .120 4 Opponents........... 1 1 3 37 .027 0

GOALKEEPING ## Name GP­GS Min GA Avg Svs Pct W­L­T Sho 33 Tyler Garry 5­5 470 1 0.19 21 .955 4­0­1 4

Total....... 5 470 1 0.19 24 .960 4­0­1 4 Opponents... 5 470 10 1.91 31 .756 0­4­1 1