Men's Soccer Faces La Salle in Philadelphia Soccer Six Matchup

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PHILADELPHIA – Temple men's soccer heads to La Salle on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. for a Philadelphia Soccer Six matchup. The Owls look to repeat as the Philadelphia Soccer Six Champions after securing the title last year.

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Temple is 1-3 to open the 2014 season. The Owls have dropped their past two games on the road to No. 16 Penn State 1-0 and Duke 3-1.
Forward Olli Tynkkynen earned the first American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Week of the season after he scored his first two collegiate goals in the team's 3-0 win against Sacramento State.
Redshirt-senior defender Jonah Williams garnered the American Athletic Conference Defender of the Week after helping the defense allow only one goal in two games two weekends ago, not allowing a single shot on goal for Sacramento State, and assisting on a goal.
Junior midfielder/forward Jared Martinelli, sophomore defender Robert Sagel and senior goalkeeper Dan Scheck were selected to the Preseason All-American Athletic Conference Team. Scheck was voted by the coaches as the Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year.
Three freshmen have started all four games for Temple: Tynkkynen, midfielder Felipe Liborio and midfielder Brendon Creed.
Temple was predicted to finish fifth in the conference by the preseason coaches' poll.
Scheck is currently the career leader in goals allowed average (0.68) and ranks tied for fourth in career wins (15).
La Salle comes into the game with a 0-3-0 record. The Explorers opened their season with a 1-0 loss at Siena and lost both games in the Windjammer Classic to Vermont 2-1 and UMass Lowell 2-0.
La Salle was picked to finish seventh in the A-10. The Explorers have made their conference tournament four straight years.
Temple leads the all-time series 47-17-2. The Owls won the last game 3-0 between the two former conference foes on Oct. 28, 2012.
This marks the first Philadelphia Soccer Six game of the 2014 season for both teams.
The Owls are currently in a four game road trip and won't return home until Sept. 21 for a Philadelphia Soccer Six match against Penn. The road trip began at No. 16 Penn State last Friday, and Temple will head to Fordham (9/17) next Tuesday.
Temple is coming off 10-4-4, 3-1-4 season where they finished fourth in the conference and were named the Philadelphia Soccer Six Champions.
Sagel and Martinelli were selected to the 2013 all-conference second teams. Sagel was put on the all-freshmen team.

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