The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Thursday, August 25
Austin, Texas
7 p.m. CT - FREE ADMISSION!
University of Texas
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#1 North Carolina
Soccer preview: No. 1 North Carolina
08.24.2022 | Soccer
The Longhorns prep to host the top-ranked Tarheels in a Thursday night match-up on Longhorn Network
Match 2: #1 North Carolina (2-0-0) at Texas (1-0-0)
Time: Thursday, Aug. 25 – 7 p.m. CT
Location: Austin, Texas (Mike A. Myers Stadium & Soccer Field)
Tickets: Admission is FREE for all fans
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Free Kicks:
- Texas has faced off previously against both of this weekend's opponents. UT is 0-5-1 all-time against national power North Carolina, including 0-3-0 in Austin, while four of the six total matches have been settled by one goal or ended in a tie. The Longhorns and Gators have matched up just once all-time, tying 1-1 (2OT) last season in Gainesville.
- For both fifth-year senior defender Carlee Allen and head coach Angela Kelly, there will be a familiar face on the other sideline this weekend. Allen's sister Abby is currently a junior defender for North Carolina, having played in 37 career matches for the Tarheels. On Sunday, Kelly will face off against new Florida head coach Samantha (Baggett) Bohon, a former assistant on Kelly's coaching staff at Tennessee from 2001-04. During her stint with the Lady Vols, Bohon helped the program to two Southeastern Conference titles and three consecutive NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances.
- It was quite an impressive collegiate debut for Texas forward Liz Worden last Thursday against Lipscomb. The Riverside, Calif., native earned her first career selection as the Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Week (Aug. 23) after scoring her first career brace (two goals) and dishing an assist as the Longhorns routed defending the Atlantic Sun Conference champions, 5-0.
- With 18 assists over her first 26 career matches, sophomore midfielder Lexi Missimo is already tied for 10th all-time in helpers in Texas program history (tied with Haley Berg, Cyera Hintzen, Kylie Doniak, Kelly McDonald).
- Texas enters Thursday's match with a 0-6-0 all-time record against No. 1-ranked teams while four of those match-ups have come against North Carolina. The last meeting against a top-ranked squad came back on Oct. 23, 2016, against No. 1 West Virginia (L, 0-1) in Austin.
- Texas proved to be dangerous off set pieces during its opening match against Lipscomb, scoring three of its five total goals off corners (two) or free kicks (one). Sophomore defender EmJ Cox scored the opener/match-winner just 6:01 into the contest by leaping high to head home a feed off a corner. During the 27th minute, Lexi Missimo delivered a corner into the 18-yard-box that eventually turned into Liz Worden's first collegiate goal. At the 67:00 mark, fifth-year senior defender Cameron Brooks leapt high to head home a Missimo free kick.
- The Longhorns are currently riding a nine-match home unbeaten streak (7-0-2) dating back to Sept. 12, 2021, against UTRGV. Over that stretch, Texas has outscored its opposition, 23-3. UT still has a long way to go to reach its current program record home unbeaten skein of 21 matches set from Aug. 31, 2007 to Oct. 31, 2008.
- Texas' roster is dominated by players from a pair of standout club soccer programs, Solar SC (Dallas area) & the Vancouver Whitecaps (Canada). Previously coached at Solar SC by Derek Missimo (Lexi's dad), the Longhorns currently boast a staggering 11 different players from the program (Byars, McFarland, Missimo, Nobles, Claros, Lapomarda, Sydney Cox, EmJ Cox, Miller, Sproat, Dellosso), while freshman Olivia Ahern joins Holly Ward, Emma Regan & Teni Akindoju as products of the Whitecaps system. In all, 15-of-29 Texas players come from the two programs (52%).
- Texas fifth-year senior midfielder/defender Emma Regan has been voted as one of the team leaders for a reason. It's because she provides a consistent presence for the Longhorns. The Burnaby, British Columbia, native has played in Texas' last 61 matches and is riding a streak of 59 consecutive starts dating back to Oct. 25, 2018. For her career, Regan has played in 69 total matches with 68 starts. As a freshman in 2018, she missed her only collegiate matches due to a Team Canada call-up for senior-level international duty at the CONCACAF Women's Championship.
- The Longhorns have won 43 consecutive matches in which they scored two-or-more goals in a contest dating back to the start of the 2017 season. The last time Texas failed to win when tickling the twine on two occasions was in a 3-2 defeat at TCU back on Oct. 28, 2016.
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