ALBANY, N.Y. – The University at Albany men's soccer program hosts its second Ivy League opponent of the season, Dartmouth, on Saturday.
 
Game Info
Saturday, September 17 vs. Dartmouth (6:00 pm)
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Leading the Pack

• UAlbany is 1-0-1 at home this season; Dartmouth is 1-0-1 on the road
• The Great Danes are 1-1 against the Big Green in Albany
• Dartmouth has scored just two goals on the season 

Scouting Dartmouth
Dartmouth is 1-2-1 through four games this season, falling in each of their last two following a season-opening victory over Niagara and a scoreless tie against Canisius.  The Big Green struggled in 2021, going 3-11-1 overall including 1-9-0 in road games.  Dartmouth was picked to finish seventh in the 2022 Ivy League Preseason Coaches' Poll.  Only two Dartmouth players have scored goals this season.  UAlbany is 1-4-0 in five meetings against Dartmouth since 2013.
 
Last Time vs. Dartmouth
UAlbany returned to action after a 10-day hiatus to face off against their penultimate non-conference opponent of the 2021 regular season, Dartmouth, on the road.  The Big Green, winless in seven games before meeting UAlbany, scored on a corner kick in the first half to take a 1-0 lead.  UAlbany overcame a sluggish first 45 minutes to dominate play in the second half, controlling more than 60% of possession, outshooting Dartmouth 11-5, and drawing eight corner kicks, but the Great Danes were unable to score and fell by the same score.
 
Last Time Out
UAlbany visited Big Ten opponent Rutgers for the first-ever meeting between the programs.  Saad Faiz scored in the 24th minute to put UAlbany up 1-0, netting both his first goal of the season and UAlbany's first goal from the field.  The Great Danes held on to their 1-0 lead at halftime, but Rutgers regrouped to score five goals in the second half to win 5-1.
 
Around the America East
UMBC suffered its first loss of the season, 1-0 to Mount St. Mary's, allowing a surging Vermont squad to move into a tie for first place with both teams at 4-1-1 through six games.  Bryant is third at 3-3-0, followed by NJIT at 2-3-1 and New Hampshire at 2-3-0.  UAlbany and UMass Lowell are both 1-4-1, followed by winless Binghamton, 0-4-1.
 
Saturday's America East Games

• Canisius at Binghamton, 1:00 pm
• Dartmouth at UAlbany, 6:00 pm
• St. Peter's at UMBC, 7:00 pm

 
From the Field
When Saad Faiz scored his first goal of the season, in the 24th minute of the Great Danes' sixth game of the year, at Rutgers, it was the team's first goal scored from the field of the 2022 season.  All three of the Great Danes' previous goals were scored on penalty kicks.  Faiz's goal ended a drought of just over 520 minutes of game time since their previous goal from the field, in the 44th minute of the 2021 America East quarterfinal against NJIT.
 
Defensive Player of the Week
Daniel Shannon recorded his first career shutout and victory as UAlbany's goalkeeper in the Great Danes' fifth game of the year when they hosted the Penn Quakers.  Shannon faced a total of 21 shots and made four saves to keep the Quakers off the board and hold the 1-0 lead to victory.  Shannon is UAlbany's first defensive player of the week since former teammate Carlos Tofern was named on September 7, 2021.
 
Three-for-Three
Through five games, UAlbany has scored three goals on the 2022 season.  Each goal came via penalty kick, first in the season opener against Boston University and second at Marist at the end of a three-game road swing.  Pantelis Panteli took each penalty kick for the Great Danes, making Panteli accountable for all UAlbany scoring through the early part of the season.  In the fifth game of the season, Domenic Baumann stepped in for Panteli on the Great Danes' PK against Penn and successfully converted the attempt, making UAlbany 3-3 on PKs this season.
 
International Flavor
Continuing a tradition within the UAlbany men's soccer program under head coach Trevor Gorman, the 2022 Great Danes feature a sizeable international roster.  Thirteen countries are represented among UAlbany's ranks this season: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Germany, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United States.
 
New Faces
UAlbany welcomes 16 new players to the roster for the 2022 season, replacing 15 departures and bringing the team roster to a total of 30.  Though the Great Danes return second-leading scorer Andrew Weiner from last year, the members of the new class will fill in for the production left behind by the departures of the first, third, and fourth-leading scorers, a total of six goals and 11 assists.
 
Picked Fourth
After finishing the 2021 regular season third in the America East standings, the Great Danes were picked to finish fourth in the league's 2022 preseason coaches' poll.  Behind unanimous favorite New Hampshire, picked to win the league for the fourth-straight season, the distribution tightened up.  Defending tournament champion Vermont was picked second just two points ahead of third-pick UMBC, and five points ahead of UAlbany.  NJIT was picked fifth, ahead of Binghamton and UMass Lowell in a tie for sixth, with conference newcomer Bryant picked eighth.
 
Game Over
Adopted starting this season, regular-season matches will no longer go into extra time when tied at the conclusion of regulation.  The regular-seasons games will conclude after 90 minutes of play.  Overtime and shootouts will return starting in the postseason.
 
Next: UAlbany visits Rhode Island on September 20.