SMU Welcomes Wake Forest To Kick Off ACC Championship | Wednesday 6pm CT

DALLAS (SMU) – SMU Men’s Soccer is about to host Wake Forest in its ACC Championship first-round match at Washburne Stadium on Wednesday.

The Mustangs enter the match because the No. 7 seed, whereas Wake Forest is available in as the ten seed. The Demon Deacons received the ACC Championship match final season.

The match will kick off at 6 pm CT and can be aired on ACCNX.

Mustangs vs. Demon Deacons History

• This match would be the third assembly between SMU and Wake Forest.
• Their two earlier conferences occurred final season and had been each in Dallas.
• Their first assembly was on SMU’s last house match of the common season in 2024 when the Mustangs received 3-0 on Senior Night.
• The Mustangs and Demon Deacons final met within the quarterfinals of the 2024 ACC Championship. Wake Forest superior in penalty kicks in a match that ended tied 2-2 after two extra time durations.

Talking Stats

• Stephan Soghomonian is SMU’s main goalscorer with 9 targets.
• Villads Landsperg has performed essentially the most minutes for SMU this season, with 1345 minutes in 15 matches. He’s solely missed 5 sport minutes all season and performed full 90 minutes in 14 matches.

Matchup Facts

• Jaylinn Mitchell scored a aim and made an help for his first multi-goal contribution match as a Mustang in SMU’s match towards Wake Forest on Nov. 5, 2024.
• Martin Dominguez made SMU’s final penalty save, and Enzo Panozzo scored his first SMU aim towards the Demon Deacons on Oct. 25, 2024.

Postseason Notes

• SMU has received 10 convention match titles.
• The Mustangs made it to the quarterfinal spherical of their first ACC Championship final season by defeating Boston College 1-0 within the first spherical.

Stepped Up

• Stephan Soghomonian was named ACC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 7 and Oct. 21.
• He is the ACC’s second high scorer in convention play with six targets towards ACC groups.
• He is certainly one of solely 4 gamers to attain a number of hat methods this season.
• Soghomonian has scored eight targets in six matches. Scored a hat trick towards California (Oct. 3) and Boston College (Oct. 18).
• He turned the primary Mustang to attain a hat trick after virtually two years within the Mustangs’ 4-0 win towards Cal on Oct. 3.
• The earlier Mustang to attain a hat trick was Jelldrik Dallmann towards Temple on Nov. 9, 2023.
• He scored his hat trick towards Cal from the bench with solely 44 minutes of play time.

Slade Bosses The Backline

• Slade Starnes was named ACC Defensive Player of the Week twice on Sep. 30 and Oct. 28.
• He captained the Mustangs’ defensive position handy No. 1 Stanford to its first draw/loss in Palo Alto this season on Sunday.
• He and the Mustangs’ backline have contained opponents to a mean of solely 7.9 shot makes an attempt per sport. Limiting 5 groups (Boston College, Cal, LMU, Oral Roberts and Virginia) to 5 shot makes an attempt or much less.

Villads Engine

• Villads Landsperg has solely missed 5 minutes of pitch time for the Mustangs this season.
• Played 1345 minutes in 15 matches.
• He and the Mustangs’ backline have contained opponents to a mean of solely 7.9 shot makes an attempt per sport. Limiting 5 groups (Boston College, Cal, LMU, Oral Roberts and Virginia) to 5 shot makes an attempt or much less.

SMU vs Top 25 Opponents

• SMU is 1-1-3 towards Top-25 groups this season.
• The Mustangs are coming off a 1-0 loss to No. 6 Virginia.
• SMU grabbed its first ranked win at No. 21 Notre Dame (Sep. 27).
• The Mustangs drew 1-1 towards No. 2 Clemson they usually additionally drew No. 18 Kansas City 2-2 to kick off the season.
• SMU was 4-3-3 towards high 25 opponents final season after falling within the NCAA Quarterfinals to No. 8 Marshall.

Scouting Wake Forest

• Wake Forest is the thirteenth highest-scoring staff within the nation with 35 targets this season. Fourth within the ACC.
• Senior Cooper Flax is fourth within the ACC in factors with seven targets and 7 assists.

SMU vs Virginia Notes

• Virginia had a season-low of shot makes an attempt (4). This is the fifth staff SMU has confined to 5 or fewer photographs this season.
• Villads Landsperg performed his 14th 90-minute match of the season. He has performed 1345 minutes in 15 matches.

FIFA World Cup At Washburne Stadium

• Washburne Stadium can be an official coaching floor for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.