Thursday, October 4, 2001

Men’s soccer team gears up to play Charlotte
By Dan Smith
Skiff Staff

Though the men’s soccer team did not begin its season the way it wanted in terms of wins and losses, the team has still played good soccer, associate head coach Blake Amos said.

“Our record doesn’t show for how well we have played” Amos said.

The men’s soccer team (2-5-1, Conference USA) is looking to get back on track 1 p.m. Sunday at Charlotte after losing three straight matches to ranked opponents.

Junior midfielder Carrington Brown guards the ball against Southern Methodist forward Asher Hamilton. The Frogs play Charlotte at 1 p.m. on Sunday at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium.

The Frogs last game was a 4-0 loss against No. 3 Saint Louis. TCU, sitting in the middle of the C-USA standings with a record of 1-1, still has high hopes of going to the conference championship, Amos said.

“We have a (certain) amount of teams we have to beat to get to the championship,” Amos said. “We just need to beat the teams that we think we can beat.”

Losses to Wisconsin, Southern Methodist and Saint Louis dropped the Frogs overall record, but the loses have barely affected their drive for the post season, Amos said.

Sunday’s game will end an eight-day lay off.

“This break has given us time to relax and get healthy as we prepare for the next few weeks of C-USA games ahead,” Amos said.

Charlotte brings an offensive threat with forwards Juan Munoz-Airey and Mira Mupier who have supplied all but three team goals for Charlotte this season. Charlotte and TCU are averaging a little more then a goal a game, and both need conference wins.

“This will be a big turning point of our season,” junior forward Michael Blackburn said.

“We need this conference win.”

Sophomore defender Andrew Porteous (ankle), and freshman defender Jason Wiley (groin) will not play due to injury.

Dan Smith
d.r.smith@student.tcu.edu