Tigers Settle for 1-1 Draw with SIUE in Rain-Soaked Affair

Friday, September 13

Memphis, Tenn.

2 p.m.

University of Memphis

2-4-1, 0-0-0

SIUE

1-2-2, 0-0-0

SIUE

Memphis

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Tigers Settle for 1-1 Draw with SIUE in Rain-Soaked Affair

Sep 13, 2024 | Men's Soccer

Box Score

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Memphis Tiger men's soccer team came back to the Bluff City after a two-match road swing and played SIUE to a rain-soaked 1-1 draw Friday afternoon at the Billy J. Murphy Soccer & Track Complex.

With both sides slipping and sliding all over the field in a continuous downpour, the Tigers moved to 2-4-1 overall while SIUE moved to 1-2-2.

An early goal by SIUE gave the Panthers the lead, with Memphis' Anthony DiFalco answering a few minutes later for the afternoon's final goal.

KEY MOMENTS

13' – SIUE took a 1-0 lead after a turnover from the Tigers in the midfield. Nacho Abeal took the ball after a slip on the turf and made a run straight into the box where he drove a left-footed shot up and over the keeper to find the net.
17' – Less than five minutes later, Memphis responded with an equalizer to make it 1-1. Luciano Galizzi split the Panthers on a dribble to the end line, drawing the keeper near post, then played a ball back between three defenders to Anthony DiFalco who knocked it between the pipes from two yards out.
81' – Memphis nearly found a go-ahead goal when Anders Bordoy made a step and fired a rocket from the top of the box with his right foot, curling it around the defense, but SIUE's keeper made a terrific diving stop to his left to get a paw on it.

NOTABLES

Memphis outshot SIUE 16-8 overall, including 7-5 in shots on goal. The Tigers have put at least seven shots on frame in five of the seven matches this season.
DiFalco led the squad with five shots, while three others totaled two.
The Tigers dominated the possession, earning 10 corner kicks to just three for the Panthers. Seven of those came in the final 45 minutes for Memphis.
DiFalco's goal was the first of his career. He only recorded two assists in two years at Duquesne.
Galizzi's helper was his first assist of the season and the sixth of his career. He is third on the Tigers with five points on the year.
Goalkeeper Filip Sabatti recorded four saves in the draw.

UP NEXT
The Tigers hit the road for their AAC opener next Friday (Sept. 20) at Tulsa with a 7 p.m. kick. It's the only match of the week for Memphis before returning home on Sept. 28 to host UAB.

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