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•The Cleveland State men's soccer team continues the 2014 regular season with two Horizon League matches this week.

• The Vikings resume league play on Wednesday (Oct. 15) with a 7:00 p.m. match at Wright State and host Valparaiso at 7:00 p.m on Saturday (Oct. 18).

• The Vikings are 4-7 this year and 2-1 in Horizon League play.

• Wright State's record this year is 7-4-1 and 2-2 in league play and Valparaiso's record is 7-2-3 and 2-1 in the Horizon League.

• CSU played two games last week and dropped both at home by identical 1-0 scores.

• Cleveland State and Bowling Green went scoreless in regulation but the Falcons scored off a free kick at the 99:15 mark to win the game.

• Oakland struck first after an own goal by Cleveland State off a corner kick in the second half which was good enough to beat CSU. 

• The Vikings had the advantage in corner kicks in each game for a total of 13-5. 

• Nick Ciraldo played all 180-minutes in goal and made three saves in each match. 

• Alvaro Pichardo leads the team with five points with Sergio Manesio, Dan Koniarczyk, and Hesham Hammouda all just  behind with four points.

• Nick Ciraldo has played in 10 games and 41 saves where he ranks fifth in the Horizon League. 

• The Vikings will play just six home matches this year with 11 contests on the road. CSU played eight straight matches away from home from Aug. 31 through Oct. 4.

• CSU will play four games this year against teams that advanced to the NCAA Championship last season (Akron, California, Milwaukee, Wake Forest).

• CSU will continue league play with one game next week  on the road at Detroit on Saturday (Oct. 25) at Titan Field at 2:00 p.m.