MEN'S SOCCER vs. GEORGETOWN
WHEN: Tuesday, September 23 | 7 p.m.
WHERE: Fairfax, Va. | George Mason Stadium
RECORDS: George Mason (3-2-1, 0-0-1 Atlantic 10); Georgetown (4-2-2, 1-0-0 BIG EAST)
LAST MEETING: The Patriots defeated the Hoyas, 3-1, on October 16, 1991.
ALL-TIME SERIES: George Mason leads, 8-4-2
WATCH: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: GoMason.com
TICKETS: Tickets for the 2025 George Mason Men's Soccer season are on sale. All regular season home games will require a ticket for entry. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under as well as George Mason faculty/staff. Tickets can be purchased online, by calling the Athletic Ticket Office at 703-993-3270, or at the George Mason Stadium Gate on game day. Discounted rates and special experiences are available for groups of 15 or more. More information on Men's Soccer tickets can be found here
PROMOTIONS: The first 400 fans in attendance at George Mason Stadium will receive a free George Mason Hispanic Heritage Month t-shirt.  Plus, there will be a face painter and balloon artist, and stick around for postgame autographs with the team.  Remember, George Mason men's soccer games are free for students! Get your free tickets in advance on Mason360 or at the game.  Gates open Tuesday night at 6 p.m.

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FAIRFAX, Va. – The George Mason men's soccer team hosts Georgetown on Tuesday with the opening kick scheduled for 7 p.m. at George Mason Stadium.
 
The two clubs are meeting in the regular season for the first time in 24 years (October 16, 1991) and the Hoyas are making the trip to Fairfax for the first time in 29 years (October 18, 1986). 
 
In the last meeting between the two clubs, the Patriots defeated the Hoyas, 3-1, on October 16, 1991.  The Patriots and Hoyas were scheduled to meet during in 2021, but the match was canceled due to COVID-19.
 
The Patriots have won six straight matches against the Hoyas with four by shutout and are 7-0-1 in the last eight meetings against Georgetown. 
 
Last time out, the Patriots defeated UMBC 1-0 at Retriever Soccer Park in Baltimore, Md.  Graduate student forward Jacobo Sanfeliu scored his fourth goal and first game-winner of the season, and graduate student goalkeeper Jaume Salvado made eight saves to earn the shutout.
 
Salvado was selected Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season, the league announced on Monday.

The Patriots were predicted to finish second in the Atlantic 10 preseason poll as voted on by the league's head coaches. Graduate student defender Javi Sánchez, junior midfielder James Eliuda and sophomore forward Martim Sereno were selected to the Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference Team.

Head coach Rich Costanzo is in his fourth season with the Patriots.  He was named Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year last season after leading the Patriots to one of the most successful regular seasons in program history.  Costanzo guided the club to the Atlantic 10 regular season title for the first time in program history in 2024.  The Patriots finished the season 13-4-1 overall, won seven of eight matches at home in the regular season, went 6-1-1 in conference play to post six wins in the A-10 regular season for the first time, and after earning the top-seed in the A-10 Championship, advanced to the semifinals of the conference tournament.      
                                                                   
The Patriots climbed to 13th in the United Soccer Coaches Association poll last season, the first time in 10 years that George Mason has been in the national rankings.  The Patriots finished the A-10 regular season third in both goals (33) and goals per match (2.2) and tied for the third-fewest goals allowed (17).
 
SCOUTING GEORGETOWN

Georgetown has an overall record of 4-2-2 including a mark of 1-0-0 in Big East play. The Hoyas are 3-1-1 at home and 1-1-0 on the road.
 
The Hoyas have won three straight games all by shutout.  Georgetown blanked James Madison at home (Sept. 9) 4-0, Rider at home (Sept. 13) 4-0 and Butler (Sept. 19) 5-0 on the road in the BIG EAST opener.
 
Senior midfielder Zach Zengue recorded his first career hat trick in the victory over the Bulldogs on Friday.  Junior defender Oliver Stafford and freshman midfielder Loukas Maroutsis each found the back of the net.  Zengue was named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week.
 
The Hoyas went 1-2-2 in their first five games of the season with their lone victory a 1-0 win at home over Pittsburgh (Aug. 29). 
 
Georgetown fell 2-1 at High Point (2-1) and 1-0 at home to Maryland (Aug. 25).  The Hoyas played to two straight home draws, 1-1 against Vermont (Sept. 1) and 2-2 against Duke (Sept. 5).
 
Zengue leads the team in goals (6), points (17), shots (25) and shots on goal (14) in eight games played.  He leads the BIG EAST and is ninth in the nation in goals, and also leads the conference in points.  Senior midfielder Max Viera is tied for third on the club in goals (2), is tied for second in assists (3) and is second in points (7) in eight games played.

Senior goalkeeper Tenzing Manske (4-2-2, 0.78 GAA, .739%, 2 SO) has started all eight games.  He has made 17 saves and allowed six goals against.

ABOUT THE PATRIOTS

The Patriots have 14 returners and 13 newcomers on the roster heading into the 2025 season under fourth-year head coach Rich Costanzo (Maryland, '08).  Assistant coaches Noel Orozco (St. Bonaventure, '17) and Michael Callahan (North Carolina, '08) also enter their fourth year with the Patriots.

Graduate students returning from last year's squad are defenders Leo Lemoine (Pau, France), Javi Sánchez (Elche, Spain) and Jordi Navio Sanchez (Vallirana, Spain) along with goalkeeper Jaume Salvado (Barcelona, Spain).  Returning for his senior junior year is defender Will Carson (Wheeling, W.Va.).

Junior returners include goalkeeper Jack Desroches (Virginia Beach, Va.), defender David Garcia (Woodbridge, Va.), midfielders James Eliuda (Juba, South Sudan), Brent Fields (Alexandria, Va.), Quentin Clain (Villiers le Bel, France) and Javier Montava (Alcoy, Spain) along with forwards Abdul Kamara (Woodbridge, Va.) and Kelly Janssen (Sebastopol, Calif.).  Forward Martim Sereno (Mira de Aire, Portugal) enters his sophomore season.

The Patriots added eight transfers during the offseason.  Graduate students entering their first year with the Patriots are goalkeeper Fernando Carreon Garcia (Saltillo, Mexico), defender Elijah Jackson (Summerfield, N.C.), midfielders Sergio Fernandez (Villanueva del Pardillo, Spain) and Kenzo Brito (Sao Paulo, Brazil), and forwards Jacobo Sanfeliu (Barcelona, Spain) and Nacho Diaz Barragan (al Maria, Spain).

Senior midfielder Mouhamed Tucker (Dakar, Senegal) and junior defender Yannick Mambo (Kinshasa, Congo) also enter their first year at George Mason.

Five freshmen enter their first year with the Patriots.  Forward Cristian Ramos (Lorton, Va.), midfielders John Balkey (Leesburg, Va.) and Alen Kapetanovic (Nyack, N.Y.), and forwards Tresz McLeod (Wheeling, W.Va.) and Jaime Godinho (Lisbon, Portugal).

 PATRIOTS SCHEDULE

The George Mason is scheduled to play 15 regular season games, a slate that includes four matches against College Cup teams, eight matches against Atlantic 10 opponents and eight games at George Mason Stadium.

Head coach Rich Costanzo begins his fourth season.  He guided the Patriots to a 13-4-1 overall record last season and a 6-1-1 mark in conference play to claim the first-ever Atlantic 10 Regular Season title in program history.  George Mason recorded six A-10 wins in the regular season for the first time since joining the league in 2013.

In the regular season, George Mason will play two matches in August, six in September and October and one in November.

The Patriots played a pair of exhibition matches, facing Maryland on the road (Aug. 9,) and Pittsburgh at George Mason Stadium (Aug. 15).

The Green and Gold kicked off the regular season on the road and fell to #2 Marshall (Aug. 22), 2-1, in Huntington, W.Va. 

The Patriots defeated No. 11 Virginia (Aug. 28) in their home opener, 4-1. George Mason sophomore forward Martim Sereno scored twice for his first career two-goal game, while junior midfielder James Eliuda netted his first goal of the season and graduate student midfielder Jacobo Sanfeliu scored his first goal as a Patriot. 

The victory marked the highest-ranked win by the Patriots in 14 years and the second-highest seeded team that George Mason has beaten since they took down No. 2 Maryland on September 29, 2009.  The win is the seventh win over a top-20 team in program history.  The crowd of 3,077 marked the largest for a George Mason men's soccer match in 25 years.  The 1,385 students in attendance set a new program record.

The Patriots defeated Bucknell (Sept. 2) 3-2.  Junior midfielder Brent Fields scored his first career goal, the game-winner in the 90th minute of play.  Sophomore midfielder Martim Sereno scored his third goal, while graduate student Jacobo Sanfeliu tallied his second goal of the season.

George Mason fell to No. 6 West Virginia, 6-4 (Sept. 7.) Graduate student forward Jacobo Sanfeliu converted a penalty kick in the 30th minute for his third goal, sophomore forward Martim Sereno netted his fourth goal of the year in the 31st minute, graduate student forward Nacho Diaz Barragan scored his first goal with the Green and Gold in the 67th minute when he converted the penalty kick and junior forward Abdul Kamara tallied his first goal of the season in the 81st minute.

In the first Atlantic 10 match of the season, the Patriots played to a 1-1 home draw with Davidson (Sept. 12). Graduate student forward Nacho Diaz Barragan scored late in the second half, while graduate student goalkeeper Jaume Salvado stopped a penalty kick in the second half as part of a four save performance.

George Mason blanked UMBC, 1-0 (Sept. 20) at Retriever Soccer Park in Baltimore, Md.  Graduate student forward Jacobo Sanfeliu scored his fourth goal of the season in the 18th minute of play for his first game winning goal in a Patriots uniform.
George Mason returns home for another non-conference matchup against Georgetown (Sept. 23, 7 p.m.) at George Mason Stadium.

The Patriots will play two straight games on the road for the only time during the season when they travel to face Loyola-Chicago (Sept. 27, 7 p.m.) in Chicago, Ill. to close out the six games in the month of September. 

George Mason will make the trip to George Washington (Oct. 4, 7 p.m.) in Washington, D.C. to begin the six-game October slate.  The Patriots will alternate home and road games over the final six matches of the season.

The Patriots are home to battle in-state rival VCU (Oct. 8, 7 p.m.) before going on the road to face St. Bonaventure (Oct. 11, 7 p.m.) in St. Bonaventure, N.Y.

The Patriots return to George Mason Stadium to tangle with La Salle (Oct. 18, 7 p.m.) and travel for a non-conference matchup against William & Mary (Oct. 21, 7 p.m.) in Williamsburg, Va.

George Mason returns to league play with the final home match of the regular season against Saint Joseph's (Oct. 25, 7 p.m.).

The Patriots wrap up the regular season on the road against Duquesne (Nov. 1, 7 p.m.) in Pittsburgh, Pa.

TICKET INFORMATION

Tickets for the 2025 George Mason Men's Soccer season are on sale. All regular season home games will require a ticket for entry. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under as well as George Mason faculty/staff. Tickets can be purchased online, by calling the Athletic Ticket Office at 703-993-3270, or at the George Mason Stadium Gate on game day. Discounted rates and special experiences are available for groups of 15 or more. More information on Men's Soccer tickets can be found here

CORNER KICK

George Mason and Georgetown met for the first time in 1968 with the Patriots posting a 7-1 victory.
 
The two clubs are meeting in the regular season for the first time in 24 years (October 16, 1991) and the Hoyas are making the trip to Fairfax for the first time in 29 years (October 18, 1986).