Saturday, September 9, 2017
Rider Broncs (2-1-0, 0-0-0 MAAC) vs. La Salle Explorers (0-3-0, 0-0-0 Atlantic-10)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Ben Cohen Field
Kickoff: 7 p.m.
Live Video – GoBroncs.com
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
 
What You Need To Know
- Following a season-opening setback at Lehigh, the Broncs have won two straight at Seton Hall and Temple.
- La Salle has fallen in each of its first three games, including a wild 5-4 overtime setback to open the season against Loyola (Maryland). The Explorers have scored at least one goal in each of their three games.
- The Broncs have won each of their last four home openers by a combined 11-1 margin.
- Clement Bourret leads the Broncs with a goal and three assists, including the golden goal in the 94^th minute against Temple.
- Reigning MAAC Rookie of the Week Pablo DeCastro scored the game-winner against Seton Hall, assisted on Bourret's game-winner and also scored in the season opener against Lehigh. He joins Bourret atop the Broncs' points leaderboard with five (two goals, one assist).
- David Pastuna was named MAAC Defensive Player of the Week after compiling nine saves and allowing just one goal in a pair of wins against Seton Hall and Temple.
- A year after scoring 78 percent (28-of-36) of its goals after halftime, the trend has continued in 2017. Rider has scored four of its five goals this season in the second half or overtime.
- The Broncs return six starters from their second-straight MAAC Championship squad in 2016, including their top three goal scorers from a year ago in Elliott Otmani (6 goals, 8 assists), Jose Aguinaga (5 goals, 9 assists) and Clement Bourret (8 goals, 2 assists).
- A two-time All-MAAC First Team selection and a 2016 NSCAA All-Northeast Region pick, Aguinaga was named 2017 MAAC Preseason Player of the Year.
- Otmani and Bourret joined Aguinaga on the Preseason All-MAAC Team. Otmani was a 2016 All-MAAC Second Team honoree, while Bourret was named to the All-Rookie Team.
- TopDrawerSoccer.com named Aguinaga (#1), Bourret (#4), Otmani (#8) and Arthur Herpreck (#12) among the Top 20 players in the MAAC.
- Arguably the Broncs' biggest loss to graduation was 2017 Second Team All-American Christian Flath. Flath became Rider's fifth All-American of all-time and the first since 1972.
- Rider has won four MAAC Championships in its 20 years in the league, including back-to-back titles in its first two years in the league (1997-98) and the most recent two years (2015-16).