Tulsa Faces Temple in The American Semifinals Thursday

The No. 2 seed Tulsa men's soccer team will take on No. 3 seed Temple in the American Athletic Conference semifinals Thursday at 3:00 pm Central at the UCF Soccer and Track Complex in Orlando, Fla.

Fans can watch the game live on ESPN+. For full tournament information, visit The American's Tournament Central.

No. 2 Seed Tulsa (6-3-1, 19 points) returns to the American Men's Soccer Championship for the first time since winning the conference title three straight seasons from 2014-16. The Golden Hurricane was also the No. 2 seed during championship victories in 2014 and 2016. Tulsa closed the regular season an unblemished 4-0-1 in home matches during the conference campaign, which featured a 3-1 win over top-seeded UCF as part of a season sweep of the Knights.

The Golden Hurricane is led offensively by Alex Meinhard who was named as The American Offensive and Rookie of the Year, as announced yesterday by the conference office. Meinhard, a forward from Tartu, Estonia, has started in all eight games played, missing the last two contests this season due to injury. Meinhard has a team-best seven goals, five of which were game-winners, 15 points and 33 shots.

No. 3 Seed Temple (5-4-1, 16 points) returns to the tournament semifinal round for the third time in four seasons after securing a bid into the American Men's Soccer Championship. The Owls earned their inaugural American tournament victory during the first round against Memphis in a six-team bracket in the 2019 championship. Temple fashioned a 3-2-1 mark against the three other championship qualifiers during the regular season, including dealing then national No. 2 SMU its first loss of the season in March as part of a season sweep of the Mustangs.

2020 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Championship
April 15 & 17, 2021
UCF Soccer and Track Complex
Orlando, Florida

Semifinals - Thursday, April 15
No. 2 Tulsa vs. No. 3 Temple –3 p.m. CT (ESPN+)
No. 1 UCF vs. No. 4 SMU – 6 p.m. CT (ESPN+)

Final - Saturday, April 17
Semifinal winners – 6 p.m. CT (ESPN+)

Tulsa Faces Temple in The American Semifinals Thursday

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Alex Meinhard