Please note: Spectators are not permitted at UIC home matches.
UIC will host Robert Morris in the teams' first meeting as Horizon League foes Friday afternoon.
The Flames, who last week were the last Horizon League squad to fall from the ranks of the unbeaten, will look to start another winning streak and remain at or near the top of the conference standings. The first through fifth place teams are separated by just three points.
"Robert Morris is trending in the right direction, which is no surprise to anyone who is familiar with their coaching staff. They are more organized in their defending and in their attack,"
Sean Phillips said. "We have to put together the right response from where we were short against Green Bay. It's been a good week of training but we will be challenged against a team that is coming off an impressive win."
The Flames scored just one goal in their loss at Green Bay last week, snapping a streak of three straight matches with multiple goals. UIC sits second in the conference in scoring and fourth in goals-against average.
The teams have faced each other once before, in the 1996 season opener. The neutral-site match at Myrtle Beach, S.C. ended in a 2-2 draw.
OPENING KICK
- UIC will face Robert Morris at Rockford's Indoor Sports Center.
- The Flames are receiving votes in United Soccer Coaches' national poll.
- It will be another indoor match. UIC is 2-0-1 indoors this season.
LAST TIME OUT
- The Flames suffered their first loss of the season, 2-1 to Green Bay.
- Jacob Graiber pulled the Flames level seven minutes after the Phoenix scored, but a 70th-minute goal was the difference.
- UIC had been the Horizon League's lone unbeaten team entering play.
SCOUTING THE COLONIALS
- Robert Morris notched their first win as Horizon League members with a 1-0 victory over Purdue Fort Wayne last week.
- The goal, scored by Miller Masson, was the Colonials' first of the season.
- Grant Glorioso gave up seven goals in two matches, but Mike Zolnierczyk has played the last two matches and yielded no goals.
