Sept. 21, 2004

The Florida Atlantic University men's soccer team will head south to Miami on Wednesday to take on local rivals and 24th-ranked Florida International University at 7 pm in a game postponed from Friday, September 3 because of Hurricane Frances. The game will still be the home opener for the Golden Panthers.

FAU (2-1) is coming off Friday's 6-0 defeat of NAIA school Trevecca Nazarene in the Owls' home opener. Borce Ancevski and Rustin Kluge each scored twice in the victory while Josh Garbee and Kristoffer Aarskog each added a goal of their own. Anders Granstad and Helgi Helgasson combined for the shutout in the first ever game between the two schools.

The Golden Panthers are 2-2 on the season and have already played three games against ranked teams, losing two of them. A 3-2 overtime victory over then-No. 7 North Carolina in the Nike Carolina Classic on September 10 was followed two days later by a 3-2 overtime loss to then-No. 5 Wake Forest in the same tournament.

A trip this past weekend to the USF-Holiday Inn Invitational saw the Golden Panthers defeat Alabama A&M 4-3 before losing 1-0 to 5th-ranked Southern Methodist. Junior midfielder Jared Rose leads FIU with three goals, two assists and eight total points.

FIU holds a 23-2-1 all-time series advantage over the Owls, and have won five of their last six meetings. The two teams played to a 1-1 tie in their only meeting in 2003.