GAMEDAY INFORMATION
#25 USC (5-1-1, 1-0-0 Big Ten) at Purdue (5-2-1, 1-0-0 Big Ten)
Thursday, Sept. 19 at 8 p.m. ET / Big Ten Network & Stream on FoxSports.com
Folk Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
UCLA (6-2-1, 1-0-0 Big Ten) at Purdue
Sunday, Sept. 22 at 1 p.m. ET / Stream B1G+
Folk Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
WEEKEND PROMOTIONS
Thursday: $2 Beers
Sunday: Pups at the Pitch Dog Day; Bounce Houses & Face Painting for Kids Day
All Home Games: Free Admission at Folk Field
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time vs. USC: USC leads 3-1
All-Time in West Lafayette: Tied 1-1
2023: #19 USC 4, Purdue 0 (Aug. 21 in Los Angeles)
Last Meeting in West Lafayette: Purdue 3, #15 USC 0 (Aug. 18 Season Opener)
First Meeting: USC 1, Purdue 0 (September 2010 in Fullerton, Calif.)
All-Time vs. UCLA: First Meeting
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Soccer kicks off the home portion of its Big Ten Conference schedule with games against the Southern California contingent of the league's new West Coast members, hosting No. 25 USC and UCLA at Folk Field for weekend No. 2 of the conference season.
Thursday's 8 p.m. ET game vs. USC will be televised live by the Big Ten Network and feature a special $2 beers promotion. Fans are invited to bring their dogs to Folk Field for Sunday's 1 p.m. ET game vs. UCLA. Pups at the Pitch is a featured promotion for every Sunday home game.
The Boilermakers, Bruins and Trojans all opened Big Ten play with road wins last week. Purdue won at Northwestern 2-0 to end a five-game winless drought (0-3-2) in Evanston that dated back to 2016. Lauren Omholt (7th minute) scored early and Kayla Budish scored late (86th minute) as the Boilers opened Big Ten play with a shutout win for the first time since 2017. Goalkeeper Emily Edwards has made 10 saves while conceding just one goal over the last two games and is a big reason why Purdue has posted four shutouts in its first eight games for the first time since 2019 (five) and 10th time in program history.
Under first-year head coach Richard Moodie, the Boilermakers' 5-2-1 mark represents their best eight-game start since the 2021 NCAA Tournament team opened 5-1-2. The program had gone just 6-24-5 since the start of the 2022 campaign. Purdue already has had seven different goal scorers this season.
OPENED BIG TEN PLAY WITH A ROAD WIN
• 2024 at Northwestern – W, 2-0
• 2021 at Nebraska – W, 3-1
• 2017 at Michigan – W, 1-0
• 2016 at Illinois – W, 2-0
• 2008 at Northwestern – W, 1-0
• 2005 at Minnesota – W, 2-1
• 2003 at Minnesota – W, 2-0
• 2001 at Wisconsin – W, 3-0
• 1999 at Northwestern – W, 1-0
In their first-ever Big Ten games, the league's new SoCal squads bested their Pacific Northwest counterparts – USC winning 1-0 at Washington and UCLA rallying with two goals in the final 11 minutes for a 2-1 victory at Oregon. Both the Bruins (2013, 2022) and Trojans (2007, 2016) have won national titles in the last decade and a pair of national championships this century.
Purdue is actually set to play USC for the third year in a row and fifth time since 2010, splitting a non-conference home-and-home series the last two years. The Boilermakers opened the 2022 campaign with a memorable win vs. a nationally ranked USC team. With the Big Ten Network also televising the game, Purdue set an attendance record at Folk Field (3,296, later eclipsed in the 2023 season opener) on a night in which Gracie Dunaway scored twice. The senior now has 13 career goals, including the game-winner in the season opener this year.
UCLA joins Washington State, UIC and Alabama as the first-time opponents on the Boilermakers' schedule this season. The Bruins were picked as the Big Ten favorite in the league's preseason coaches poll. They play at Indiana on Thursday.
USC has yet to play a home game and is holding its Big Ten home dates at Dignity Health Sports Park – the home of the LA Galaxy – while construction of the new Rawlinson Stadium (soccer and lacrosse) on campus is ongoing this fall.
The first RPI rankings of the season were released this week and the Big Ten is well represented with 11 of the top 52 teams. Purdue checks in at No. 52. USC is No. 8 and tied for first nationally with its five true road wins. UCLA is No. 26 in the initial RPI.
PURDUE RECORD WHEN: 2024…
Goals
• Purdue Scores First: 5-0-1
• Opponent Scores First: 0-2-0
• Purdue Scores Final/Only Goal: 5-0-0
• Opponent Scores Final/Only Goal: 0-2-1
• Purdue Leads at Halftime: 4-0-1
• Opponent Leads at Halftime: 0-2-0
• Game is Tied at Halftime: 1-0-0
• Game is Scoreless at Halftime: 1-0-0
Shots
• Purdue Has More Shots: 4-0-0
• Opponent Has More Shots: 1-2-1
• Shots Are Equal: NA
• Purdue Has More Shots on Goal: 4-0-0
• Opponent Has More Shots on Goal: 1-2-1
• Shots on Goal Are Equal: NA
Corner Kicks
• Purdue Has More Corners: 4-0-1
• Opponent Has More Corners: 1-2-0
• Corner Kicks Are Equal: NA
Day & Time of Game
• Thursday: 3-1-1
• Sunday: 2-1-0
• Day: 3-0
• Night: 2-2-1
#25 USC (5-1-1, 1-0-0 Big Ten) at Purdue (5-2-1, 1-0-0 Big Ten)
Thursday, Sept. 19 at 8 p.m. ET / Big Ten Network & Stream on FoxSports.com
Folk Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
UCLA (6-2-1, 1-0-0 Big Ten) at Purdue
Sunday, Sept. 22 at 1 p.m. ET / Stream B1G+
Folk Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
WEEKEND PROMOTIONS
Thursday: $2 Beers
Sunday: Pups at the Pitch Dog Day; Bounce Houses & Face Painting for Kids Day
All Home Games: Free Admission at Folk Field
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time vs. USC: USC leads 3-1
All-Time in West Lafayette: Tied 1-1
2023: #19 USC 4, Purdue 0 (Aug. 21 in Los Angeles)
Last Meeting in West Lafayette: Purdue 3, #15 USC 0 (Aug. 18 Season Opener)
First Meeting: USC 1, Purdue 0 (September 2010 in Fullerton, Calif.)
All-Time vs. UCLA: First Meeting
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Soccer kicks off the home portion of its Big Ten Conference schedule with games against the Southern California contingent of the league's new West Coast members, hosting No. 25 USC and UCLA at Folk Field for weekend No. 2 of the conference season.
Thursday's 8 p.m. ET game vs. USC will be televised live by the Big Ten Network and feature a special $2 beers promotion. Fans are invited to bring their dogs to Folk Field for Sunday's 1 p.m. ET game vs. UCLA. Pups at the Pitch is a featured promotion for every Sunday home game.
The Boilermakers, Bruins and Trojans all opened Big Ten play with road wins last week. Purdue won at Northwestern 2-0 to end a five-game winless drought (0-3-2) in Evanston that dated back to 2016. Lauren Omholt (7th minute) scored early and Kayla Budish scored late (86th minute) as the Boilers opened Big Ten play with a shutout win for the first time since 2017. Goalkeeper Emily Edwards has made 10 saves while conceding just one goal over the last two games and is a big reason why Purdue has posted four shutouts in its first eight games for the first time since 2019 (five) and 10th time in program history.
Under first-year head coach Richard Moodie, the Boilermakers' 5-2-1 mark represents their best eight-game start since the 2021 NCAA Tournament team opened 5-1-2. The program had gone just 6-24-5 since the start of the 2022 campaign. Purdue already has had seven different goal scorers this season.
OPENED BIG TEN PLAY WITH A ROAD WIN
• 2024 at Northwestern – W, 2-0
• 2021 at Nebraska – W, 3-1
• 2017 at Michigan – W, 1-0
• 2016 at Illinois – W, 2-0
• 2008 at Northwestern – W, 1-0
• 2005 at Minnesota – W, 2-1
• 2003 at Minnesota – W, 2-0
• 2001 at Wisconsin – W, 3-0
• 1999 at Northwestern – W, 1-0
In their first-ever Big Ten games, the league's new SoCal squads bested their Pacific Northwest counterparts – USC winning 1-0 at Washington and UCLA rallying with two goals in the final 11 minutes for a 2-1 victory at Oregon. Both the Bruins (2013, 2022) and Trojans (2007, 2016) have won national titles in the last decade and a pair of national championships this century.
Purdue is actually set to play USC for the third year in a row and fifth time since 2010, splitting a non-conference home-and-home series the last two years. The Boilermakers opened the 2022 campaign with a memorable win vs. a nationally ranked USC team. With the Big Ten Network also televising the game, Purdue set an attendance record at Folk Field (3,296, later eclipsed in the 2023 season opener) on a night in which Gracie Dunaway scored twice. The senior now has 13 career goals, including the game-winner in the season opener this year.
UCLA joins Washington State, UIC and Alabama as the first-time opponents on the Boilermakers' schedule this season. The Bruins were picked as the Big Ten favorite in the league's preseason coaches poll. They play at Indiana on Thursday.
USC has yet to play a home game and is holding its Big Ten home dates at Dignity Health Sports Park – the home of the LA Galaxy – while construction of the new Rawlinson Stadium (soccer and lacrosse) on campus is ongoing this fall.
The first RPI rankings of the season were released this week and the Big Ten is well represented with 11 of the top 52 teams. Purdue checks in at No. 52. USC is No. 8 and tied for first nationally with its five true road wins. UCLA is No. 26 in the initial RPI.
| SECOND WEEKEND OF BIG TEN PLAY | |
| Thursday, Sept. 19 • #25 USC at Purdue (BTN) • Nebraska at #5 Michigan State (BTN) • UCLA at Indiana • #18 Iowa at #17 Ohio State • Illinois at Wisconsin • Washington at Maryland • Oregon at Rutgers • Northwestern at #9 Penn State • Michigan at Minnesota |
Sunday, Sept. 22 • UCLA at Purdue • #25 USC at Indiana • Northwestern at #17 Ohio State (BTN) • #5 Michigan State at #9 Penn State (BTN) • Nebraska at Michigan • #18 Iowa at Illinois • Oregon at Maryland • Washington at Rutgers • Minnesota at Wisconsin |
| STATISTICAL STACKUP (as of Sept. 18) | |||
| Statistic/Team | Purdue | USC | UCLA |
| Record | 5-2-1 | 5-1-1 | 6-2-1 |
| Big Ten Record | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Home | 3-1-1 | 0-0-0 | 3-0-0 |
| Away | 2-1-0 | 5-1-1 | 3-2-1 |
| Goals | 15 | 12 | 11 |
| Assists | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| Goals Allowed | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Goal Differential | +9 | +6 | +7 |
| Goals Against Avg. | 0.75 | 0.86 | 0.44 |
| Shutouts | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Saves | 27 | 22 | 20 |
| Shots | 77 | 90 | 161 |
| Corner Kicks | 46 | 40 | 61 |
| Fouls | 99 | 61 | 72 |
| B1G Preseason Poll (of 18) | 16th | 5th | 1st |
| PURDUE TEAMS TO WIN BOTH SEASON & BIG TEN OPENERS | ||||
| Season | Season Opener | Big Ten Opener | Final Records | Big Ten Finish |
| 2024 | 1-0 vs Washington St. | 2-0 at Northwestern | TBD | TBD |
| 2019 | 1-0 vs. Georgia | 1-0 vs. Nebraska | 8-9-3, 3-6-2 Big Ten | T-8th |
| 2017 | 2-1 vs. Kent State | 1-0 at Michigan | 10-7-2, 5-4-2 Big Ten | 7th |
| 2016 | 2-1 vs. Marshall | 2-0 at Illinois | 4-12-1, 2-8-1 Big Ten | 12th |
| 2006 | 4-1 vs. Western Kentucky | 1-0 vs. Ohio State | 14-6-3, 6-3-1 Big Ten | 3rd |
| 2004 | 2-1 vs. Cincinnati | 1-0 vs. Iowa | 10-10, 4-6 Big Ten | 7th |
| 2003 | 3-0 vs. Marshall | 2-0 at Minnesota | 14-6-3, 6-2-2 Big Ten | 3rd |
| 2002 | 1-0 vs. St. Mary's in Berkeley, Calif. |
1-0 vs. Minnesota | 13-5-4, 6-3-1 Big Ten | 3rd |
| 2001 | 3-1 vs. Georgetown | 3-0 at Wisconsin | 10-6-3, 4-3-3 Big Ten | 5th |
| TEAM LEADERS IN MINUTES | |||
| Boilermaker | Minutes Played | Games Played/Started | Played All 90 Minutes |
| Zoe Cuneio | 703 | 8/8 | 6 Games |
| Sydney Boudreau | 701 | 8/8 | 6 Games |
| Lauren Adam | 648 | 8/8 | 6 Games |
| Cloey Uddenberg | 621 | 8/8 | 3 Games |
| Emily Edwards | 612 | 7/7 | 6 Games |
| Zoie Allen | 539 | 8/8 | 3 Games |
| Sabrina Blount | 512 | 7/5 | 5 Games |
| PURDUE HAT TRICKS | |||
| Season | Boilermaker | Opponent & Result | Player Goals that Year |
| 2024 | Chiara Singarella | Dayton (W, 6-1) | TBD |
| 2021 | Emily Mathews* | at Nebraska (W, 3-0) | 6 |
| 2021 | Sarah Griffith | Ball State (W, 5-1) | 16 |
| 2017 | Maddy Williams* | at Louisville (W, 3-0) | 14 |
| 2012 | Jordan Pawlik* | Evansville (W, 4-0) | 9 |
| 2011 | Kellie Phillips | Indiana (W, 8-2) | 8 |
| 2007 | Jessica Okoroafo | Indiana (W, 7-0) | 9 |
| 2003 | Courtney Coppedge* | Arkansas (W, 4-0) | 9 |
| * -- Natural Hat Trick (3 Consecutive Goals by Same Team) | |||
| GAME-BY-GAME RECAP | ||||
| Date | Opponent | Result | Goal Scorers* | Keeper of Record |
| Aug. 15 | Washington St. | W, 1-0 | DUNAWAY (76th) | Edwards (3 Saves) |
| Aug. 18 | at Butler | L, 3-0 | -- | Edwards (6 Saves) |
| Aug. 22 | Loyola Chicago | T, 1-1 | Budish (17th) | Wyville (3 Saves) |
| Aug. 25 | UIC | W, 2-0 | UDDENBERG (44th) Roy (78th) |
Edwards (1 Save) |
| Aug. 29 | at DePaul | W, 3-0 | ROY (19th) Meeks (37th) Dunaway (58th) |
Edwards (0 Saves) |
| Sept. 1 | Dayton | W, 6-1 | Roy (2nd) DUNAWAY (8th) Singarella (13th) Singarella (25th) Singarella (48th) Omholt (65th) |
Edwards (2 Saves) |
| Sept. 5 | #24 Alabama | L, 1-0 | -- | Edwards (5 Saves) |
| Sept. 12 | at Northwestern | W, 2-0 | OMHOLT (7th) Budish (86th) |
Edwards (5 Saves) |
| * -- Game-Winning Goal in CAPS | ||||
PURDUE RECORD WHEN: 2024…
Goals
• Purdue Scores First: 5-0-1
• Opponent Scores First: 0-2-0
• Purdue Scores Final/Only Goal: 5-0-0
• Opponent Scores Final/Only Goal: 0-2-1
• Purdue Leads at Halftime: 4-0-1
• Opponent Leads at Halftime: 0-2-0
• Game is Tied at Halftime: 1-0-0
• Game is Scoreless at Halftime: 1-0-0
Shots
• Purdue Has More Shots: 4-0-0
• Opponent Has More Shots: 1-2-1
• Shots Are Equal: NA
• Purdue Has More Shots on Goal: 4-0-0
• Opponent Has More Shots on Goal: 1-2-1
• Shots on Goal Are Equal: NA
Corner Kicks
• Purdue Has More Corners: 4-0-1
• Opponent Has More Corners: 1-2-0
• Corner Kicks Are Equal: NA
Day & Time of Game
• Thursday: 3-1-1
• Sunday: 2-1-0
• Day: 3-0
• Night: 2-2-1