Tigers Drop 4-3 Shootout in Season Finale Against South Florida

Sunday, November 2

Memphis, Tenn.

7 p.m.

University of Memphis

South Florida

Tigers Drop 4-3 Shootout in Season Finale Against South Florida

Nov 02, 2025 | Men's Soccer

Box Score

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Memphis (4-8-3, 3-5-0 American) men's soccer team came back from a two-goal deficit but conceded in the final minute to drop its season finale against South Florida (9-2-5, 5-2-1 American) by a score of 4-3.

With the match level after the first half, a barrage of five goals in the final 45 minutes resulted in a victory for the Bulls.

KEY MOMENTS

2-7' – Memphis came out on the offensive early with five shots in the opening seven minutes, with two on goal and two hitting the posts.
10' – A counterattack by the Bulls resulted in a goal by Brandon Nyagurungo scoring from the wing.
39' – Memphis drew the match level as Saad Chaouki found Eben McIntyre open in the left side of the box for the game-tying goal.
67' – Another breakout pass by South Florida, this time off the foot of Tyler Richardson, found Nyagurungo again for his second goal of the match.
69' – Shortly after, Asher Jones was left unmarked on the left wing and scored off a pass from Nyagurungo.
79' – Chasing a two-goal deficit, Anthony DiFalco whipped a cross into the box, with South Florida's Mathis Haugen heading the ball into the far corner for an own goal.
82' – Memphis earned a penalty after South Florida's Marcellus McCoy brought Luciano Galizzi down in the box. Saad Chaouki stepped up to the spot and beat the opposing goalkeeper with a strike down the middle.
90' – With exactly a minute remaining in play, South Florida's Pedro Faife found Fabio Bozesan unmarked at the edge of the box, and Bozesan scored with his shot going in off the crossbar.

NOTABLES

Memphis fails to make the postseason due to not finishing within the top six spots in the American Conference standings.
The Tigers recorded season highs in shots and shots on goal in the loss, finishing with 24 and 10, respectively.
- The 24 shots were the most in a match by Memphis since also recording 24 in a 4-0 victory over Belmont on Sept. 2, 2016.
Tonight's match set season opponent highs in goals and saves, allowing four and eight, respectively.
- The eight saves were the most by a Memphis opponent since the 2022 season when both Green Bay and SIUE had eight saves against the Tigers.
Saad Chaouki finishes the season as Memphis' leading goal scorer with his sixth goal of the 2025 season in the loss.
- He also is Memphis' leader in points, finishing with 13 on six goals and one assist with the assist coming in tonight's match.
Eben McIntyre scored his third goal of the season in the loss, finishing the year with 11 points, which ranks second on the team.
Goalkeeper Filip Sabatti recorded four saves in the loss and finishes his senior season with a 4-6-2 record.
Seven Tigers (Filip Sabatti, Dino Stavros, Abdallah Traore, Miller Lashlee, Samuel Mutiri, Eben McIntyre, Saad Chaouki) logged a full 90 minutes played in the loss.
- It was the first time this season that Lashlee played every minute of a match.
- It was the second match in a row where at least seven Tigers played a full 90 minutes.
Five cards were assessed to players during the course of the match.
- For South Florida, Mathis Haugen, Jahiem Wickham and Yanis Lasri were assessed yellow cards.
- Aidan Antcliff and Dino Stavros were issued yellow cards for the Tigers.

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