ANNAPOLIS, Md. – A busy Labor Day weekend awaits the Navy men's soccer team (0-1-1) after drawing in its first road match of the campaign, as the Midshipmen prepare for two non-conference home games at the Glenn Warner Soccer Facility. Navy will look to pick up its first win of the season and start a streak when it hosts FDU (2-0-0) on Friday night and Niagara (0-2-0) on Monday evening in a pair of 7 p.m. contests, with both matchups streaming on ESPN+.
 
No Place Like Home
The Mids have posted an outstanding 16-6-8 mark at the Glenn Warner Soccer Facility since the start of the 2021 season, including a 4-2-2 home record last season … Navy has outscored opponents, 45-23, in those 30 games, with the 2023 campaign seeing the Mids outscore their foes, 13-4, across eight home games … Junior forward Andrew Schug has tallied three career goals at Glenn Warner, while senior Noah Ward has notched three assists on the home pitch and senior captain Charlie Kriel has racked up two goals and an assist in his career at home … Head coach Tim O'Donohue is 35-21-13 in his career at Glenn Warner.
 
Stevens Shining
After shining during the Mids' exhibition slate, freshman forward Wyatt Stevens has carried his success into the regular season, making the starting lineup in each of Navy's first two matches and scoring the game-tying goal in the Mids' 1-1 draw at Stonehill on Sunday … With the tally against Stonehill, Stevens became the first Navy freshman to score the Mids' first goal of a season since Phillip Gustafson on Aug. 31, 2017 against Campbell.
 
Pierce Between the Posts
With four saves in the season opener and five more in the draw at Stonehill, senior goalkeeper Pierce Holbrook has picked up right where he left off from the past two seasons … Holbrook's 64 saves last season and 69 saves in 2022 made him the first Navy goalkeeper with back-to-back 60-save seasons since Mac Burke in 2016-17 (64, 92) … Additionally, Holbrook became the seventh Navy goalie since 1975 to have back-to-back 60-save seasons … Holbrook's 15 career shutouts are tied for the second most by a Navy goalkeeper since 1983, matching Mike Ulses (1985-88) and Dave Postell (1983-85) … The 15 career shutouts are also the 11th most among active Division I goalies while his .751 career save percentage is 19th compared to other DI keepers … League- and nation-wise, Holbrook led the Patriot League with 1,685:23 minutes played (28th in the country) and 64 total saves (39th in the country) last year, also ranking second in the league with seven shutouts (19th in the country) and 3.37 saves per game.
 
Navy Notes
The current Navy seniors have helped the Mids post a 25-20-16 overall record over their three seasons in Annapolis, going 11-7-9 in Patriot League matches … The Mids are 3-0-3 when junior A.J. Schuetz records a point, while Navy has tallied a 3-0-1 mark when Schug scores and a 2-0-5 record when Ward tallies a point … Kriel has started all 61 of Navy's games during his time with the Mids.
 
Scouting FDU
The Knights have started 2024 with a pair of high-scoring victories, using a two-goal outburst from Alex Kryazhev to knock off Manhattan, 3-2, before notching a 4-3 win over Fairfield that included Kevin Leonhard's own brace … Kryazhev, Leonhard and Nk Tima all have tallied two goals on the season to pace FDU, while Kryazhev and Leonhard have added an assist each to share the team lead at five points Spencer King has started both games for FDU, making six total saves … FDU was picked third in the NEC preseason coaches poll… King and Jeffrey Marquez both return after earning All-NEC Second Team honors last year, while Jonathan Ghobrial and Gabriel Le Guen are back as well following NEC All-Rookie Team distinction in 2023 … The Knights finished last season at 8-5-5, going 4-1-3 in NEC play and winning its opening game of the NEC Tournament over Le Moyne before falling to LIU in double overtime of the semifinal round.
 
Series History vs. FDU
Navy is 2-2-0 in the all-time series with FDU, including a 1-2-0 mark against the Knights at home … The Mids have dropped their two most recent matches with FDU, as the Knights pulled off 1-0 wins at Glenn Warner Soccer Facility in both 2011 and 2022 … That 2022 matchup saw Jayd Hamdaoua score for the Knights in the 45th minute.
 
Scouting Niagara
The Purple Eagles make their way down from Lewiston with an 0-2 record, as Niagara will play at UMBC on Friday night before continuing down to Annapolis … NU started the campaign with a 3-2 loss to UAlbany despite two goals from Felix Kogler, while a 3-0 defeat at No. 25 Syracuse followed that saw Jamie Barry make a career-high 14 saves … Barry enters the weekend with 22 saves already on the season … Kogler was named to the Preseason All-MAAC Team, while the Purple Eagles were selected to finish eighth in the MAAC's preseason coaches poll … Barry earned All-MAAC Third Team accolades last season after backstopping the Purple Eagles to a 4-10-3 record that saw Niagara finish 4-4-2 in the conference.
 
Series History vs. Niagara
Navy is 1-0-0 against Niagara in the all-time series … The Mids beat the Purple Eagles, 4-1, in the teams' lone meeting back on Sept. 2, 2025, as Carter Stapleton netted a goal and an assist in the contest … Navy is 4-3-0 against MAAC schools during O'Donohue's tenure.
 
Parking / Shuttle / Ticket Information
All soccer contests at Glenn Warner will be free of charge, as Fans 18 and over need a government-issued photo ID. Fans are reminded that the general public does not have access to drive their vehicles on to the U.S. Naval Academy. Fans may park at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium for a fee and take a shuttle that will run every 10 minutes starting one hour before the game and will continue running until one hour after the game is completed. Enter the Stadium's Gate 5 off Taylor Ave. to park. Pedestrians may also walk through the Naval Academy's Gate 1 or Gate 8. Dogs are not permitted inside the Glenn Warner Soccer Complex.