Milwaukee Cup Heads to Valley Fields

MILWAUKEE – The Marquette University men’s soccer team (5-2-1) steps out of conference play on Tuesday night, hosting the the Milwaukee Cup. Kickoff between MU and Milwaukee (4-3-2) is set for 6 p.m. CT at Valley Fields and will stream on ESPN+.

Though the Golden Eagles are just 8-11-5 in the series since 2000, MU won last season’s contest 3-2 across town to extend its unbeaten streak in the series to four matches.

Marquette will be seeking back-to-back wins over Milwaukee for the first time since 2008-09.

Now in its third season under Head Coach David Korn, Marquette is a combined 13-4-5 in the nonconference which includes a 6-0-2 mark in 2025.

• The Golden Eagles have lost just one nonconference match in its last 13 (9-1-3).
• MU’s last nonconference defeat to a non-ranked opponent came on Sept. 15, 2024, a 2-0 loss to UIC.
• Three of MU’s four nonconference losses under Korn came in have come against ranked opponent (Wisconsin 2x, Northwestern).

At 5-2-1, the Golden Eagles are off to the best eight-match start of the David Korn era, and already have as many wins as they recorded through the first 13 matches of 2024.

• Korn’s team’s finished with six wins in 2024 and seven in 2025.
• The 5-1-1 record is the program’s second best start in the last decade.

Marquette received four votes in the United Soccer Coaches poll on Sept. 15, marking the program’s first appearance in the national poll’s receiving votes category since Sept. 24, 2023.

• The Golden Eagles opened the 2023 campaign 6-0-0 and spent multiple weeks in the Top 25 before finishing 7-6-3.

Marquette has scored 17 goals on just 65 shots, converting 26.2% of its attempts, the third-best conversion rate in the country.

• Tomiwa Adewumi alone has scored on 53.3% of his shots (8-of-15).
• The Golden Eagles have scored on 50.0% of their shots on goal (17 goals on 34 SOG), the highest rate in the NCAA. The next closest is Creighton at 43.1%.
• MU’s 17 goals ranks 27th nationally.

Despite ranking 198th nationally in shots per game (8.1), Marquette ranks among the nation’s most efficient attacking sides.

• The Golden Eagles average a goal every 3.8 shots attempted and every 2.0 shots on target.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.

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