Strength of schedule is one metric the Arizona Wildcats soccer team relies on to boost its NCAA Tournament résumé, and this weekend it will be hosting Florida Gulf Coast and Texas Tech, two squads that made the postseason a year ago.
Those are exactly the type of non-conference home games UA head coach Tony Amato wants on the schedule.
“That’s exactly what I want if we win the games,” he corrected with a laugh. “If we don’t it’s going to be like ‘that’s not what we needed right now.’”
The Wildcats enter with a 1-1-2 record and desperately need to get back into the win column.