UIC SOCCER 2006 MATCH NOTES

2006 SCHEDULE UIC FLAMES

August (1-0-1) 26 at No. 25 Saint Louis W, 1-0 vs. 30 DEPAUL T, 0-0 (2OT) September UMKC 1 UMKC 7:00 pm CT (0-2-0) 3 BRADLEY 7:00 pm CT 8 at UCSB 7:00 pm PT 10 at Cal Poly 1:00 pm PT Friday, Septemeber 1st 15 at Florida Int. 7:30 pm ET 7:00 p.m. 17 at Florida Atlantic 2:00 pm ET 24 at Detroit# 1:00 pm ET Flames Field 28 at Wisconsin 6:00 pm CT Chicago, Ill. October 3 UW–MILWAUKEE# 7:00 pm CT 8 CLEVELAND ST.# 6:00 pm CT FLAMES OPEN SEPTEMBER 11 NORTHWESTERN 7:00 pm CT WITH HOME NIGHT GAME 13 at Wright St. # 7:00 pm ET 15 at Butler# 1:00 pm ET 20 at Loyola# 7:00 pm CT After making history with the program’s 22 UW–GREEN BAY# 6:00 pm CT fi rst home night game this past Wednes- 2006 Horizon League Tournament day, the UIC soccer team will not wait Senior captain Derek Kosek 27 First Round TBA leads a stout defense that November long to play evening game No. 2 at has yet to give up a goal 3 Semifi nals TBA home when the Flames battle UMKC in 2006. 5 Final TBA this Friday. UIC has not allowed a goal in Home Games in CAPS 200 minutes of action so far this season, UIC SOCCER QUICK KICKS All times local the second consecutive year that the # - Horizon League Contest Flames have posted two straight shut- - UIC has yet to give up a goal in outs to begin a campaign. two games (200 minutes of play). - Wednesday’s double-overtime MEDIA INFORMATION match versus DePaul marked UIC PROBABLE STARTERS the third straight season that the Flames and Blue Demons have All media requests for in- Pos. No. Name Hometown played a double-overtime con- formation and interviews GK 1 Jovan Bubonja Belgrade, Serbia test. should be directed to: F 10 Tonci Skroce Zadar, Croatia F 18 Pawel Otachel Chicago, Ill. - The match between the Flames M 6 Pavle Dundjer Belgrade, Serbia and Blue Demons saw UIC hold John Jaramillo M 7 Adnan Ejupovic Prijedor, Bosnia DePaul shotless, with a 15-0 shot UIC Sports Information M 8 Baggio Husidic Libertyville, Ill. advantage in favor of the Flames. Offi ce: (312) 996-5880 M 9 Cesar Zambrano Chicago, Ill. M 13 Brandon Bilbrey Barrington, Ill. - UIC last played UMKC on Septem- Mobile: (773) 820-1820 D 11 Derek Kosek Batavia, Ill. Fax: (312) 996-8349 ber 10, 2005, winning on a Tonci D 22 Mike Giffi n St. Charles, Ill. Skroce goal in the fi rst minute of E-Mail: [email protected] D 23 Pat McMahon Bolingbrook, Ill. overtime.

www.uicfl ames.com SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION KEEPING UP WITH JAY UIC SOCCER QUICK FACTS UMKC (0-2) Head Coach: Rick Benben (9th Year) GENERAL INFORMATION UMKC enters Friday’s contest with an 0-2 over- Location: Chicago, Ill all record. The Kangaroos fell to Drake by a 3-0

Founded: 1896 score on August 25th, followed by a 2-1 loss at Enrollment: 24,541 the hands of Missouri State on August 27th. Joe President: B. Joseph White Chirco has UMKC’s only goal this season. UMKC Chancellor: Sylvia Manning is 3-2 all-time against the Flames. Director of Athletics: James W. Schmidt Conference: Horizon League Field (Capacity): Flames Field (1,000) FLAMES FACTS Athletics Website: www.uicfl ames.com FAMILIAR FACES: UIC returns 13 letterwinners from last year’s COACHING STAFF 10-5-2 squad, including nine of 11 starters. The Head Coach: John Trask Flames feature eight seniors on the roster. Alma Mater (Year): Indiana (1990) Former UIC standout Jay DeMerit is currently playing his fi rst sea- Record at UIC (Years): 11-5-3 (2nd Year) THREE FLAMES FIRST: son in the English Career Record (Years): Same Junior midfi elders Pavle Dundjer and Cesar Assistant Coach: Sean Phillips with Watford FC. In the club’s last Zambrano and senior forward Tonci Skroce Alma Mater (Year): Indiana (1994) match, DeMerit made the start in each earned All-Horizon League First Team ac- Assistant Coach: Aleksey Korol a narrow 2-1 defeat to Manchester colades last season. The trio combined for 53 Alma Mater (Year): Indiana (1999) United this past Saturday, giving of UIC’s 60 points, with 19 goals and 15 assists Volunteer Assistant: C.J. Brown the renowned “Red Devils” a fi ght. Undergraduate Assistant: Ross Cain coming from the boots of Dundjer, Zambrano Soccer Offi ce Phone: (312) 996-6755 and Skroce. Soccer Fax: (312) 996-8349 CHICAGO’S VERY OWN: Best Time to Reach Coaches: Contact SID PAVLE DUNDJER, AN ALL-AMERICAN MAN: UIC head coach John Trask has used Third-year playmaker Pavle Dundjer has made TEAM INFORMATION the talent-rich Chicagoland area to himself a strong candidate for NSCAA/adidas 2005 Overall Record: 10-5-2 stock the Flames with standout stu- 2005 Horizon League Record: 4-2-1 All-American honors this year. A two-time All- dent-athletes. 17 current Flames hail 2005 Horizon League Finish: T-2nd Horizon League First Teamer, Dundjer made a from Chicago area high schools. Starters Returning/Lost: 9/2 big impact last season with career bests in goals Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 13/3 (7), assists (8) and points (22), earning a spot on JOVAN STARTS SPOTLESS: Newcomers: 10 the NSCAA All-Midwest Region Second Team. Redshirt freshman Jovan Bubonja First Year of Division I Soccer: 1981 now has two clean sheets to his All-Time Division I Record: 190-223-27 LOOKING AHEAD: record in his fi rst two starts of the All-Time League Championships: 2 (1999, Following UIC’s match vs. UMKC, the Flames 2000) season after UIC’s 0-0 draw with De- tangle with in-state rival Bradley this Sunday NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (1999, Paul. 2000) night. Best NCAA Finish: Round of 16 (2000) TONCI CLUTCH: All-Time NCAA Tournament Record: 3-2 After scoring the deciding goal against Saint Louis this past Satur- SPORTS INFORMATION day, Tonci Skroce picked up his 13th Director: Mike Cassidy career goal. Six of those scores are of SID Phone: (312) 413-8199 the game-winning variety. SOCCER SID: John Jaramillo Soccer SID Offi ce Phone: (312) 996-5880 Soccer SID Cell Phone: (773) 820-1820 LAST TIME VS. UMKC: Soccer SID E-Mail: [email protected] Tonci Skroce scored the game-win- SID Fax: (312) 996-8349 ning goal 49 seconds into overtime Flames Field Press Box: (312) 355-1192 to propel the Flames to a 2-1 come- back victory over the Kangaroos on Sept. 10, 2005 at UMKC’s Swope Park. Cesar Zambrano scored the ty- ing goal in the 53rd minute after UIC fell behind in the 23rd minute.

Goalkeeper Jovan Bubonja has been perfect between the posts in his fi rst two collegiate starts. www.uicfl ames.com 2006 UIC FLAMES SOCCER ROSTER UIC HEAD COACH No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht./Wt. Hometown/Last School 1 Jovan Bubonja GK RS Fr. 6-1/181 Belgrade, Serbia/VI Belgrade 2 Ian Sarachan M Fr. 5-6/175 Gurnee, Ill./Warren JOHN TRASK 3 Matt Spiess F Fr. 5-10/175 St. Louis, Mo./Chaminade Prep 6 Pavle Dundjer M Jr. 5-9/161 Belgrade, Serbia/Zemunska Gimnazija 7 Adnan Ejupovic M Sr. 6-2/170 Prijedor, Bosnia/Foreman/Oakton C.C. 8 Baggio Husidic M Fr. 6-1/173 Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville 9 Cesar Zambrano M Jr. 6-1/145 Chicago, Ill./Brother Rice 10 Tonci Skroce F Sr. 6-1/177 Zadar, Croatia/IX Gimnasium/Kendall Coll. 11 Derek Kosek D Sr. 5-11/155 Batavia, Ill./Batavia 13 Brandon Bilbrey D Jr. 6-0/170 Barrington, Ill./Fremd/Philadelphia Univ. 14 Alen Husidic F Fr. 5-10/160 Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville/Lake County 15 Brodey Simkins F Sr. 5-10/155 Bozeman, Mont./Bozeman 16 Dan Simek F So. 5-10/165 LaGrange, Ill./Lyons Township 17 Pawel Ligas M Jr. 5-11/155 Justice, Ill./Argo 18 Pawel Otachel M Sr. 5-8/140 Franklin Park, Ill./East Leyden/IPFW 19 Eric Lee D Fr. 5-7/154 Tampa, Fla./Gaither 20 Eric Cervantes F Sr. 5-8/145 Hoff man Estates, Ill./Hoff man Estates When John Trask was named the fourth head 21 Emir Hadziahmetovic M Jr. 6-2/185 Chicago, Ill./Lane Tech/Oakton C.C. men’s soccer coach in UIC’s Division I history on 22 Mike Giffi n D So. 6-1/160 St. Charles, Ill./Burlington Cent./NMU January 17, 2005, a new standard of excellence 23 Pat McMahon D So. 5-11/150 Bolingbrook, Ill./Benet was immediately established for the program. 24 Nate Downing D Fr. 5-10/145 Columbus, Ind./Columbus North 25 Jed Schenkier M Sr. 6-0/180 Evanston, Ill./Evanston /Syracuse That standard was on display throughout Trask’s 26 Mike Muskin D Fr. 5-11/170 Chicago, Ill./Lake Central (Ind.) fi rst season at the helm. The fi rst-year manager 27 Stevan Jovcic F Fr. 6-2/175 Niles, Ill./Niles West guided a team that went 5-12-2 in the fall prior to 28 Cedomir Micic D So. 6-4/195 Mount Prospect, Ill./Prospect his arrival to a fantastic 10-5-2 campaign in 2005, 29 Jeff Engelbrecht GK Jr. 6-3/175 Peoria, Ill./Peoria Notre Dame posting the nation’s sixth-best turnaround in the 30 Roman Tulis GK Sr. 6-2/165 Coquitlam, B.C./St. Thomas More process.

HEAD COACH: John Trask The Flames stepped up their level of play against ASSISTANT COACHES: Sean Phillips, Aleksey Korol top competition under Trask. UIC earned road VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH: C.J. Brown victories over Top 25 teams Loyola Marymount UNDERGRADUATE ASSISTANT: Ross Cain and Creighton last season, along with a road ATHLETIC TRAINER: Noreen Karadsheh draw against 2005 NCAA Tournament team UW- Milwaukee. In addition, the Flames battled to a spring exhibition draw against 2005 NCAA quar- 2006 UIC Soccer Pronunciation Guide terfi nalist Akron and fought national power Indi- ana tooth-and-nail in a preseason road match. Brandon Billbrey BILL-bree Along with stellar showings against some of Jovan Bubonja YO-vaughn Boo-BONE-ya the nation’s best teams, UIC also proved to be a Pavle Dundjer PAV-lay DONE-jur club with better preparation and fi tness under Adnan Ejupovic AD-non A-you-po-vich Trask’s watch. The team’s 5-1-2 record in overtime Jeff Engelbrecht ENG-ull-breckt matches during the 2005 season proves such a Emir Hadziahmetovic Eh-MERE HAD-z-ah-met-O-vich statement. Alen Husidic AL-n Who-SID-ick Baggio Husidic BAH-g-o Who-SID-ick The Flames fi nished Trask’s fi rst year ranked ninth in the NSCAA/adidas Midwest Region Rankings, Stevan Jovcic Stev-ON YOVE-chich the fi rst time UIC has been ranked in the fi nal re- Pawel Ligas Paul LEAGUE-us gion poll since 2002, while also receiving votes in Cedomir Micic CHEE-do-mere ME-chich the national poll for the fi rst time since 2001. Pawel Otachel Paul OH-tuh-chell Ian Sarachan E-n SAIR-uh-can Trask began his coaching career at Indiana, serv- Jed Schenkier SHEN-key-ur ing as an assistant for nearly a decade at his alma Dan Simek SIM-eck mater under the legendary Jerry Yeagley. Trask Matt Spiess SPEECE helped build a dynasty that saw the Hoosiers amass eight Big Ten titles, reach fi ve College Cups Tonci Skroce TAWN-chee Skrow-CHAY and earn back-to-back National Championships Roman Tulis TOO-liss in 1998 and 1999. Cesar Zambrano SEE-zar Zom-BRAH-no Prior to arriving at UIC, Trask spent fi ve seasons as an assistant coach in BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR... with the Miami Fusion, D.C. United and the Dallas Burn/FC Dallas. In MLS Trask trained the likes of ERIC CERVANTES Preki, Eddie Johnson and other superstars.

The senior forward gives the Flames a very potent off ensive TRASK’S CAREER RECORD weapon off the bench. The 2004 All-Horizon League First Team- Year Record er has 12 career goals, including two game-winners last season. 2005 10-5-2 2006 1-0-1 His 81st minute strike beat then-No. 25 Creighton in 2005. Total 11-5-3 www.uicfl ames.com 2006 UIC Soccer UIC Combined Team Statistics (as of Aug 30, 2006) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... ( 1- 0- 1) ( 0- 0- 1) ( 1- 0- 0) ( 0- 0- 0) CONFERENCE...... ( 0- 0- 0) ( 0- 0- 0) ( 0- 0- 0) ( 0- 0- 0) NON-CONFERENCE...... ( 1- 0- 1) ( 0- 0- 1) ( 1- 0- 0) ( 0- 0- 0)

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATT ## PLAYER GP G A Pts Sh Shot% SOG SOG% GW PK-AT ------Aug 26 at #25 Saint Louis W 1-0 3834 10 SKROCE, Tonci 2 1 0 2 2 .500 1 .500 1 0-0 Aug 30 DEPAUL T O2 0-0 834 22 GIFFIN, Mike 2 0 1 1 2 .000 1 .500 0 0-0 6 DUNDJER, Pavle 2 0 0 0 7 .000 4 .571 0 0-0 TEAM STATISTICS UIC OPP 18 OTACHEL, Pawel 2 0 0 0 5 .000 1 .200 0 0-0 ------9 ZAMBRANO, Cesar 2 0 0 0 4 .000 1 .250 0 0-0 SHOT STATISTICS...... 23 MCMAHON, Pat 2 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 0 0-0 Goals-Shot attempts.... 1-23 0-7 17 LIGAS, Pawel 2 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 Goals scored average... 0.45 0.00 15 SIMKINS, Brodey 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 Shot pct...... 043 .000 20 CERVANTES, Eric 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 Shots on goal-Attempts. 9-23 3-7 16 SIMEK, Dan 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 SOG pct...... 391 .429 14 HUSIDIC, Alen 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 Shots/Game...... 11.5 3.5 11 KOSEK, Derek 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 Assists...... 1 0 8 HUSIDIC, Baggio 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 CORNER KICKS...... 13 10 7 EJUPOVIC, Adnan 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0 PENALTY KICKS...... 0-0 0-0 Total...... 2 1 1 3 23 .043 9 .391 1 0-0 PENALTIES...... Opponents...... 2 0 0 0 7 .000 3 .429 0 0-0 Yellow cards...... 3 6 Red cards...... 1 1 ATTENDANCE...... |-GOAL AVERAGE-| |-SAVES-| Total...... 834 3834 ## GOALTENDERS GP Minutes GA Avg Sv Pct W L T Sho Dates/Avg Per Date..... 1/834 1/3834 ------Neutral Site #/Avg..... 0/0 1 BUBONJA, Jovan 2 200:00 0 0.00 3 1.000 1 0 1 2 Total...... 2 200:00 0 0.00 3 1.000 1 0 1 2 Opponents...... 2 200:00 1 0.45 8 .889 0 1 1 1

GOALS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total ------UIC...... 0 1 0 0 - 1 Opponents...... 0 0 0 0 - 0

SHOTS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total ------UIC...... 9 13 0 1 - 23 Opponents...... 4 3 0 0 - 7

SAVES BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total ------UIC...... 1 2 0 0 - 3 Opponents...... 5 3 0 0 - 8

CORNER KICKS BY PRD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total ------UIC...... 5 6 2 0 - 13 Opponents...... 3 7 0 0 - 10

FOULS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total ------UIC...... 21 19 2 2 - 44 Opponents...... 13 15 1 2 - 31