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AUGUST UC IRVINE ANTEATERS AT #10 SAINT MARY’S GAELS 16 Thurs. ^ Bakersfield (Exh.) W, 2-0 SATURDAY, SEP. 29 // 1:00 PM // SAINT MARY’S STADIUM - MORAGA, CALIF. 19 Sun. ^ at UCLA (Exh.) L, 0-1 24 Fri. at San Diego T, 0-0 All-Time Series SMC leads, 6-3-1 27 Mon. at UCF W(OT), 1-0 2018 Record 9-0-0 Series at Moraga SMC leads, 3-1-1 31 Fri. Utah Valley L, 1-2 2017 Record 6-6-5 (3-2-2 WCC) Head Coach Adam Cooper Streak L2 Years at SMC 13th year SEPTEMBER Last Meeting UCI 1-2 (2OT) SMC 2 Sun. James Madison W(2OT), 2-1 At Irvine (Nov. 20, 2011) 7 Fri. Loyola Marymount W, 2-0 9 Sun. at San Diego State L(OT), 1-2 FINAL NON-CONFERENCE TEST GOES THROUGH #10 SAINT MARY’S 14 Fri. Pomona-Pitzer W, 4-0 16 Sun. Brown W, 3-0 The Anteaters have one last non-conference opponent to battle before Big West play becomes the focus, and it’s a 20 Thurs. at San Francisco W, 4-1 buzzsaw in Saint Mary’s ranked 10th in the nation with a perfect 9-0-0 record 23 Sun. at Pacific L, 2-4 29 Sat. at #10 Saint Mary’s 1:00 PM Storylines
• UC Irvine has taken the conference lead in scoring with 20 goals, 2.0 per match, and multiple goals in four straight matches OCTOBER 3 Wed. * at UC Riverside 7:00 PM • UCI had two first-time goal scorers as senior Jose Soto started the weekend with a goal off a corner kick, and freshman Michael 6 Sat. * Sacramento State 7:00 PM Orozco whipped in a set piece Sunday in the 89th minute to bookend the matches 10 Wed. * at UC Davis 4:00 PM • Ivan Canales scored his 19th goal of his career on Thursday needing one more to become the 12th Anteater with 20 or more 13 Sat. * UC Santa Barbara 7:00 PM goals over a career. With two more assists, he will become the third ‘Eater with at least 20 assists all-time 17 Wed. * Cal State Fullerton 7:00 PM • The Anteaters have played the second-most minutes in the nation (938) trailing USD at 958, and Greg Patenaude is also second 21 Sun. * at Cal Poly 7:00 PM with 893 of the minutes behind only Big West counterpart Paul-Andre Guerin from Cal State Fullerton at 929 27 Sat. * at CSUN 7:00 PM • Jose Ortiz’s six goals tie him atop the Big West scoring leaders, Ivan Canales is the conference’s leader in game-winning goals 31 Wed. % Big West Quarterfinal TBD with three, and the pair are joined by Alvaro Quezada in the top 10 in Big West points (9)
NOVEMBER 3 Sat. % Big West Semifinal TBD About Saint Mary’s 10 Sat. % Big West Final TBD • The Gaels are perfect with a 9-0-0 record, 1 of 2 teams in the NCAA that can boast that (Wake Forest, 8-0-0), and most of it has 15 Thurs. $ NCAA Tournament begins come at the Big West’s expense winning its last five matches against Cal Poly, Sac State, UC Riverside, UCSB, and UC Davis. Saint Mary’s will play at New Mexico on Wednesday prior hosting the Anteaters ^ Exhibition match * Big West Conference game • Saint Mary’s ran middle of the road in 2017 going 6-6-5 overall with a 3-2-2 mark in West Coast Conference play. The preseason % Big West Tournament poll projected the Gaels to finish third with junior Jake Rudel as part of the All-WCC Preseason team $ NCAA Tournament • The Gaels have outscored its opponents 27-4 behind the scoring horses of Rudel (7 G, 1 A) and fellow junior Andres Engebretsen (6 G, 3 A), five other Gaels have at least five points including three goals and three assists each from midfielders Jakub Svehlik and Home games in bold played at Anteater Stadium All times listed are Pacific Stephen Dougherty, the backline of Filippo Zattarin, Jeremiah Michael, James Person, and Valentin Sponer have formed a formidable unit, and behind them is junior keeper Remi Prieur whose stopped 30 shots in 824 minutes • The last time UCI and Saint Mary’s met was actually in postseason play when UC Irvine hosted the Gaels in a first round matchup back in 2011. The Gaels came back for the 2-1 win in 2OT to end the Anteaters’ season 20 UC Irvine’s 20 goals this season lead the Big With a win... West as does its 2.0 goals per match having • ...or draw, UCI will stop a brief two-match losing streak it has to the Gaels dating back to 2009. It would also extended a brief scored at least 2 goals in 4 straight matches unbeaten streak it holds at Moraga where it is 1-0-1 in its last two matches which came in 2008 and 2001 • ...UC Irvine would improve to 21-25-6 all-time against ranked squads 5 • ...it would be UC Irvine’s second straight win over a ranked team after defeating No. 8 Denver, 1-0, last September
Over the last four matches, 5 Anteaters have Up Next deposited their first career goals including • UC Irvine begins Big West play as the calendar rolls over to October with a new format debuting where UCI will play each seniors Jose Soto and Daniel Crisotomo. The other three, Christian Gutierrez, Manny conference team once in a seven-game Big West season Acosta, and Michael Orozco earned their first career points along with the goal Keeping the Faith UC Irvine’s defense was tested over the weekend allowing five goals to USF and Pacific after giving up just five in eight matches leading up to it. Pacific scored four times in the first half on Sunday for the only four first half goals allowed by the ‘Eaters all 300 season. Greg Patenaude continues to grade out near the top of the Big West with the fourth-best goals-against-average (1.01) and his four shutouts are tied for the Big West lead all while playing the second-most minutes in the country (893) The UC Irvine program in its 35th season won game No. 300 over Pomona-Pitzer Cool Customers Yes the ‘Eaters do have a red card this season, but in terms of yellow cards, the ‘Eaters had accrued just two which was the least in Quick Facts the nation prior to the weekend. UCI is now up to six, still among the 15-least in the nation, and the 12.3 fouls committed GENERAL per match is the last in the Big West Conference. UCI has even earned a penalty kick which it converted and have done so School ...... UC Irvine (University of California, Irvine) six straight times dating back to 2015
Location...... Irvine, Calif. Leaving A Mark Nickname ...... Anteaters (‘Eaters) UC Irvine may have a chance to put the first blemish on Saint Mary’s perfect season as it enters the week at 9-0-0. The Colors ...... Blue and Gold Gaels have slowly started to climb the United Soccer Coaches rankings standing at No. 10 this week. It’s the first ranked Founded (Opened) ...... 1962 (1965) opponent for the ’Eaters in 2018 after going 1-1-0 against them in 2017. All-time, UCI is 20-25-6 against ranked programs Enrollment ...... 35,895 and 8-15-3 against Top 10 opponents. Against schools ranked No. 10, this will mark UCI’s third such meeting having drawn Chancellor ...... Howard Gillman, Ph.D. with UC Davis, 0-0, in 2008, and falling to Providence, 0-1, in the 2014 NCAA Third Round matchup Interim Athletic Director ...... Paula Smith Home Field (Capacity) ...... Anteater Stadium (2,500) First Touches Affiliation ...... NCAA Division I • Three of UCI’s last four matches have featured a first career goal. Michael Orozco was the most recent addition off a set Conference ...... Big West piece on Sunday to record his first career goal and point, and the first true freshman with either as well in 2018 • Jose Soto added his name as a goal scorer for the first time in Thursday’s win after 27 matches with UCI. The goals for HISTORY Soto and Orozco were also the first two from defenders this year First season ...... 1984 • Last week, three Anteaters opened their scoring accounts. Senior Daniel Crisostomo waited until his 60th career match All-time record ...... 302-325-71 to find the back of the net converting his 72nd-minute penalty kick, he added his second career goal Thursday at San NCAA Tournament berths / Last ...... 5 / 2014 Francisco. Big West titles - Season / Tourney...... 4 / 4 • Christian Gutierrez started the scoring Friday with a header in the 34th minute for his first career goal, point, and game- MAC Hermann Semifinalists ...... 1 (Iwasa) winning goal. He also added his second goal over the weekend opening UCI’s account on Sunday All-Americans ...... 6 • Fellow third-year Manny Acosta cleaned up with a brilliant strike in the 81st minute for his first career point and goal in All-Far West Region ...... 19 the win against Pomona-Pitzer Big West Players of the Year ...... 15 • Alvaro Quezada continues to lead the Big West in shots with 26 and 2.60 per match, tied with CSUN’s Daniel Trejo. The Academic All-Americans ...... 1 team as a whole continues to lead the Big West with 127 shots and an average of 12.7 per match • UC Irvine earned 14 corner kicks in the win over Pomona-Pitzer tying a program record that has been set four times prior COACHING STAFF with the most recent coming in a Big West Tournament match in 2015 at Cal Poly. The squad averages five corners per Head Coach ...... Yossi Raz (2nd at UCI, 6th overall) match good for second in the Big West Alma Mater ...... CSUN (2005) • Two Anteaters were honored in the Courtyard Marriott San Diego Central Aztec Soccer Tournament where it finished 1-1. Career record ...... 14-11-4 (54-17-12 at Division II) Ivan Canales and Jose Soto were named to the all-tournament team Assistant Coach ...... Matt ’O Sullivan (2nd season) Assistant Coach ...... Cale Rodriguez (2nd season) Volunteer Assistant Coach ...... Brian Lanoye (2nd season) Yes He Can Grad Assistant ...... Felipe Silva (1st season) Senior Ivan Canales added another goal over the weekend giving him 19 over his career. He is up to 19 career goals, his Athletic Trainer ...... Nicole Lopez next will make him the 12th Anteater with 20 over a career. His 18 assists is already top-ten worthy as he just passed Office phone ...... (949) 824-1096 Spencer Thompson and David Szekeres. He’s now alongside the likes of Manny Hernandez, Michael Mucino, Irving Garcia, and Miguel Ibarra in the records tied for sixth. Canales has a chance to join 20 Kevin Smith (22 G, 24 A) as the only Anteaters with 20 goals and assists over a career. His goal at San Francisco dipped him into the all-time UCI top 10 Schedule Outlook now with 56 career points surpassing Pat Lee. Next in his sights are Cameron Iwasa and Michael Mucino both with 58
RPI .5329 RPI Nat’l Rank 59th Starting a Trend SOS Nat’l Rank 77th Conference Nat’l Rk 6th Junior Jose Ortiz posted his second 3-match scoring streak on the season with his goal at USF. Ortiz has a goal in all five vs. Top 50 1-0-0 vs. 51-100 2-2-0 home matches this season, and is responsible for a goal in six of UCI’s last eight matches overall. Ortiz is tied atop the conference with his six goals. He also added a game-winner, the second of his career and first since his freshman School Match / Result Record RPI campaign. He added an assist on Friday giving him 13 points which leads the team and ranks second in the Big West Bakersfield (Exh.) W, 2-0 2-5-0 182 UCLA (Exh.) L, 0-1 4-2-0 15 San Diego T, 0-0 4-4-2 115 Big West Outlook UCF W(OT), 1-0 5-2-1 35 Utah Valley L, 1-2 3-5-0 145 2018 Standings Tuesday North Points Big West Overall Goals Preseason Gonzaga at UC Santa Barbara James Madison W(2OT), 2-1 4-2-1 51 Loyola Marymount W, 2-0 2-6-0 160 1 UC Davis 0 0-0-0 6-1-2 15 / 6 4th Thursday San Diego State L(OT), 1-2 4-2-1 78 2 UC Irvine 0 0-0-0 6-3-1 20 / 10 5th Cal State Fullerton at LMU
Pomona-Pitzer *W, 4-0 3-6-0 DIII 3 UC Santa Barbara 0 0-0-0 5-3-0 11 / 7 2nd 4 CSUN 0 0-0-0 6-4-0 19 / 12 3rd Friday Brown W, 3-0 3-3-0 96 UC Riverside at San Diego 5 Cal State Fullerton 0 0-0-0 2-2-5 10 / 13 1st San Francisco W, 4-1 2-6-1 103 6 Cal Poly 0 0-0-0 3-4-1 10 / 11 8th Saturday Pacific L, 2-4 6-2-1 94 7 Sacramento State 0 0-0-0 2-5-2 14 / 21 6th San Francisco at Cal State Fullerton Saint Mary’s Sep. 29 9-0-0 21 8 UC Riverside 0 0-0-0 1-7-1 12 / 25 7th UC Irvine at Saint Mary’s Sac State at UC Davis UC Riverside Oct. 3 1-7-1 142 Preseason All-Big West: MF Ivan Canales (3rd time), MF Daniel Crisostomo Sac State Oct. 6 2-5-2 131 Sunday UC Davis Oct. 10 6-1-2 31 Courtyard Marriott San Diego Central Aztec Soccer All-Tournament Team: UC Santa Barbara at Cal Poly UC Santa Barbara Oct. 13 5-3-0 28 Ivan Canales, Jose Soto Cal State Fullerton Oct. 17 2-2-5 73 Cal Poly Oct. 21 1-4-1 158 CSUN Oct. 27 6-4-0 71
Matches: Home Away Neutral 2018 By The Numbers 2018 Team Rankings 2018 Individual Rankings Record Pursuit (Out of 205 programs) Ivan Canales Overall 6-3-1 Stat Total Big West National Player Stat Total Big West National Home 4-1-0 Assists ...... 24 ...... 2nd ...... 6th Patenaude Goalie Minutes .....893:32 ...... 2nd...... 2nd Goals All-time 19 Points ...... 64 ...... T1st ...... 9th Canales Game-Winners ...... 3 ...... 1st ...... 8th Away 2-2-1 Goals ...... 20 ...... 1st ...... 10th Patenaude Shutouts ...... 4 ...... T1st ...... 11th M. Mucino 11th 20 Neutral 0-0-0 Goals per game ...... 2.0 ...... 1st ...... 23rd Ortiz Goals ...... 6 ...... T1st ...... 14th C. Iwasa 22 Shutout percentage ...... 0.500 ...... 1st ...... 27th Ortiz Points ...... 13 ...... 2nd...... 24th Outside California 1-0-0 Goals-Against-Average ..... 0.959 ...... 3rd ...... 69th Canales Points ...... 11 ...... 3rd ...... 48th K. Smith T9th 22 Shots per game ...... 12.7 ...... 1st ...... 71st Canales Goals ...... 4 ...... 5th ...... 56th Corner Kicks per game ...... 5.0 ...... 2nd ...... 87th 5 players Assists ...... 3 ...... T5th ...... 57th vs. Big West (7 games) 0-0-0 Fouls per game ...... 12.3 ...... 1st ...... 94th Patenaude Saves ...... 27 ...... 7th ...... 64th Points All-time 56 vs. WCC (5 games) 2-1-1 Save Percentage ...... 0.737 ...... 5th ...... 98th Ortiz Shot Accuracy ...... 0.500 ...... 3rd ...... 77th C. Iwasa 58 Shot Accuracy ...... 0.409 ...... 5th ...... 115th Patenaude GAA ...... 1.007 ...... 4th ...... 84th vs. AAC (1 game) 1-0-0 Saves per game ...... 2.8 ...... 8th ...... 163rd Quezada Points ...... 9 ...... 10th ...... 84th M. Mucino T8th 58 vs. WAC (1 game) 0-1-0 Yellow Cards...... 6 ...... 8th ...... 192nd Patenaude Save Percentage ....0.730 ...... 6th ...... 110th J. Spencer 65 Quezada Shots per game ...... 2.6 ...... T1st ...... 123rd vs. CAA (1 game) 1-0-0 A. Walker T6th 65 vs. Pac-12 (1 game) 0-1-0 vs. Division III (1 game) 1-0-0 Assists All-time 18 vs. Ivy League (1 game) 1-0-0 Opening Statements 4 players T6th 18 vs. Ranked teams 0-0-0 UC Irvine now stands at 22-9-4 all-time in season openers, 2-3-1 when opening on the road. UCI fell in its home opener Friday, 2-1 to Utah Valley, to snap its streak of 13 straight unbeaten home S. Bullock 19 openers that dated back to 2004. T. Theslof 19 August 1-1-1 M. Murphy T3rd 19 September 5-2-0 Voter Turnout K. Smith 2nd 24 October 0-0-0 UC Irvine earned four votes in the United Soccer Coaches poll last week, a dropoff from the 20 votes the week prior and 18 in the previous poll. Poll results are released every Tuesday. The Day 1-2-0 ‘Eaters have not landed in the top 25 since 2015, but do hold a 20-25-6 all-time record against Night 5-1-1 ranked opponents Career Matches Midweek 4-1-1 Tracker Exhibiting Quality Weekend 2-2-0 UC Irvine took to the pitch twice last week for exhibition matches starting at home Thursday Athlete Caps Starts defeating Bakersfield, 2-0. Ivan Canales and Axel Adler scored first-half strikes. They finished up Wearing blue 1-3-1 Sunday with a trip to UCLA for the first men’s soccer match in newly-constructed Wallis Canales 66 58 Wearing white 5-0-0 Annenberg Stadium. The Bruins, who are receiving votes in the national preseason poll, would Crisostomo 63 48 take the victory scoring in the 71st minute to defeat UCI, 1-0. Leon 57 31 Ortiz 47 24 In one-goal matches 2-2 Playing Professionally • UC Irvine has 11 Anteaters making a mark on various professional circuits Scoring first 5-2-0 • Two MLS staples continue to be Miguel Ibarra and Brad Evans. Ibarra is in his seventh pro season where he’s earned over 150 caps between Minnesota United FC and Leon of LigaMX. In Active Leaders Opponent scores first 1-1-0 his sixth season with MLS-side MNUFC, he has six goals upping the midfielder’s career total to When leading at halftime 3-2-0 27. Evans has bounced between Sporting KC and its USL side, Swope Park Rangers, seeing Athlete Points When tied at halftime 3-0-1 action in four matches total. He’s played 226 matches with 28 goals in his 11 pro seasons largely Canales 56 When trailing at halftime 0-1-0 with Seattle Sounders FC and Columbus Crew SC winning an MLS title with each Leon 24 • The pair also account for all of the national team appearances for UCI alums. Evans took part in Ortiz 23 Overtime matches 2-1-1 27 World Cup qualifiers, Gold Cup, Confederations Cup, and friendly matches scoring an
Goals off corners...... 2 infamous goal in stoppage time of an WCQ to defeat Jamaica. Ibarra has three caps under his belt, all in U.S. friendlies. Athlete Goals Goals off free kicks ...... 2 • Six Anteaters reside with USL clubs, most prominently Cam Iwasa as one of the league’s Canales 19 Kicked goals ...... 19 leading scorers on Sac Republic FC scoring 27 times over four seasons. Marco Franco has Ortiz 10 Header goals ...... 1 joined with Penn FC while Thomas Janjigian is on the backline for Reno 1868. Mats Bjurman and Leon 8 Inside the box ...... 18 Giovanni Godoy have teamed up on local side Orange County SC scoring seven goals between them this season. Tarek Morad also joined up with USL side Tampa Bay Rowdies recently after a Outside the box ...... 2 few years with Louisville City FC Athlete Assists 1v1 goals ...... 0 • Others still making waves Enrique Cardenas, playing with Golden State Force FC when he’s not Canales 18 PK For: 1-1 ...... Against: 0-1 coaching at College of the Desert, Lester Hayes III and Amani Walker, each playing with at times with NPSL side Albion SC Pros SD, and Irving Garcia is still extending his career going on sixth Crisostomo 13
overall as a professional and second year now with Guatemalan side, Suchitepequez. Leon 8 Forwards ...... 7 Midfielders ...... 11 2017-18 Highlights Defenders ...... 2 • UCI returned to a .500 campaign in 2017 after consecutive five-win years • The Anteaters led the conference in scoring in the regular season with 35 goals led by conference-leader Giovanni Godoy’s 13. They also put up a Big West-best 41 assists, its most Seniors ...... 7 since the 2010 campaign, with Daniel Crisostomo and Mario Ortiz topping the conference with Juniors ...... 6 nine each Sophomores ...... 6 • UCI took down one of its two ranked opponents in 2017 defeating No. 8 Denver, 1-0, on a neutral site. It also took No. 9 Louisville to the wire on the road as the ‘Eaters stand 20-25-6 all- Freshmen ...... 1 time against ranked foes
Trending Up UC Irvine's 8-8-3 campaign and fourth place finish in the Big West South in 2017 doesn't jump off the page, but its a move in the right direction after back-to-back five-win seasons in 2015 and ## Player Note Height / Weight—Year—Position Hometown—Previous College—High School—Club team—Major Games (starts) - Goals - GWG - Assists - Points
0 Greg Patenaude Stopped PKs in 5-2 win at Northern Kentucky and in 100th minute of 0-0 draw at USD 6-1 / 190—RS-Senior—Goalkeeper Had streak of 320 scoreless minutes, began season with 252-minute streak Folsom, Calif.—Yavapai CC—Folsom HS—San Juan Academy—Major: Political Science 13 (13) - 8-4-1 - 4 SHO - 15 GA - 33 SV 1 Alex Waldron Saved a PK in the 79th minute vs. New Mexico - 2nd of career 6-3 / 193—RS-Junior—Goalkeeper
Orangevale, Calif.—Bella Vista HS—San Juan Academy—Major: Business Economics 24 (23) - 9-11-3 - 5 SHO - 75 SV - 1.50 GAA 2 Ben Reveno Clean sheet in each start (LMU, PP), 1 GA in 261 mins played came a man down 6-1 / 170—RS-Freshman—Defender Spent three seasons with the San Jose Earthquakes Academy San Jose, Calif.—Leigh HS—San Jose Earthquakes Academy—Major: Undeclared 7 (2) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 0 PTS 3 Christian Bond-Flasza First career start and point (assist) in win vs. UNC Asheville in 2017 5-10 / 154—Sophomore—Defender Sister, Dominique, is a soccer player at the University of Washington Laguna Niguel, Calif.—Aliso Niguel HS—Irvine Strikers—Major: Computer Game Science 16 (5) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 2 A - 2 PTS 4 Jose Soto Second Team All-Big West in 2017 - first career goal, point Thursday at USF 6-1 / 169—Senior—Defender 7 goals, 3 assists in two seasons at Peninsula College in 2016 Ontario, Calif.—Peninsula College—Ontario HS—Major: Criminology, Law, and Society 28 (28) - 1 G - 0 GWG - 2 A - 4 PTS 5 Darren Hamilton Played 2017 at Hartwick College (9 matches, 8 starts) before program dropped to DII 6-2 / 180—Senior—Defender Played 29 matches starting 26 in two seasons at East Central College (2 G, 1 A) Wallsend, Newcastle, England—Hartwick College—East Central College—Burnside HS—Major: Sociology 9 (9) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 0 PTS 7 Luca Mastrantonio Played 2016 at Rockhurst University (MO) scoring three goals in 21 starts 6-2 / 172—Junior—Defender Played 2015 at University of NW Ohio scoring seven goals (3 GWG) in 23 matches Rome, Italy—Rockhurst (MO) University—Univ. of NW Ohio—Liceo Farnesina—Major: Undecided No UC Irvine stats 8 Luis Leon Big West Offensive Player of the Week August 28, 2017 (1 G, 1 A) 5-7 / 151—Senior—Midfielder 1 career game-winner came as freshman vs. LMU Santa Ana, Calif.—Santa Ana HS—Pateadores Academy—Major: Sociology 57 (31) - 8 G - 1 GWG - 8 A - 24 PTS 9 Daniel Crisostomo 9 assists (5th in NCAA) in 2017 - scored first career goal (PK 72’) vs. Pomona-Pitzer 5-9 / 156—Senior—Midfielder Second Team All-Big West selection in 2017 Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.—The Webb Schools—FC Golden State—Major: Sociology 63 (48) - 2 G - 0 GWG - 13 A - 17 PTS 10 Ivan Canales Active UC Irvine leader in matches, starts, goals, assists, and points 5-9 / 164—Senior—Midfielder Three-time All-Big West honoree Santa Ana, Calif.—JSerra HS—West Coast FC—Major: Sociology 66 (58) - 19 G - 6 GWG - 18 A - 56 PTS 13 Jose Ortiz Big West All-Freshman Team selection in 2016 5-9 / 133—Junior—Forward Goals in 6 of last 8 matches (5 straight home matches with a goal) Los Angeles, Calif.—Leuzinger HS—California Rush—Major: Business Economics 47 (24) - 11 G - 2 GWG - 4 A - 26 PTS 14 Alvaro Quezada Conference’s leader in shots, shots per game 5-9 / 150—Sophomore—Midfielder Game-winning goal to defeat UCF in overtime in the 94th minute Lancaster, Calif.—Highland HS—LA Premier FC—Major: Psychology and social behavior 29 (15) - 5 G - 2 GWG - 5 A - 15 PTS 15 Michael Orozco Played over 100 matches for club FC Golden State Academy 6-1 / 142—Freshman—Defender First career goal, point off set piece in 89th minute at Pacific La Crescenta, Calif.—Crescenta Valley HS—FC Golden State Academy—Major: Biological Sciences 10 (10) - 1 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 2 PTS 16 Beto Alvarenga Trained three seasons with the U.S. Youth National Team 5-8 / 155—Freshman—Midfielder Full name is Leonel Alberto Alvarenga Canoga Park, Calif.—Taft HS—LA Galaxy Academy—Major: Undeclared 4 (0) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 0 PTS 17 Jalani Ambrose WCC All-Freshman Team honoree in 2016 (9 matches, 5 starts) 5-11 / 150—RS-Sophomore-Midfielder Played defense at Santa Clara, redshirted his 2017 season Long Beach, Calif.—Santa Clara University—Brea Olinda HS—Fullerton Rangers—Major: Anthropology 8 (7) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 3 A - 3 PTS 18 Carlos Contreras Split time between forward and keeper in high school 6-0 / 169—RS-Freshman—Goalkeeper Made collegiate debut in 2nd half vs. Pomona-Pitzer (1 SV in 45 minutes) North Hollywood, Calif.—Birmingham HS—LA Premier LAFA—Major: Undeclared 1 (0) - 0-0-0 - 0 SHO - 0 GA - 1 SV 19 Oscar Delgado Division V CIF Champion in high school 5-7 / 130—Freshman—Mid / Fwd 24 goals, 21 assists as a senior in high school Moreno Valley, Calif.—Citrus Hill HS—Major: Undeclared No UC Irvine stats 20 Kelvin Neumetzler Four-time NECIS champion and MVP at International School of Dusseldorf 6-2 / 145—Freshman—Fwd / Mid Scored 124 goals in 119 high school matches in Germany Aachen, Germany—International School of Dusseldorf—Ratingen04/19 —Major: Business Economics No UC Irvine stats 21 Lawrence Yamaguchi Lived in Japan for 18 years, parents are Nigerian and Japanese 5-10 / 182—Freshman—Forward Division II Tournament MVP in HS, also wrestled along with soccer Koganei, Tokyo, Japan—Christian Academy Japan HS—FC Toripletta—Major: Undeclared 25 (6) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 2 A - 2 PTS 22 Manny Acosta Played in each of the last 7 matches of 2016 with 1 start (vs. UCR) 5-11 / 152—RS-Sophomore—Forward 1st career goal and point in 82nd minute vs. Pomona-Pitzer Stanton, Calif.—Magnolia HS—West Coast FC—Major: Public Health Policy 12 (1) - 1 G - 0 GWG - 0 A - 2 PTS 23 Victor Falck 4 career assists for UCI (vs. AVL, UCR, LMU, PP (1 assist at Virginia) 6-1 / 172—Junior—Midfielder Moved to the United States in 2012 Landvetter, Sweden.—Univ. of Virginia—Cox HS—Richmond United & Orgryte IS—Major: Business Economics 29 (28) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 4 A - 4 PTS 24 Ateno Ajeakwa Earned first career point on assist at Northern Kentucky in 2017 5-7 / 157—Sophomore—Midfielder Brother, Akwafei, plays professionally for Colorado Springs Switchbacks Gardena, Calif.—Connections Academy Capistrano—LA Galaxy Academy—Major: Undeclared 19 (3) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 1 A - 1 PTS 26 Axel Adler First career point an assist on Quezada’s 33rd-minute goal vs. Brown 6-0 / 147—RS-Freshman—Midfielder Played tennis since the age of 8 Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong—Victor Segalen School—Biu Chun Rangers—Major: Undeclared 9 (1) - 0 G - 0 GWG - 2 A - 2 PTS 27 Christian Gutierrez Missed 2017 season with a torn ACL 5-5 / 168—RS-Sophomore—Midfielder First career goal and point a game-winning header in the 34th minute vs. PP Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico—Bell HS—Arsenal FC—Major: Criminology, Law, and Society 24 (1) - 2 G - 1 GWG - 0 A - 4 PTS 30 Jack Monach Team captain in high school, 8 goals, 9 assists as a senior 5-11 / 160—Freshman—Midfielder First Team all-league, four-time Golden Boot winner San Juan Capistrano, Calif.—San Juan Hills HS—LA Galaxy Academy—Major: Undeclared No UC Irvine stats 34 Jordan Martinez League champion, team MVP in high school 6-0 / 174—Freshman—Goalkeeper Also played football and golf Richmond, Calif.—Hercules HS—Major: Applied Physics No UC Irvine stats YOSSI RAZ
HEAD COACH SECOND SEASON
EDUCATION College: CSUN, 2005
COACHING EXPERIENCE 2005-12 CSUN (Assistant Coach) 2013-16 Cal Poly Pomona (Head Coach) 2018 UC IRVINE ROSTER 2017- UC Irvine (Head Coach) ## Name Ht. Wt. Year Pos. Hometown Previous School Raz enters his second season as the Anteater head coach 0 Greg Patenaude 6-1 175 RS-Sr. GK Folsom, Calif. Yavapai (AZ) Community College after taking over guidance of the program in 2017 as the 1 Alex Waldron 6-3 193 RS-Jr. GK Orangevale, Calif. Bella Vista HS fourth head coach in UCI men's soccer history. His first 2 Ben Reveno 6-1 170 RS-Fr. D San Jose, Calif. Leigh HS season at UCI saw the ‘Eaters improve to a .500 record of 8 3 Christian Bond-Flasza 5-10 154 So. D Pickering, Ontario, Canada Aliso Niguel HS -8-3 and produced the Big West Offensive Player of the 4 Jose Soto 6-1 169 Sr. D Ontario, Calif. Peninsula (WA) College Year, Giovanni Godoy. 5 Darren Hamilton 6-2 180 Sr. D Wallsend, Newcastle, England Hartwick (NY) College 7 Luca Mastrantonio 6-2 176 Jr. D Rome, Italy Rockhurst (MO) University He spent four seasons as head coach at Cal Poly Pomona 8 Luis Leon 5-7 151 Sr. F Santa Ana, Calif. Santa Ana HS where he was named California Collegiate Athletic Associa- 9 Daniel Crisostomo 5-9 156 Sr. M Fontana, Calif. The Webb Schools tion Coach of the Year in 2014 after leading the Broncos to 10 Ivan Canales 5-9 164 Sr. M Santa Ana, Calif. Junipero Serra HS conference regular-season and tournament champion- 11 Jose Ortiz 5-9 133 Jr. F Los Angeles, Calif. Leuzinger HS ships. His Cal Poly Pomona team followed up in 2015 with 14 Alvaro Quezada 5-8 141 So. M Lancaster, Calif. Highland HS a second consecutive 17-win season and the program's 15 Michael Orozco 6-1 142 Fr. D La Crescenta, Calif. Crescenta Valley HS second-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament that led to the 16 Beto Alvarenga 5-8 155 Fr. M Canoga Park, Calif. Taft HS championship match. The Broncos returned to the NCAA 17 Jalani Ambrose 5-11 150 RS-So. M Long Beach, Calif. Santa Clara University tourney again in 2016, reaching the third round. In four 18 Carlos Contreras 6-0 169 RS-Fr. GK North Hollywood, Calif. Birmingham HS seasons at Cal Poly Pomona, Raz compiled a record of 54- 19 Oscar Delgado 5-7 130 Fr. M Moreno Valley, Calif. Citrus Hill HS 17-12. 20 Kelvin Neumetzler 6-2 145 Fr. F Aachen, Germany Int’l School of Düsseldorf 21 Lawrence Yamaguchi 5-10 182 So. F Koganei, Tokyo, Japan Christian Academy Japan Raz is no stranger to the Big West Conference mentality as 22 Manny Acosta 5-11 152 RS-So. F Stanton, Calif. Magnolia HS he was part of the soccer program at CSUN for 13 years, 23 Victor Falck 6-1 172 Jr. M Landvetter, Sweden University of Virginia four as a student-athlete and nine more as an assistant 24 Ateno Ajeakwa 5-7 157 So. M Gardena, Calif. Connections Academy Capistrano coach. Raz was named First Team All-Big West in each of 26 Axel Adler 6-0 147 RS-Fr. M Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Victor Segalen School his four seasons competing for the Matadors, earning Big 27 Christian Gutierrez 5-5 168 RS-So. M Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico Bell HS West Freshman of the Year honors and Scholar-Athlete of 30 Jack Monach 5-11 160 Fr. F San Juan Capistrano, Calif. San Juan Hills HS the Year distinction from CSUN and the Big West. 34 Jordan Martinez 6-0 174 Fr. GK Richmond, Calif. Hercules HS
Raz joined the Matadors' coaching staff in 2005 and made Head Coach: Yossi Raz 2nd season CSUN (2004) an immediate impact, helping CSUN amass a 15-4-3 record Assistant Coach: Matt ’O Sullivan 2nd season CSU Bakersfield (2005) and a Big West championship. The Matadors reached the Assistant Coach: Cale Rodriguez 2nd season University of Redlands (2009) Round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament, defeating league Assistant Goalkeeper Coach: Brian Lanoye 2nd season Cal State Fullerton (2010) rival UC Santa Barbara in the program's lone Division I Grad Assistant Felipe Silva 1st season Tournament victory. Student Manager Reed Meyer Off the pitch, Raz was President of the Student-Athlete Athletic Trainer Nicole Lopez #TogetherWeZot | #RipEm Advisory Council and was selected for the NCAA Leader- ship Conference. His interest in academics continued on as Pronunciation Guide Projected Anteater Formation an assistant coach at CSUN, as he was involved in the 0 Greg — PAT-eh-node academic and social progress of his student-athletes and (4-4-2) 2 Ben — reh-VENN-oh later at Cal Poly Pomona, consistently recognized by the 3 Christian— bond-FLOSH-uh Division of Student Affairs for his program's 100 percent 21 11 graduation rate. 8 loo-EESS — lay-OWN 9 Daniel — cree-soh-STOH-moe Yamaguchi Ortiz Raz's coaching circle includes the youth level, where he 10 EYE-vinn — ka-NAWL-ace has recruited talent for the U.S. Youth National Team as a 14 al-VARR-oh — kay-ZAW-duh scout and coach. He has participated globally in coaching 16 BET-oh — al-varr-ENN-gah 10 14 clinics in countries such as Guatemala, Brazil, and Spain, as Canales Quezada well as being a training participant in Israel where he was 17 juh-LAW-nee — AMM-broze born and raised. Raz previously spent time with the Israeli 20 Kelvin — NOY-metz-lurr Youth National Team. 24 uh-TEN-oh — ah-jee-AWK-wuh 9 23 30 Jack — MAWN-ick Crisostomo Falck Season School Overall NCAA HC YO-see — RAZZ 2017 UC Irvine 8-8-3 - 15 17 2016 Cal Poly Pomona 13-6-3 3rd Round Orozco 5 4 Ambrose 2015 Cal Poly Pomona 17-3-3 Finalist Hamilton Soto 2014 Cal Poly Pomona 17-1-2 (CCAA title)
2013 Cal Poly Pomona 7-7-4 - Totals 5 seasons 62-25-15 0 Patenaude
Primary Reserves FWD 8 Leon 22 Acosta 20 Neumetzler MID 27 Gutierrez 26 Adler 16 Alvarenga DEF 24 Ajeakwa 2 Reveno 3 Bond-Flasza GK 18 Contreras 1 Waldron 34 Martinez 0 | Greg Patenaude 1 | Alex Waldron 2 | Ben Reveno 3 | Christian Bond-Flasza 4 | Jose Soto 5 | Darren Hamilton 7 | Luca Mastrantonio 6-1, 175 - RS-Senior - GK 6-3, 193 - RS-Junior - GK 6-0, 161 - RS-Fresh. - DEF 5-10, 154 - Sophomore - D 6-1, 169 - Senior - DEF 6-2, 180 - Senior - DEF 6-2, 172 - Junior - DEF Folsom Orangevale San Jose Pickering, Ontario, Canada Ontario Newcastle, England Rome, Italy Yavapai CC Bella Vista HS Leigh HS Aliso Niguel HS Peninsula College Hartwick College Rockhurst University
8 | Luis Leon 9 | Daniel Crisostomo 10 | Ivan Canales 11 | Jose Ortiz 14 | Alvaro Quezada 15 | Michael Orozco 16 | Beto Alvarenga 5-7, 151 - Senior - FWD 5-9, 156 - Senior - MF 5-9, 164 - Senior - MF 5-9, 133 - Junior - F 5-8, 141 - Sophomore - MF 6-1, 142 - Freshman - DEF 5-8, 155 - Freshman - MF Santa Ana Fontana Santa Ana Los Angeles Lancaster La Crescenta Canoga Park Santa Ana HS The Webb Schools JSerra HS Leuzinger HS Highland HS Crescenta Valley HS Taft HS
17 | Jalani Ambrose 18 | Carlos Contreras 19 | Oscar Delgado 20 | Kelvin Neumetzler 21 | Lawrence Yamaguchi 22 | Manny Acosta 23 | Victor Falck 5-11, 150 - RS-Soph. - MF 6-0, 169 - RS-Fresh. - GK 5-7, 130 - Freshman - M/F 6-2, 145 - Freshman - F/M 5-10, 182 - Sophomore - F 5-11, 152 - RS-Soph. - F 6-1, 172 - Junior - MF Long Beach North Hollywood Moreno Valley Aachen, Germany Koganei, Tokyo, Japan Stanton Landvetter, Sweden Santa Clara University Birmingham HS Citrus Hill HS Int’l School of Düsseldorf Christian Academy Japan Magnolia HS University of Virginia
24 | Ateno Ajeakwa 26 | Axel Adler 27 | Christian Gutierrez 30 | Jack Monach 34 | Jordan Martinez 5-7, 157 - Sophomore - MF 6-0, 147 - RS-Fresh. - MF 5-5, 168 - RS-Soph. - MF 5-11, 160 - Freshman - MF 6-0, 174 - Freshman - GK Gardena Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico San Juan Capistrano Richmond Connections Acad. Capistrano Victor Segalen School Bell HS San Juan Hills HS Hercules HS
Yossi Raz Matt O’Sullivan Cale Rodriguez Brian Lanoye Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant GK Coach Second Season Second Season Second Season Second Season CSUN ‘05 CSU Bakersfield ‘07 University of Redlands ‘14 Cal State Fullerton ‘13 Keeper History 1 - Alex Waldron 6-3, 193, RS-Soph. Sept. 18 vs. Lipscomb W 0 4 90 2018 W/L GA Saves Mins Sept. 21 at LMU W 0 5 90 Aug. 24 at San Diego T 0 4 110 Sept. 24 vs. San Francisco L 2 2 90 2015 W/L GA Saves Mins Aug. 27 at UCF W 0 5 93 Sept. 28 at UC Davis L 2 4 90 Aug. 31 vs. Utah Valley L 2 3 90 Utilized Redshirt season Sept. 30 at Sac State D 3 6 110 Sep. 2 vs. James Madison W 1 1 104 Oct. 5 vs. Cal Poly W 1 4 90 Sep. 7 vs. LMU W 0 3 90 2016 W/L GA Saves Mins Oct. 7 vs. UCSB D 1 2 110 Sep. 9 at SDSU L 2 0 92 Sept. 17 vs. New Mexico - 0 0 25 Oct. 11 vs. UC Riverside W 0 3 90 Sep. 14 vs. Pomona-Pitz. W 0 0 45 Sept. 22 at Oregon State W 0 4 90 Oct. 14 at CSUN L 3 5 90 Sep. 16 vs. Brown W 0 4 90 Sept. 25 at Portland L 4 3 90 Oct. 18 vs. CSF L 3 1 90 Sep. 20 at San Francisco W 1 4 90 Sept. 29 vs. Sac State L 2 3 90 Oct. 21 vs. CSUN L 4 2 90 Sep. 23 at Pacific L 4 3 90 Oct. 1 vs. UC Davis L 3 3 90 Oct. 6 at UCSB L 1 2 90 0 - Greg Patenaude 6-1, 175, RS-Junior Oct. 8 at Cal Poly W 0 1 60 Oct. 26 vs. UC Riverside W 1 5 90 2016 W/L GA Saves Mins
Utilized Redshirt season 2017 W/L GA Saves Mins
Sept. 1 vs. Penn State D 1 2 110 Sept. 3 vs. UNC Asheville W 1 2 90 2017 W/L GA Saves Mins Sept. 8 vs. Denver W 0 4 90 Aug. 25 at Louisville L 2 3 90 Sept. 10 at New Mexico L 2 3 90 Aug. 27 at N Kentucky W 2 2 90
2018 Starting Formations Opponent Keeper Defense Midfield Forwards at San Diego ...... Patenaude Orozco Hamilton Soto Ambrose Canales Falck Crisostomo Quezada Yamaguchi Ortiz at UCF ...... Patenaude Orozco Hamilton Soto Ambrose Canales Falck Crisostomo Quezada Leon Ortiz Utah Valley ...... Patenaude Orozco Hamilton Soto Ambrose Canales Falck Crisostomo Quezada Yamaguchi Ortiz James Madison...... Patenaude Orozco Hamilton Soto Ambrose Canales Falck Crisostomo Quezada Leon Ortiz Loyola Marymount .... Patenaude Orozco Soto Reveno Ambrose Canales Falck Ajeakwa Quezada Yamaguchi Ortiz at San Diego State ..... Patenaude Orozco Hamilton Soto Ambrose Canales Falck Crisostomo Quezada Yamaguchi Ortiz Pomona-Pitzer ...... Patenaude Orozco Reveno Hamilton Bond-Flasza Canales Falck Crisostomo Ortiz Leon Adler Brown ...... Patenaude Orozco Hamilton Soto Ambrose Canales Falck Crisostomo Quezada Leon Ortiz at San Francisco ...... Patenaude Orozco Hamilton Soto Ambrose Canales Falck Crisostomo Quezada Yamaguchi Ortiz at Pacific ...... Patenaude Orozco Hamilton Soto Ambrose Canales Falck Crisostomo Quezada Yamaguchi Ortiz at Saint Mary’s ...... at UC Riverside ...... Sac State ...... at UC Davis ...... UC Santa Barbara ...... Cal State Fullerton ...... at Cal Poly ...... at CSUN ......
Recent Awards Big West Offensive Player of the Year 2017 All Big-West Big West Player of the Week (2017) Giovanni Godoy (1st honor, 8th in program history) Giovanni Godoy - First Team (1st honor) August 28 | Luis Leon (1 G, 1 A in L at LOU, W at NKU) Daniel Crisostomo - Second Team (1st honor) September 25 | Giovanni Godoy (2 GWG in 2-1 week) All-Far West Region Mario Ortiz - Second Team (1st honor) September 25 | Daniel Crisostomo (3 assists in 2-1 week) October 9 | Mario Ortiz (PK goal, 2 A in W vs. CP, T vs. UCSB) Giovanni Godoy (1st honor, 20th in program history, Jose Soto - Second Team (1st honor) October 16 | Giovanni Godoy (Two 2-goal games) 1st since 2014) Ivan Canales - Honorable Mention (3rd honor) All-Freshman Team - Erick Gallinar 2018 Preseason All-Big West Ivan Canales, Daniel Crisostomo
2018 Courtyard Marriott San Diego Central Aztec Soccer All-Tournament Team Ivan Canales, Jose Soto