San Francisco 2014 Men's Soccer Game Notes
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SAN FRANCISCO 2014 MEN'S SOCCER GAME NOTES Facebook.com/DonsAthletics @DonsAthletics @USFDonsMSoccer donsathletics 6 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 9 COLLEGE CUP APPEARANCES 31 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES • 48 NSCAA ALL-AMERICANS • 2 NSCAA HOF COACHES GAME NOTES 2014 SCHEDULE USF plays final match before WCC play RECORD 6-3-1 DATE DAY OPPONENT TIME SAN FRANCISCO—The Dons were left with a bitter taste in their mouths August after dropping Sunday’s contest to Loyola Marymount but move forward OPPONENT: and face another West Coast Conference team in non-conference action at Santa Clara 20 WED. California! when they travel south to take on Santa Clara on Sunday. 29 FRI. Wisconsin (21) W 2-1 31 SUN. Illinois-Chicago L 0-1 San Francisco split its matches last weekend and got a full week to rest up September for the rival Broncos on Sunday, with game time set for 2 p.m. It is the first 5 FRI. Cal State Fullerton W 2-1 of two meetings between the teams this season. 12 FRI. FLORIDA GULF COAST (24) W 1-0 NEW CONFERENCE FORMAT 14 SUN. CENTRAL ARKANSAS^ W 2-0 The first three matches against conference opponents will not count as 19 FRI. Cal Poly L 1-2 league games due to the addition of Pacific to the league. Unlike in previ- 26 FRI. UC DAVIS T 0-0 ous seasons, the Dons will only play each WCC opponent in league action 28 SUN. San Jose State W 3-0 once. The first official WCC game will be on Oct. 17 against Portland. October Oct. 12, 2 p.m. DEFENSE ON LOCKDOWN 3 FRI. San Diego* W 2-0 While the Dons offense has come alive through the first six matches, their 5 SUN. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT* L 1-3 defense has been nearly as impressive. San Francisco has recorded five Record: 4-4-2 12 SUN. Santa Clara* 2 p.m. shutouts over their last seven matches and the back line of Joshua Smith, All-time vs.: 29-25-10 17 FRI. PORTLAND** 7 p.m. Manny Padilla, David Romney and goalkeeper Chase Hauser has been in 19 SUN. GONZAGA**^ 2:30 p.m. the center of it. The Dons have a 0.78 goals against average, which is the 24 FRI. STANFORD 7 p.m. 36th best in the nation and tops in the WCC. The team has also recorded 31 FRI. Saint Mary’s** 3 p.m. shutouts in half of their matches, good for 31st in the nation. November NEAR TOPS IN WCC 2 SUN. Pacific** 3 p.m. A number of Dons are near, if not at, the top of several WCC statistical cat- 7 FRI. Loyola Marymount** 7 p.m. egories. Chase Hauser leads the WCC with a 0.79 GAA and is second with a 9 SUN. SAN DIEGO** 3 p.m. .795 save percentage. Miguel Aguilar is second in the conference in goals 15 SAT. SANTA CLARA** 7 p.m. with four, two behind league leader Tristan Blackmon (Pacific). David Rom- ney and Davi Ramos are tied for fourth in the conference with three assists, two behind the leader Michael Semenza (Saint Mary’s). HOME MATCHES IN CAPS PLAYED AT NEGOESCO STADIUM (1,500) LAST TIME OUT The Dons split their weekend against conference foes, first by scoring twice All Times Pacific Time (PT) in the second half at San Diego for the 2-0 win and then dropped the con- ! Scrimmage test against defending WCC champion Loyola Marymount 3-1 despite put- ^ Part of double header with Women’s Soccer ting 13 shots on goal. Bryce Kaminski scored the first goal of his collegiate **West Coast Conference match career off a set piece delivered by Davi Ramos. * WCC opponent, non-league match TEAM LEADERS STANDINGS As of Oct. 6 Goals Assists Miguel Aguilar 4 David Romney 3 TEAM WCC PTS OVERALL Danny Kirkland 3 4 tied 2 San Francisco 0-0-0 0 6-3-1 Davi Ramos 2 Saint Mary’s 0-0-0 0 6-3-2 Joshua Smith 2 Goals Average Against San Diego 0-0-0 0 4-3-4 Chase Hauser 0.54 Loyola Marymount 0-0-0 0 4-3-3 Points Santa Clara 0-0-0 0 4-4-2 Miguel Aguilar 8 Saves Portland 0-0-0 0 3-5-3 Davi Ramos 6 Chase Hauser 26 Pacific 0-0-0 0 2-7-0 Danny Kirkland 6 Gonzaga 0-0-0 0 2-8-0 #USFDONS #AIMHIGHER 2014 SAN FRANCISCO DONS MEN’S SOCCER • 2 Facebook.com/DonsAthletics @DonsAthletics @USFDonsMSoccer @donsathletics YouTube.com/USFDonsAthletics San Francisco DONS (6-3-1, 0-0-0 WCC) NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN / LAST SCHOOL 1 Hauser, Chase GK 6-4 Sr. Chino Hills, Calif. / Cal Poly PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 2 De Luna, Christian D 6-0 So. San Jose, Calif. / Liberty HS 3 Smith, Joshua D/M 6-4 Jr. Kaiserslautern, Germany / Otto-Hahn Gymnasium 1 Chase HAUSER HOW-zer 4 Ventura-Rafaela, Irving D 6-1 Jr. Sonoma, Calif. / UC Irvine 2 Christian DE LUNA DAY LOO-na 5 Padilla, Manny D 5-9 Fr. Compton, Calif. / St. Anthony HS 4 Irving VENUTRA-RAFAELA rawf-EYE-ela 6 Garrett, David F 6-1 So. Kalmar, Sweden / Stagnellusskolan 5 Manny PADILLA pah-DEE-yah 7 Kaminski, Bryce F 5-10 Fr. San Clemente, Calif. / San Clemente HS 8 KJ AHLO awe-LOW 8 Ahlo, KJ M 5-6 Fr. Mililani, Hawaii / Iolani HS 9 Miguel AGUILAR MEE-gel Ag-EE-lar 9 Aguilar, Miguel F 5-9 Sr. Sacramento, Calif. / Encina Prep 11 Jonathan FABULICH FAB-oo-lich 10 Kirkland, Danny M 5-9 Sr. Sheffield, England / St. Mary’s Catholic 14 Davi Ramos DAH-vee rah-mos 11 Fabulich, Jonathan M 5-9 Fr. Laguna Niguel, Calif. / Junipero Serra HS 15 Taylor Krueger KROO-ger 18 SIXTO Porras SIX-tow 12 Romney, David D 6-2 Sr. Irvine, Calif. / University HS 20 Ruben Duk ROO-ben duck 13 Kederer, Treston GK 6-0 Fr. Apple Valley, Minn. / Eastview HS 22 Kevin GOULD GOO-ld 14 Ramos, Davi M 6-0 So. Sao Paulo, Brazil / North Carolina State 23 Aaron Lombardi ah-ROW-n Lom-bar-DEE 15 Krueger, Taylor M 6-0 Sr. Portland, Ore. / Jesuit HS 28 Sasha Boussina bo-SEEN-ah 16 Schottenhammer, Justin D 6-0 Fr. Manhattan Beach, Calif. / Mira Costa HS 31 James NIELSSEN NEEL-sen 17 McPartland, Mitchell M 5-10 Fr. Folsom, Calif. / Folsom HS 18 Porras, Sixto F 5-11 Sr. Modesto, Calif. / Johansen HS Coaches: 19 Crow, Kamron D 5-10 Fr. Pleasanton, Calif. / Amador Valley HS Alex YI YEE 20 Duk, Ruben F 5-10 Fr. Den Haag, Netherlands / Vrijzinnig Christelijk Lyceum Steven Sosa STEEV-en so-sah 21 Del Toro, Jesus M 5-6 Jr. Novato, CA / San Marin HS 22 Gould, Kevin D 6-0 R-Jr. San Clemente, Calif. / San Clemente HS 23 Lombardi, Aaron M 5-10 Fr. Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. / Laguna Hills HS 24 Sylvia, Tyler D 5-8 R-So. Martinez, Calif. / Alhambra HS 28 Boussina, Sasha F 6-0 Fr. Mill Valley, Calif. / Redwood HS 31 Nielssen, James GK 6-1 R-So. Portland, Ore. / Clark College COACHIING AND SUPPORT STAFF Head Coach Eddie Soto Alex Yi, Assistant Coach UCLA ’03 Cal State Fullerton ’95 - Played professionally for Antwerp FC (2002-05), FC Coaching record: 0-0-0, First Season Dallas (2005-08). - Spent five years as academy coach for the Los Angeles Galaxy (U-12, U-15, U-16, U-18 teams). Eddie Soto, a former All-American at Cal State Fullerton - Coached for the University of Dayton (2008), helped who has spent the last eight seasons as an assistant guide Flyers to first NCAA Tournament appearance. coach at UCLA, enters his first season as the head men’s soccer coach at the University of San Francisco. Steven Sosa, Assistant Coach In his eight seasons at UCLA, Soto helped guide the Bruins to four Pac-12 Con- UC Santa Barbara ’01 ference championships and eight NCAA Tournament berths, including three - Coached for College of Marin women’s soccer and quarterfinal appearances and two trips to the College Cup (2006, 2011). The Central Marin Soccer Club. Bruins also compiled a 44-6-10 conference record over the last six seasons. Dur- - Big West Conference First Team selection (2001). ing Soto’s coaching tenure, 17 Bruin players were selected in the Major League - Selected to play for U-17 USA National Team, with Soccer draft, including seven first round picks. goals against Honduras, Costa Rica and Jamaica. Last season, UCLA finished the regular season ranked No. 1 in the country by the NSCAA and College Soccer News and earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Bruins finished with a 12-3-5 overall record, a 6-1-3 Mike McNeill, Goalkeeper Coach mark in the Pac-12 and defeated four top-3 opponents during the course of the San Francisco State ’13 season. Six Bruin players earned All-Pac-12 honors, including Leo Stolz, who - Assistant coach for San Francisco State (2013) with was named the conference’s player of the year and was a finalist for the MAC primary work with goalkeepers. Hermann Trophy awarded to the top player college soccer. - Technical director for San Francisco Glens Soccer Club. GENERAL INFORMATION - Coach for SF Glens U11 Boys Navy. Location: San Francisco, Calif. Men’s Soccer Contact Zack Farmer Enrollment: 10,000 Office: (415) 422-3222 Founded: 1855 Cell: (925) 580-6304 Nickname: Dons Email: [email protected] Colors: Green and Gold Conference: West Coast First Year of Men’s Soccer: 1946 Director of Athletics: Scott Sidwell All-time record: 777-301-103 VP/Business and Finance Charlie Cross National Championships: 6 President: Fr.