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PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES #28 SEAN ALVARADO FRESHMAN • MIDFIELDER/DEFENDER 6-3 •190 WEST ORANGE, NJ (ST. BENEDICT’S PREP) High School ̶ Two-time fi rst-team All-American under coach Rick Jacobs at St. Benedict’s Prep … Led his team to its 16th consecutive State Championship (18th overall) and to a fourth-place fi nal national ranking his senior season … Scored two goals and 10 assists and led the defense to 19 shutouts … As a junior, he scored two goals with seven assists and led the team to 16 shutouts while winning the state title … Played at West Orange HS as a freshman and sophomore, earning fi rst-team all-area and all-conference honors both seasons … As a sophomore, he was named the Best Sophomore in Essex County and earned third-team All-State honors after posting 16 goals and 22 assists … His team was the runner-up at the county championships and fi nished 10th in the state … As a freshman, he was named the Best Freshman in Essex County and was the only freshman recognized by the state coaches CAREER HIGHLIGHTS on the honorable mention All-State team … Club team Casa Mia Bays was the three-time defending •Two-time high school All- national champions (2003-05) … U-15 squad PDA Cantona won the State Cup, and his U-12-14 squads American with the Montclair Eagles won the State Cup three years in a row … Lettered two years in golf. Personal ̶ Biggest athletic thrill was being asked to play for the Casa Mia Bays … Admires Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard … Says that UCLA has been his dream ever since he heard the word "college" … Full name is Sean Conrad Alvarado … Born Sept. 20, 1987 in Beverly Hills, CA … Undeclared major. #7 JONATHAN BORNSTEIN SENIOR • MIDFIELDER 5-9 •145 LOS ALAMITOS, CA (LOS ALAMITOS HS/CAL POLY POMONA) 2005 ̶ Helped the U.S. win a silver medal at the Maccabiah Games … Scored two goals in the quar- terfi nal win over South Africa. 2004 ̶ Scored the tying goal in the Bruins' 2-1 win over Stanford … Had an assist in the UC Davis game … Played in all 20 games with nine starts. 2003 (Cal Poly Pomona) ̶ Led Cal Poly Pomona in all scoring categories with seven goals, 12 assists and 26 points … First-team All-California Collegiate Athletic Association and second-team All-Far West Region for the second consecutive year … His 12 assists on the year were one shy of the program’s single-season record … Had a pair of three-assist games … Finished his career at Cal Poly CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Pomona ranked second in career assists (19), fi fth in career goals (19) and third in career points (53) •Silver medalist at the 2005 … Selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-America College Division District VIII team with a 3.30 GPA in Business Administration. Maccabiah Games 2002 (Cal Poly Pomona) ̶ CCAA Freshman of the Year …First-team All-CCAA and second-team All- •Two-time All-CCAA first- Far West Region selection … Led the team in scoring with 10 goals, seven assists and 27 points … team selection at Cal Poly Recorded game-winning goals in consecutive matches at Sonoma State and San Francisco State and Pomona also scored the game-winner in the 87th minute of a 2-1 win over UC Davis. •2002 CCAA Freshman of High School ̶ MVP of the Sunset League as he led his Los Alamitos HS team to a CIF Championship the Year … Earned fi rst-team all-county, All-CIF and team MVP honors after scoring 23 goals and 16 assists … As a junior, scored eight goals and six assists … Played under coach Trey Scharlin … Won the Golden Boot Award after leading the Irvine Strikers club team to the national championship. Personal ̶ Lists his biggest athletic thrill as winning the national championship with the Irvine Strik- ers and scoring the most goals in the tournament to win the Golden Boot Award … Brother Andrew played soccer at Cal Poly Pomona … Uncle Scott Bornstein is a UCLA alum … Hobbies include playing ping pong and pool … Full name is Jonathan Rey Bornstein … Born November 7, 1984 in Torrance, CA … Sociology major. Career Statistics Yr GP GS Sh Gl A Pts GWG 2002 18 18 52 10 7 27 3 2003 18 18 71 7 12 26 3 2004 20 9 17 1 1 3 0 Totals 56 45 140 18 20 56 6 8 2005 UCLA MEN’S SOCCER PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES #0 ERIC CONNER REDSHIRT FRESHMAN • GOALKEEPER 6-0 •170 TRABUCO CANYON, CA (MISSION VIEJO HS) 2004 ̶ Redshirted the season. High School ̶ Three-year letterman under coach Roger Castle at Mission Viejo HS … Two-year team captain … Earned league MVP honors as a senior and also won the Diablo of the Year award … First- team all-league selection as a junior and second-team all-league as a sophomore … Received the team MVP award his sophomore and junior years … Lettered two years in track and fi eld under coach Mike Hoff man and competed in the long jump … Played club soccer for the Mission Viejo Pateadores, who won the Nomads Tournament in 2003 and reached the semifi nals of the National Cup in 2004 … Also a member of the ODP State and Region IV Team. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Personal ̶ Listed his greatest athletic thrill as signing his letter of intent to play for UCLA … Admires •ODP State and Region goalkeepers Iker Casillas of Real Madrid and Shay Given of Newcastle United … Hobbies include watching soccer, playing video games and listening to music … Full name is Eric Albert Conner … team member Born February 26, 1986 in Laguna Beach, CA … Undeclared major. #21 EVAN COREY SENIOR • FORWARD 5-10 •165 PACIFIC PALISADES, CA (LA BAPTIST HS) 2004 ̶ Second-team Pac-10 All-Academic … Played in 11 games and started once against Oregon State at home … Took four shots on the year … Scored a goal in UCLA's 4-1 exhibition win over San Diego State in August. 2003 ̶ Saw action in 12 games and started at Washington … Hero of UCLA’s NCAA third round game against Florida International, scoring a pair of goals, the fi rst of his collegiate career, in the 2-0 win … Subsequently named the UCLA/MET-Rx Student-Athlete of the Week … Picked up an assist at San Diego … Took fi ve shots, three on goal. 2002 ̶ Played in 12 games … Earned his fi rst career point with an assist against San Diego State CAREER HIGHLIGHTS … Took nine shots on the year. •Scored two goals in the High School ̶ Played two years of high school soccer at LA Baptist HS … Scored four goals as a 2003 NCAA third round freshman forward in 1999 … A broken foot limited him to just 14 of 25 games as a senior, but he victory over Florida Inter- still scored 15 goals and six assists and earned all-league and All-CIF honors as a forward and center midfi elder … Played club soccer for West Valley Samba, which won the 2001 state championship and national was runner-up at the 2001 Far West Regional Championship … Averaged 1.5 goals per game for the •Second-team Pac-10 All- Samba … Also a member of the ODP state and regional teams. Academic in 2004 Personal ̶ Biggest athletic thrill was winning the 2001 State Championship and scoring nine goals •UCLA/MET-Rx Student- and then moving on to the regional championship, where his team placed second and he scored Athlete of the Week in seven goals … Admires Dutch legend Johan Cruyff … Full name is Evan Jay Corey … Born January 2003 13, 1984 in North Hollywood, CA … Geography major. Career Statistics Yr GP GS Sh Gl A Pts GWG 2002 12 0 9 0 1 1 0 2003 12 1 5 2 1 5 1 2004 11 1 4 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 2 18 2 2 6 1 2005 UCLA MEN’S SOCCER 9 PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES #15 RICHARD FLORES SOPHOMORE • FORWARD 5-10 •164 LENNOX, CA (ANIMO LEADERSHIP SCHOOL) 2004 ̶ Played in 14 games with starts in the fi rst three games of the season … Scored three goals and one assist … Scored UCLA's fi rst goal of the year in the opener against Oakland … Also scored goals against Creighton and against San Diego. High School ̶ McDonald’s All-American who scored two goals in the All-American game at The Home Depot Center … One of the most prolifi c goal scorers in CIF history, he tallied 88 goals in his fi nal two years at Animo Leadership School under coach Sergio Medrano … Scored 43 goals as a junior and 45 goals and 15 assists as a senior … CIF Off ensive Player of the Year … Two-time Los Angeles Times all-star … Daily Breeze all-star … Member of the ODP Region IV team … Earned the Golden Boot at CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Regional camp … Played club soccer with the Irvine Strikers, where he was the leading scorer and a CSL All-Star … Led the Strikers to the Premier League title. •Scored three goals as a Personal ̶ Lists his biggest athletic thrill as not only being picked for the McDonald’s All-American freshman in 2004 game but also scoring two goals in front of his home crowd … Admires Chivas striker Bofo Bautista •McDonald’s High School … Enjoys dancing … Full name is Richard Randy Flores … Born January 5, 1986 in East Los Angeles, All-American CA … Undeclared major. Career Statistics Yr GP GS Sh Gl A Pts GWG 2004 14 3 13 3 1 7 0 #16 GREG FOLK SOPHOMORE • DEFENDER 5-8 •155 WOODLAND HILLS, CA (EDISON ACADEMIC CENTER) 2005 ̶ Played with the U.S.