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@UCImsoc /UCIMSOC 2018 MEN’S SOCCER GAME NOTES @UCIAthletics MEDIA RELATIONS: Alex Croteau // PHONE: (949) 824-5814 // EMAIL: [email protected] // www.ucirvinesports.com 2018 Record 2-1-1 (RV in United Soccer Coaches poll) Live Stats ucirvinesports.com 2018 Schedule 2017 Record 8-8-3 (3-5-2 Big West South) Anteater Stadium Capacity: 2,500 Head Coach Yossi Raz Overall record: 2-1-1 // Big West Record: 0-0 Record at UCI 10-9-4, 2nd year Home: 1-1 // Away: 1-0-1 // Neutral: 0-0 AUGUST LOYOLA MARYMOUNT LIONS AT UC IRVINE ANTEATERS 16 Thurs. ^ Bakersfield (Exh.) W, 2-0 FRIDAY, SEP. 7 // 7:00 PM // ANTEATER STADIUM - IRVINE, CALIF. 19 Sun. ^ at UCLA (Exh.) L, 0-1 24 Fri. at San Diego T, 0-0 All-Time Series UCI leads 16-9-1 27 Mon. at UCF W(OT), 1-0 2018 Record 1-2-0 Series at UCI UCI leads, 8-4-0 31 Fri. Utah Valley L, 1-2 2017 Record 5-12-3 (2-5-0 WCC) Head Coach Paul Krumpe Streak W1 Years at LMU 19th year SEPTEMBER Last Meeting UCI 2-0 LMU 2 Sun. James Madison W(2OT), 2-1 At Los Angeles (Sep. 21, 2017) 7 Fri. Loyola Marymount 7:00 PM UC IRVINE ANTEATERS AT SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS 9 Sun. at San Diego State 5:00 PM SUNDAY, SEP. 9 // 5:00 PM // SDSU SPORTS DECK - SAN DIEGO, CALIF. 14 Fri. Pomona-Pitzer 7:00 PM 16 Sun. Brown 1:00 PM All-Time Series SDSU leads, 12-6-4 2018 Record 0-2-1 20 Thurs. at San Francisco 7:00 PM 2017 Record 7-13-0 (1-9-0 Pac 12) Series at SDSU SDSU leads 7-4-2 23 Sun. at Pacific 2:00 PM Head Coach Lev Kirshner Streak UCI unbeaten in 5 (3-0-2) 29 Sat. at Saint Mary’s 1:00 PM Years at SDSU 19th as head coach (22nd year with program) Last Meeting UCI 0-0 SDSU At Irvine (Sep. 13, 2015) OCTOBER 3 Wed. * at UC Riverside 7:00 PM 6 Sat. * Sacramento State 7:00 PM UC IRVINE HOSTS LMU, VISITS SAN DIEGO STATE IN SO CAL WEEKEND 10 Wed. * at UC Davis 4:00 PM The ‘Eaters stay nearby after a split in whirlwind home matches the week prior 13 Sat. * UC Santa Barbara 7:00 PM 17 Wed. * Cal State Fullerton 7:00 PM Storylines 21 Sun. * at Cal Poly 7:00 PM 27 Sat. * at CSUN 7:00 PM • UC Irvine is 1 of 3 Big West squads that hold a winning record through the first two weekends of play 31 Wed. % Big West Quarterfinal TBD • Ivan Canales scored the game-winner in the 104th minute Sunday night to complete the comeback in a 2-1 victory over JMU • The Anteaters played a man down for the final 73 minutes of Sunday’s match, and overcame a 1-0 deficit in the 52nd minute NOVEMBER • The ‘Eaters also suffered a loss on Friday after taking the lead in the 29th minute against Utah Valley, but allowing a pair of 3 Sat. % Big West Semifinal TBD second half goals including an own goal for a 2-1 loss 10 Sat. % Big West Final TBD • Jose Ortiz took the team lead in points and goals scoring in each game over the past week 15 Thurs. $ NCAA Tournament begins ^ Exhibition match About Loyola Marymount * Big West Conference game • The Lions travelled to the Midwest, but due to weather only got one match in. LMU and Loyola Chicago never got their Friday % Big West Tournament match in, and LMU would follow up with a 3-0 defeat at DePaul Sunday $ NCAA Tournament • The 2017 Lions struggled to a 5-12-3 mark while going 2-3 against Big West schools including a 2-0 home defeat to the Home games in bold played at Anteater Stadium Anteaters. The preseason WCC poll voted LMU to finish seventh in the eight-team conference All times listed are Pacific • Sophomore Francis Avoce leads the Lions with two goals scored on his first two shots of the season, senior Antonio Porreco has three points from a goal and an assist, senior Cole Souza has played every minute along the backline, and keeper Paul Lewis has joined him stopping 14 shots while allowing three goals per match 252 About San Diego State The ‘Eaters went 252 minutes without allowing a • The Aztecs are looking for their first win after losses to Army West Point and at Santa Clara mixed in with a draw at San goal to start the season, third-longest in program Francisco. SDSU will face LIU Brooklyn Friday before UCI comes to town, all part of the Courtyard Marriott SD Central Tournament history. Keeper Greg Patenaude’s shutout streak • The 2017 squad struggled to a 1-9 mark in the competitive Pac-12 Conference, but finished 7-13-0 with six non-conference wins. ended at 320 minutes dating back to 2017 UCI hasn’t played since drawing in 2015, but UCI is 3-0-2 in the last five. The preseason Pac-12 poll has SDSU near the bottom of the six-team field alongside Oregon State 73 • Pac-12 preseason team selection junior Pablo Pelaez has both of the team’s goals so far, junior Swede Hampus Bergdahl leads The Anteaters overcame the final 73 minutes of the squad with five shots, senior Aleks Berkolds has commanded the backline for all 290 minutes, and his keeper behind him, Sunday match being a man down after a 32nd- senior Kiwi Cameron Hogg, has made five saves and allowed five goals minute red card to come back and win, 2-1, in double overtime over James Madison With a win... • ...in both matches, UCI would reach 300 wins all-time for the program • ...over LMU, UCI would improve to 17-9-1 all-time against them, 9-5 at home, and be their fourth win in last five matches vs. LMU 298 • ...over SDSU, UCI would improve to 7-12-4 all-time and remain unbeaten in the last six matches dating back to 2006 The UC Irvine program has accumulated 298 career wins over its 34+ seasons distributed Up Next from 169 at home and 103 on the road • UC Irvine finish out their non-conference home slate hosting DIII side Pomona-Pitzer and Ivy League school Brown on Friday, Sep. 14 and Sunday, Sep. 16. Quick Facts GENERAL Twice as Nice School ........................UC Irvine (University of California, Irvine) UCI bounced back after a tough Friday loss and nightmare start to Sunday’s match to come from behind and win in double Location................................................................... Irvine, Calif. overtime against James Madison. After going over two years without an OT win, UCI now has two in its last three games. Nickname ..................................................... Anteaters (‘Eaters) The double OT win is the first for UCI since 2014 when it defeated its Friday opponent, Utah Valley, with a goal in the Colors .................................................................. Blue and Gold 103rd minute. The 104th-minute goal Sunday is the latest for an Anteater goal since earlier in that 2014 season when Gor Kirakosyan scored on a PK in the 105th minute to win at Loyola Marymount Founded (Opened) ................................................. 1962 (1965) Enrollment ...................................................................... 35,895 Pat on the Back Chancellor ............................................. Howard Gillman, Ph.D. UC Irvine opened the season without allowing a goal for 252 minutes, the third-longest stretch to open a season in program Interim Athletic Director ......................................... Paula Smith history. Greg Patenaude was in goal for all 252 minutes, and dating back to the end of last season, had a streaks of 320 Home Field (Capacity) ....................... Anteater Stadium (2,500) minutes without a goal and 11 consecutive shots even though technically the first goal he allowed was an own goal. He has Affiliation ........................................................... NCAA Division I made one game-saving stop on a 100th-minute PK at USD, his second career PK save Conference ...................................................................Big West First Touches HISTORY • Another Anteater debut came through over the weekend as freshman Beto Alvarenga made his collegiate debut entering First season ........................................................................ 1984 in the 83rd minute Sunday and playing in the midfield for 14 minutes All-time record ........................................................ 298-323-71 • For the likes of Alvarenga, Jalani Ambrose, Michael Orozco, Darren Hamilton, Ben Reveno, and Axel Adler, all made NCAA Tournament berths / Last .................................. 5 / 2014 their Anteater Stadium debuts in the two games over the weekend Big West titles - Season / Tourney...................................... 4 / 4 • Greg Patenaude also made his Anteater Stadium debut coming in the seven match of his career MAC Hermann Semifinalists ........................................ 1 (Iwasa) All-Americans ........................................................................... 6 Top Dog All-Far West Region ................................................................ 19 Senior Ivan Canales continued his impressive run as an Anteater scoring his fourth career game-winner Sunday in the Big West Players of the Year .................................................. 15 104th minute to beat James Madison. He remains the team’s active career leader in goals, with 16, assists, with 15, and Academic All-Americans ........................................................... 1 points, with 47. It also came in his 60th career match in which he’s started 52 of them COACHING STAFF Starting a Trend Head Coach .......................... Yossi Raz (2nd at UCI, 6th overall) Alma Mater ........................................................... CSUN (2005) Junior Jose Ortiz scored in each match over the weekend, his first time scoring in back-to-back matches. UCI players Career record ............................ 10-9-4 (54-17-12 at Division II) scored in consecutive matches five times last season including four times from Giovanni Godoy. The last player with goals Assistant Coach ............................ Matt ’O Sullivan (2nd season) in more than three straight matches was Eduardo Calzada who scored in four straight matches in 2015.