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UCLA MEN'S SOCCER WEEKLY PRESS RELEASE • AUGUST 29, 2006 UCLA Sports Information • PO Box 24044 • Los Angeles, CA 90024-0044 SID Contact: Liza David • Phone: 310/206-8140 • Fax: 310/825-8664 • Email: [email protected] Website: www.uclabruins.com UCLA TRAVELS EAST TO FACE PAIR OF TOP 5 RANKED OPPONENTS Bruins will face defending NCAA champion Maryland, fi ve-time champion Virginia on the road. THIS WEEK ̶ The UCLA men's soccer team (0-0-1) will face two Top 5 teams on the road this weekend 2006 UCLA SCHEDULE/RESULTS when it travels to Maryland (2-0-0) and Virginia (2-0-0). First up is a Friday, Sept. 1 contest against Date Opponent Time/Result defending NCAA champion Maryland in College Park, MD. The game will be televised live on CSTV at 8 8/26 #23/19 CS NORTHRIDGE T 1-1 pm. On Sunday, Sept. 3, the Bruins will travel to Charlottesville, VA to take on the Cavaliers at 7 pm. 9/1 at #4/1 Maryland (TV-CSTV) 8 pm LIVE COVERAGE ̶ Friday's UCLA-Maryland game will be televised live on CSTV. Maryland will also 9/3 at #3/4 Virginia 7 pm be providing live stats at umterps.com. Virginia will provide live stats for Sunday's contest at virgin- 9/8 at New Mexico 7 pm iasports.com. 9/10 vs. Oakland † 12:30 pm IN THE RANKINGS ̶ UCLA is ranked No. 6 in Soccer America's weekly poll, No. 5 in the College Soccer 9/15 SANTA CLARA 7 pm News rankings and No. 7 in the Soccer Times rankings. The NSCAA pre-season rankings have UCLA 9/17 SAN FRANCISCO 1 pm ranked 10th, with the next poll coming in a week. Maryland is No. 1 in the NSCAA pre-season poll 9/22 at California 3:30 pm and in the Soccer Times and College Soccer News polls, as well as fourth in the Soccer America poll. 9/24 at Stanford 2:30 pm Virginia ranks third in the Soccer America poll and fourth in the NSCAA pre-season poll and in this 9/29 WASHINGTON 8 pm week's Soccer Times and College Soccer News polls. 10/1 OREGON STATE 2:30 pm SOCCER POWERS COLLIDE ̶ This weekend's games will pit national powerhouses on both Friday and 10/5 at UC Santa Barbara (TV-FSC) 8 pm Sunday. UCLA, Maryland and Virginia have combined to win 11 NCAA titles. UCLA won its national 10/8 at San Diego State 2:30 pm championships in 1985, 1990, 1997 and 2002. Maryland won its in 1968 and 2005 and has been to the 10/20 at Oregon State 7 pm College Cup four consecutive years. Virginia won NCAA titles in 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994. 10/22 at Washington 2 pm 10/27 STANFORD 8 pm ZIZZO SELECTED TO M.A.C. HERMANN TROPHY WATCH LIST ̶ Sophomore midfi elder Sal Zizzo has 10/29 CALIFORNIA 2:30 pm been selected as one of 25 student-athletes named to the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Watch List. Zizzo 11/3 SAN DIEGO STATE 7 pm is a member of the U.S. Under-20 National Team that advanced to the fi nals of the 2006 Milk Cup in 11/5 SAN DIEGO 1 pm August. Last season, he earned Pac-10 Freshman of the Year honors after leading all conference rookies with fi ve assists and seven points. Zizzo, who is one of just three underclassmen on the men’s watch 11/10-11 NCAA 1st Round TBD list, earned All-Freshman national honors and second-team All-Pac-10 acclaim in 2005. 11/15 NCAA 2nd Round TBD 11/18-19 NCAA 3rd Round TBD REED NAMED TO PRE-SEASON ALL-AMERICA TEAM ̶ Senior goalkeeper Eric Reed has been selected 11/24-26 NCAA Quarterfi nals TBD to the College Soccer News pre-season All-America third team. Reed had a successful 2005 season, Dec. 1 NCAA Semifi nals TBD recording a 0.60 goals against average, which ranked sixth in the nation, and earning 12 shutouts, the Dec. 3 NCAA Finals TBD third-most in school history. He fl irted with the NCAA record for lowest goals against average late in the season, posting as low as a 0.21 GAA in the fi rst week of November. He also earned fi rst-team All-Pac-10, † - at New Mexico Tournament. Home games third-team All-Far West and fi rst-team Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Season honors. Reed are in BOLD CAPS. All times are local to game continued that high level of play in the Premier Developmental League (PDL) this summer, earning site. Rankings are Soccer America/NSCAA at PDL Goalkeeper of the Year honors after posting a league-low 0.62 goals against average. time of game. SCOUTING THE TERRAPINS ̶ Last season, Maryland won its fi rst NCAA title since 1968 in its fourth consecutive trip to the College Cup. The Terrapins lose its all-time leading goal scorer (60 goals) in 2006 UCLA QUICK FACTS Jason Garey, plus 2005 Freshman All-American Robbie Rogers, who signed a professional contract to play in the Dutch Premier League, but return U.S. Under-20 National Team goalkeeper Chris Seitz, Head Coach ....................................Jorge Salcedo who was the Defensive MVP of the College Cup last year. Maryland opened the season with a 2-0 win Alma Mater ...............................................UCLA '02 at 23rd-ranked Old Dominion and a 3-0 home victory over Binghamton. Coaching Record ....................... 26-9-5 (2 years) Asst. Coaches ....................................... Eddie Soto PRIOR MATCHUPS ̶ The all-time series between the two teams is knotted at 2-2. This will be the fi fth ............................................................David Comfort time UCLA and Maryland have met in the last six years. The Bruins won the last matchup in convinc- ............................................Jose Lopez (volunteer) ing fashion on Sept. 4, 2005, routing Maryland at UCLA, 4-0. Maxwell Griffi n scored the game-winner Home Field ....................Frank W. Marshall Field in the seventh minute, and Sal Zizzo added a goal and two assists. Eric Reed posted the shutout but Capacity ..........................................................11,700 was hardly tested, facing just seven shots, none of which were on goal. Maryland won in 2003, 1-0, Conference...............................................Pacifi c-10 in front of a record crowd of 6,143. The teams met in the College Cup semifi nals in 2002, with UCLA winning, 2-1, to advance to the championship game, which the Bruins won over Stanford. The fi rst 2005 Record...................................................12-5-3 meeting between the two teams resulted in a 2-1 double overtime victory by Maryland in 2001 at the 2005 Conf. Record/Finish .....................7-1-2/1st Virginia Classic. 2005 NCAA Finish ...............................2nd Round Lettermen Returning/Lost ........................ 13/14 SCOUTING THE CAVALIERS ̶ Virginia advanced to the Round of 16 last season and fi nished with a Starters Returning/Lost ...................................6/5 12-5-3 overall record. Sophomore forward Yannick Reyering, who scored 14 goals in 2005, is one of NCAA Championships ......................................... 4 25 players named to the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Watch List. He is also a Soccer America pre-season ........................................ (1985, 1990, 1997, 2002) All-American. The Cavaliers earned a pair of 1-0 home victories this past weekend, defeating Davidson on a Reyering penalty kick, and downing UC Santa Barbara on a Jeremy Barlow second-half goal. PRIOR MATCHUPS ̶ UCLA leads the all-time series against Virginia, 5-1-1. The teams last met at the Maryland Classic in 2003, with the Bruins winning, 4-0. The last time UCLA and Virginia met in Charlottesville was in 2001, and the teams tied, 2-2. Current UCLA assistant coach David Comfort was between the pipes for the Cavaliers in that game. Virginia's only victory in the series came in 1988 at the UNLV Tournament, a 3-0 win. THOUSAND OAKS TEAMMATES REUNITE ̶ Former Thousand Oaks High School teammates Jason Leopoldo, Chance Myers and Chris Seitz will reunite on the fi eld on Friday at Maryland. Bruins Leopoldo and Myers and Terrapin goalkeeper Seitz were teammates on the 2004 and 2005 CIF championship squads, and Leopoldo and Seitz were also club teammates at SoCal United, which won the 2003 U.S. UCLA IN THE RANKINGS Youth Soccer National Championship. Week SA NSCAA CSN ST PERK CALLED UP TO U-20 NATIONAL TEAM ̶ Freshman goalkeeper Brian Perk has been called up to Pre 5 10 8 8 play with the U.S. Under-20 National Team at the Busan International Tournament in Korea. The Tourna- 8/28 6 ‒ 7 5 ment runs from Aug. 25-Sept. 2, so Perk will not return to Westwood until next week. ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME ̶ First-year assistant coach David Comfort will return to his alma mater SOCCER AMERICA RANKINGS on Sunday when UCLA faces Virginia. Comfort played at Virginia from 1999-2002 and still ranks third in Virginia history with 193 career saves and fourth with 19 solo shutouts. His career goals against average Rank Opponent/Record LW of 0.98 ranks seventh all-time, and he is second amongst all Virginia goalkeepers in minutes played with 1. North Carolina (2-0-0) 1 5,442. He earned honorable mention All-America honors and second-team All-State acclaim in 2001 2. SMU (2-0-0) 2 after posting nine shutouts with a 14-2-1 record. Comfort was an all-state, all-region and all-district 3.