UCLA MEN’S SOCCER UCLA Athletic Communications / J.D. Morgan Center / 325 Westwood Plaza / Los Angeles, CA 90095 / (310) 825-8664 Men’s Soccer Contact: Andrew Wagner ([email protected]) UCLA’S LEADING SCORERS (2017) No. 17 UCLA (0-0-0) vs. No. 18 Coastal Carolina (0-0-0) No. Player GP GS G A Pts GWG Friday, Aug. 24, 2018 – 7:30 p.m. (PT) 10 Brian Iloski 16 15 6 3 15 3 Conway, S.C. (CCU Soccer Stadium) 7 Milan Iloski 17 10 3 2 8 2 9 Santiago Herrera 18 17 3 1 7 0 GAME INFORMATION 8 Anderson Asiedu 16 16 2 2 6 0 Venue: CCU Soccer Stadium (1,000) 3 Alex Knox 16 11 2 2 6 0 Kickoff Time: 4:30 p.m. PT 19 Blayne Martinez 18 5 2 1 5 0 Live Stream: goccusports.com/watch/ vs. 28 Matthew Powell 16 15 2 0 4 1 Live Stats: goccusports.com/sidearmstats/msoc/summary 14 Eric Iloski 17 16 1 1 3 1 4 Erik Holt 16 16 1 1 3 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2 Eirik Baekkelund 18 3 1 1 3 0 12 Roman Martin 6 0 1 0 2 0 All-Time Series: UCLA leads, 1-0-0 16 Christian Chavez 17 15 0 1 1 0 UCLA won the first-ever matchup, 3-1, on 10/29/2016 at 25 Joab Santoyo 16 16 0 1 1 0 Drake Stadium 18 Robert Knights 5 0 0 1 1 0 *Returners in bold BRUINS KICK OFF 2018 SEASON ON EAST COAST 2018 SCHEDULE UCLA opens a new campaign this weekend, traveling to Conway, S.C. for a contest at Coastal Carolina. Kickoff is set for 4:30 p.m. PT (7:30 p.m. local time). Live stats and a stream are available on the Coastal Carolina athletics website. Fans can also follow the August game on Twitter at @UCLAMSoccer. Fri. 24 at No. 18 Coastal Carolina Stream 4:30 p.m. UCLA IN SEASON OPENERS Tue. 28 San Diego P12N 7 p.m. UCLA is 6-5-3 in season openers in the Jorge Salcedo era, and has lost just once in the first game of the season since 2013. The September Bruins have opened on the road just four times in the last 10 years, going 3-1 in those contests. In the last two season openers Sun. 2 San Francisco 7 p.m. away from home, UCLA has outscored its opposition 8-4, including a 3-1 decision at Wake Forest in 2014 and a 5-3 win at San Francisco in 2017 that matched a Salcedo-era best for goals in a season opener. Fri. 7 at Maryland Stream 4 p.m. Wed. 12 Omaha 7 p.m. IN THE POLLS Sun. 16 CSUN 7 p.m. Though UCLA was not included in the top-25 of the United Soccer Coaches poll, the Bruins appeared in both the College Soccer Sat. 22 at UC Santa Barbara Stream 7 p.m. News (No. 28) and Top Drawer Soccer (No. 17) rankings. In the United Soccer Coaches poll, the Bruins received the second-most votes of teams outside the top-25. Coastal Carolina, meanwhile, appeared in all three polls, coming in as high as No. 18 (United Thu. 27 at California P12N 3 p.m. Soccer Coaches). They were also tabbed at No. 19 (Top Drawer) and No. 24 (College Soccer News). Sun. 30 at Stanford P12N 5 p.m. SCOUTING THE CHANTICLEERS October Coastal Carolina is coming off a 14-9-2 season and a second consecutive Sun Belt Tournament Championship. The Chanticleers Thu. 4 Washington P12N 8 p.m. won NCAA Tournament games over Mercer and Clemson before being eliminated by Stanford in the third round. They reached Sun. 7 Oregon State P12N 12 p.m. as high as No. 8 in the national rankings. In 2018, they were picked to repeat as Sun Belt Champions, while they return stalwart Sat. 13 at San Diego State Stream 7 p.m. Kervin Fadel, who was named the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year for the league. Yazeed Matthews is the team’s top Sat. 20 Loyola Marymount 7 p.m. returning scorer, potting seven points a season ago. Coastal Carolina is facing a transition season, as the team brought in 15 Thu. 25 at Washington P12N 8 p.m. newcomers to help replace the 15 departed seniors from last year’s squad. Sun. 28 at Oregon State P12N 2 p.m. BRUINS BRING IN NATION’S TOP RECRUITING CLASS Featuring four of the top-20 ranked academy players in the country, UCLA’s 2018 recruiting class was deemed the best in the November country by Top Drawer Soccer. This is the seventh time under Salcedo that UCLA has brought in the top class in the nation. Thu. 1 California P12N 7 p.m. Standouts include 2017 NJCAA National Player of the Year Mohammed Kamara (Monrovia, Liberia / Tyler JC) and freshmen Sun. 4 Stanford P12N 4 p.m. Frankie Amaya (No. 6 national prospect / Santa Ana, Calif. / Pateadores Academy), Justin Garces (No. 16 prospect / Miami, Fla. Thu. 8 San Diego State P12N TBD / Atlanta United Academy), Matt Hundley (No. 18 prospect / Littleton, Colo / Colorado Rapids Academy), and AJ Vasquez (No. 19 prospect / Mira Loma, Calif. / FC Golden State Academy), all of whom have national team experience. Other heralded newcomers UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA include freshman midfielder Cody Sundquist, Santa Monica City College transfer Carlos Rincon, freshman defender Paul Caspar, Men’s Soccer Twitter: @UCLAMSoccer and Division I transfers Alexis Triadis (MF, Hartford) and Aristides Costeas (GK, St. John’s). Men’s Soccer Instagram: @UCLAMSoccer HOLT RECEIVES PLENTY OF PRESEASON RECOGNITION Men’s Soccer Facebook: /UCLAMSoccer One of UCLA’s top returners, senior defender Erik Holt has received plenty of preseason publicity ahead of his last season in UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics Westwood. Chiefly, he was named to the MAC Hermann Award Watch List. The MAC Hermann Trophy is awarded annually to the UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics most outstanding male and female players of the year. Past Bruin winners include Leo Stolz (2014), Sasha Victorine (1999), and UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics Brad Friedel (1992). In addition, Holt was selected to the College Soccer News Preseason All-America Third Team. He is coming off a junior campaign that saw him contribute to four shutouts and record three points, including his first career goal on Sept. 1 at No. 6 Maryland. Holt was also named to the Preseason All-Pac-12 Team (see below). #GoBruins WALLIS ANNENBERG STADIUM OPENS FOR 2018 SEASON After playing home games at Drake Stadium from 2000-17, the UCLA soccer teams have moved into a new home, Wallis Annenberg Stadium. The stadium, which seats 2,145, is located at the previously-named North Athletic Field, where UCLA played selected home games from 1967-99. The new stadium was made possible thanks to a $5 million lead gift from the Annenberg Foundation. The just-completed first phase of the stadium project includes grandstand seating and press box on the west side, a Daktronics LED video board and Musco Sports lighting. Future phases of the stadium project may include expanded stadium seating, a training room, student-athlete locker room, coaches’ locker rooms, meeting spaces, ticketing space, and a new press box. 2018 UCLA MEN’S SOCCER UNITED SOCCER COACHES POLL LOOKING AHEAD After this week’s contest in South Carolina, UCLA returns home to host San Diego in the Wallis Annenberg Stadium home opener RK TEAM PRVS. RECORD on the night of Tuesday, Aug. 28. That match, scheduled for a 7:00 p.m. start, will be televised by the Pac-12 Networks. 1 Stanford (23) N/A 0-0-0 FROSH PAIR MAKE TOP DRAWER PRESEASON BEST XI 2 Indiana (2) N/A 0-0-0 Goalkeeper Justin Garces and midfielder Matt Hundley both were named to the Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Freshman Best XI. 3 North Carolina (2) N/A 0-0-0 4 Akron (1) N/A 0-0-0 With two selections, UCLA was the lone program in the country to have two players on the Best XI. Washington (Ethan Bartlow, 5 Wake Forest N/A 0-0-0 Defender) was the only other Pac-12 school represented.Two key members of the top recruiting class in the country, both Garces 6 Louisville N/A 0-0-0 and Hundley have significant experience with the U.S. National Team. Both were members of the U-17 Residency Program, and 7 Michigan State N/A 0-0-0 both ended their academy careers inside the top-20 of the IMG Academy Top-150, with Garces coming in at No. 16 and Hundley 8 SMU N/A 0-0-0 at No. 18. 9 Butler N/A 0-0-0 10 Duke N/A 0-0-0 11 Clemson N/A 0-0-0 2017 IN REVIEW 12 Wisconsin N/A 0-0-0 UCLA went 7-10-1 in 2017, finishing fourth in the Pac-12 and outside the NCAA Tournament. Departed senior Brian Illoski led 13 Georgetown N/A 0-0-0 the team in scoring with 15 points (six goals), making the All-Pac-12 First Team alongside Erik Holt. A young team, featuring just 14 Western Michigan N/A 0-0-0 one other senior besides Brian Illoski, production was spread out throughout the roster, with 14 players recording a point. Eric 15 Virginia N/A 0-0-0 Iloski (three points, 1,390 minutes, All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention), Santiago Herrera (seven points), Milan Iloski (eight points), 16 Fordham N/A 0-0-0 17 Notre Dame N/A 0-0-0 and Alex Knox (four points, 16 games) all had solid debut seasons for the Bruins.