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MATCHES AND RESULTS Date Opponent Time (PT) / Result Fri., Aug. 30 at Utah Valley (RV) 6:30 p.m. Mon., Sept. 2 at San Diego 7 p.m. Tues., Sept. 10 Fresno Pacific 7 p.m. Sun., Sept. 15 Gonzaga 1 p.m. Thurs., Sept. 19 Westmont 7:30 p.m. Mon., Sept. 23 Seattle (RV) 7 p.m. Thurs., Sept. 26 Loyola Marymount 7 p.m. Mon., Sept. 30 at San Francisco 5 p.m. Sat., Oct. 5 at UC Santa Barbara 7 p.m.
Big West Conference Wed., Oct. 9 UC Davis 7 p.m. Sat., Oct. 12 at UC Riverside 7 p.m. Wed., Oct. 16 Cal State Fullerton 7 p.m. Sun., Oct. 20 CSUN 5 p.m. Wed., Oct. 23 at Sacramento State 3 p.m. Sat., Oct. 26 at No. 25 UC Irvine 7 p.m. Sat., Nov. 2 UC Santa Barbara 5 p.m.
Big West Conference Tournament (Sites TBA) Wed., Nov. 6 First Round TBA Sat., Nov. 9 Semifinal TBA Sat., Nov. 16 Championship TBA
NCAA Tournament Senior captain Diego Alonso is Cal Poly’s active appearances leader with 41 caps. Thurs., Nov. 21 First Round TBA Sun., Nov. 24 Second Round TBA Cal Poly Opens 2019 at Utah Valley Sun., Dec. 1 Third Round TBA Dec. 6-8 Quarterfinal TBA on Friday, at San Diego on Monday Fri., Dec. 13 College Cup Semi. (Cary, N.C.) TBA Sun., Dec. 15 College Cup Final (Cary, N.C.) TBA Highlighted by the return of six starters and 17 CAL POLY VERSUS SAN DIEGO: The Opening Week: letterwinners from last season, a six-member Mustangs and Toreros are meeting for the first Aug. 30 & Sept. 2 senior class and the addition of 12 newcomers time since San Diego secured a 1-0 home victo- – including three graduate transfers – the Cal ry versus Cal Poly on Sept. 21, 2002. Cal Poly’s MATCHDAY 1: Poly men's soccer program opens the 2019 reg- solitary victory in three common Division I @Utah Valley (9 9 0, 2018) - - ular season and its 26th Division I campaign matchups versus the Toreros came on Sept. 19, Friday, Aug. 30 (6:30 p.m. PT) when visiting first-time opponent Utah Valley on 1997 as the Mustangs secured a 2-0 win in San Clyde Field (Orem, Utah) Friday, Aug. 30 at 6:30 p.m. PT. Cal Poly, which Diego. Live Stats / Video: GoPoly.com Series Record: First Meeting also brings back two of its top three goalscorers from a year ago as well as two of three goal- CRAM SESSION: Cal Poly completed an unde- keepers who saw action in 2018, closes its sea- feated run through its two exhibition tuneups MATCHDAY 2: son-opening road trip at San Diego on Monday, with the Mustangs posting a 1-0 victory at UNLV @San Diego (7 7 5, 2018) - - Sept. 2 at 7 p.m. Utah Valley (9-9-0, 2018), (Aug. 20) through graduate forward Spencer Monday, Sept. 2 (7 p.m.) which received two votes in the preseason edi- Held’s 55th-minute goal before drawing at Alex G. Spanos Stadium (San Luis Obispo) Live Stats / Video: GoPoly.com tion of the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll, home versus Cal State Monterey Bay (Aug. 24), Series Record: San Diego, 2-1-0 fell at No. 20 Portland, 1-0, in its lone exhibition 1-1. Junior forward Angel De Leon produced Last Meeting: San Diego, 1-0 (Aug. 23). San Diego (7-7-5), meanwhile, Cal Poly’s goal versus the Otters in the 85th (Sept. 21, 2002, at San Diego) topped Cal Poly Pomona in an Aug. 24 exhibi- minute. BIG WEST CONFERENCE tion, 2-0. The Toreros open their regular season STANDINGS (Aug. 28) on Friday evening when hosting San Diego HOME IS WHERE THE WINS ARE: Cal Poly State. enters its Sept. 10 home opener versus Fresno Pacific unbeaten in 23 of its last 31 home Big West Overall FOLLOW CAL POLY THIS WEEK: Live stats matches at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. Overall, W L T P W L T and streaming video from both Cal Poly’s Friday Cal Poly is 66-27-16 since the venue’s 2007 Cal Poly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 season opener at Utah Valley and Monday opening. During the last 12 seasons, the Cal State Fullerton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 matchup at San Diego will be available via Mustangs have recorded 34 shutout victories at CSUN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GoPoly.com, home while Cal Poly’s goalkeepers have kept Sacramento State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 clean sheets. Additionally, Cal Poly has UC Davis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CAL POLY VERSUS UTAH VALLEY: Friday’s drawn 1,000-plus spectators during 73 of 109 UC Irvine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 season opener marks Cal Poly’s first meeting (67.0 percent) matches at Spanos Stadium and UC Riverside 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 with Utah Valley and the Mustang program’s sold out the 11,075-capacity complex nine UC Santa Barbara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 first match in the state of Utah. times. Below is Cal Poly’s year-by-year record GoPoly.com CalPolyMustangs @CPMustangs • • 2019 CAL POLY inside Spanos Stadium. INFORMATION Year Home Mark (Big West) Goal Aggregate Shutouts GENERAL INFORMATION 2007 8-1-1 (4-1-1) 20-8 5 Official Athletics Name...... Cal Poly 2008 7-1-1 (3-1-1) 18-5 5 Location...... San Luis Obispo, CA 2009 6-2-1 (4-0-1) 17-7 4 Founded ...... 1901 Enrollment ...... 20,186 2010 4-1-3 (3-0-2) 10-9 3 Mascot ...... Mustangs 2011 4-5-2 (2-2-0) 10-8 5 Colors ...... Forest Green (343) / Copper (460) / Vegas Gold (116) 2012 7-3-0 (3-2-0) 15-9 4 Affiliation / Conference...NCAA Division I / Big West (Northern Division) Athletics Department Web Site...... GoPoly.com 2013 6-2-2 (2-1-2) 25-12 1 Home Stadium (Capacity) ...... Alex G. Spanos Stadium (11,075) 2014 5-4-2 (1-3-1) 14-11 3 Press Box Phone ...... (805) 756-6739 2015 7-0-2 (3-0-2) 12-5 5 President ...... Jeffrey D. Armstrong Director of Athletics...... Don Oberhelman 2016 4-2-2 (2-2-1) 6-7 2 2017* 4-3-0 (2-3-0) 14-9 1 COACHING STAFF 2018 4-3-0 (1-2-0) 12-7 3 Head Coach ...... Steve Sampson Totals 66-27-16 (31-17-11) 179-98 41 Cal Poly Record (Big West) / Years...... 28-33-11 (12-18-8) / 5 Collegiate Record / Years...92-50-30 / 10 (Santa Clara, 1986-90) *One match played at Paso Robles Horse Park (Paso Robles, Calif.) Assistant Coach ...... Billy McNicol ...... Second Season CAL POLY PACKS THE HOUSE: Cal Poly has finished among the nation’s top 10 attendance Phone ...... (805) 756-2905 E-mail...... [email protected] leaders during all previous 12 seasons at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. Below is a year-by-year listing Assistant Coach / Goalkeeper Trainer...... Ignacio Hernandez of Cal Poly’s home attendance achievements among 205 Division I programs...... Fifth Season Phone ...... (805) 756-7070 E-mail...... [email protected] Season NCAA Rank (Average) Average (Dates) Total Volunteer Assistant ...... C.J. Sigler 2007 10 2,092 (10) 20,918 ...... First Season Director of Operations...... Nick Semnani 2008 3 2,839 (9) 25,549 ...... First Season CAL POLY ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Phone ...... (805) 756-7070 E-mail ...... [email protected] NO NAME POS YR HT WT HOMETOWN / LAST CLUB Men’s Soccer Office Location.....Crandall Gymnasium, College Avenue 0 Gabe Penner GK FR 6-3 195 Nipomo, CA / Santa Barbara Soccer Club 2 Jackson Brady D JR 5-9 155 Christchurch, New Zealand / Salt Lake City CC PROGRAM HISTORY 2018 Record (Big West) / Conference Finish...... 3 Freeman Dwamena D JR 6-0 173 Philadelphia, PA / Philadelphia Union Academy ...... 5-9-2 (1-5-1) / Eighth 4 Reagan Rice F SO 5-8 143 Las Vegas, NV / Sporting Kansas City Academy 2018 Big West Conference Tournament ...... DNQ 2018 NCAA Tournament...... Not Selected 5 Josh Graham D JR 6-2 180 Manchester, England / St. Louis Community College First Season of Division I Competition...... 1994 6 Andrew Forth D JR 6-3 180 Lake Mary, FL / Orlando City SC Academy Overall Division I Record / Seasons ...... 188-223-56 / 26 7 JoeMack Leonardo F SR 6-1 175 Malibu, CA / Richmond, American Int’l Univ. (London) Big West All-Time Record / Seasons...... 63-87-29 / 18 All-Time Division I Conference Record / Seasons ...... 79-103-33 / 23 8 Eddie Melgoza D SR 5-9 160 Woodland, CA / Sac Republic FC NCAA Division I Tournament Record / Appearances (Last)...1-3 / 3 (2015) 9 Sebastian Herran F SR 5-11 167 Miami, FL / Kendall SC Total All-Big West First Team Selections...... 25 10 Diego Alonso MF SR 5-6 140 Berkeley, CA / San Jose Earthquakes Academy Total NSCAA All-Region Selections ...... 8 11 Robert Knights MF GR 6-0 170 Irvine, CA / UCLA 12 Kenneth Higgins MF RJr 5-6 135 San Clemente, CA / Irvine Strikers FC PLAYER INFORMATION All-Big West Conference Selections Returning / Lost...... 0 / 2 13 Zack DiDonato D RFr 6-2 172 Burlingame, CA / Juventus Sport Club Regular Outfield Starters Returning / Lost ...... 6 / 4 14 Angel De Leon F JR 6-0 155 Escondido, CA / Nomads SC Goalkeepers Returning / Lost ...... 2 / 1 15 Marc Bermudez D JR 6-0 165 Mission Viejo, CA / Seattle U Letterwinners Returning / Lost ...... 17 / 9 Class Breakdown (GR / SR / JR / SO / FR) ...... 3 / 6 / 13 / 4 / 6 17 Jason Hernandez GK JR 6-0 185 Long Beach, CA / Real Salt Lake Academy 18 Emmanuel Perez MF JR 5-6 150 Boynton Beach, FL / Philadelphia Union Academy ALEX G. SPANOS SPANOS STADIUM 19 Colin Hyatt MF GR 6-4 185 Santa Barbara, CA / Stanford Press Box Phone ...... (805) 756-6739 20 Jacob Lindberg F JR 5-9 160 San Diego, CA / Albion SC Original Complex Opening / Last Renovation...... 1934 / 2006 2018 Home Record (Big West) ...... 4-3-0 (1-2-0) 22 Carlos Arce-Hurtado GK SO 6-0 170 Tijuana, Mexico / Nomads SC Spanos Stadium Record (Big West) / Seasons..68-27-16 (31-17-11) / 13 23 Gerardo Martinez MF JR 5-8 165 San Jose, CA / West Valley College Division I Home Record (Big West)...... 114-76-24 (37-34-17) 24 Zak Elbekraoui D FR 6-2 175 Temecula, CA / Irvine Strikers FC Average 2018 Attendance / Division I Rank...... 2,702 / Fourth Largest Attedance..11,075 – sellout (Sept. 30, 2018 vs. UC Santa Barbara) 25 Enrique Bustamante MF JR 5-10 170 La Puente, CA / Loyola Marymount ...... (Oct. 28, 2017 vs. UC Santa Barbara, 26 Daniel Klemm D SR 6-1 190 Huntington Beach, CA / Pateadores SC ...... Oct. 15, 2016 vs. UC Santa Barbara, 29 Rigas Rigopoulos D RSr 6-2 195 Houston TX / San Jacinto College (TX) ...... Oct. 17, 2015 vs. UC Santa Barbara, ...... Nov. 2, 2014 vs. UC Santa Barbara, 30 Logan Thralls D FR 5-9 145 Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA / San Diego Surf SC ...... Oct. 25, 2013 vs. UC Santa Barbara, 31 Matthew Bautista F RSo 5-9 140 Arroyo Grande, CA / Santa Barbara Soccer Club ...... Nov. 3, 2012 vs. UC Santa Barbara, 32 Noah Boettiger F FR 5-11 155 Boulder, CO / Colorado Rapids Academy ...... Oct. 14, 2011 vs. UC Santa Barbara, ...... Oct. 17, 2008 vs. UC Santa Barbara) 35 Andrew Robertson D SO 5-9 150 San Jose, CA / Santa Clara Sporting Club 36 Luis Rodriguez D JR 5-9 160 San Diego, CA / Nomads SC LANGUAGE LESSON 40 Victor Rodriguez GK RFr 5-11 160 Paso Robles, CA / Santa Barbara SC Including English, players on Cal Poly’s 2019 roster 44 Creed McKinnon MF JR 6-1 180 Margaret River, Australia / North Idaho College and fluent in nine different languages: 99 Spencer Held F GR 6-3 180 Agoura, CA / California • Spanish: Diego Alonso, Carlos Arce-Hurtado, Head Coach: Steve Sampson / Fifth Season / Stanford, 1981 Marc Bermudez, Enrique Bustamante, Jason Assistant Coach: Billy McNicol / Second Season / Rangers F.C. Hernandez, Luis Rodriguez, Angel De Leon, Assistant Coach/Goalkeeper Trainer: Ignacio Hernandez / Fifth Season / Long Beach City College, 2012 Eddie Melgoza, Logan Thralls, Victor Rodriguez, Volunteer Assistant: C.J. Sigler / Second Season Steve Sampson (HC), Igancio Hernandez (AC) Director of Operations: Nick Semnani / First Season • Afrikaans: Creed McKinnon Pronunciations • French: Eddie Melgoza • Greek: Rigas Rigopoulos 3 Freeman Dwamena DRAH-mean-uh 23 Gerardo Martinez HER-are-do • Italian: Zack DiDonato 4 Reagan Rice REE-gun 24 Zak Elbekraoui el-buh-CREW-ee • Lugandan (native to Uganda): Reagan Rice 9 Sebastian Herran AIR-on 29 Rigas Rigopoulos ree-GOP-oh-less • Romanian: Andrew Forth 14 Angel De Leon AIN-jul DAY LEE-own 32 Noah Boettiger BET-uh-grr • Twi (native to Ghana): Freeman Dwamena 22 Carlos Arce-Hurtado are-SAY err-TODD-owe 2 GoPoly.com CalPolyMustangs @CPMustangs • • • 2009 6 2,213 (9) 19,921 UNITED SOCCER COACHES 2010 4 3,013 (8) 24,100 2011 8 2,139 (11) 23,536 NCAA DIVISION I POLL 2012 4 2,708 (10) 27,088 2013 3 2,816 (10) 28,156 Preseason School (Previous) Points Record 2014 6 2,397 (11) 26,367 1. Maryland (1) 637 13-6-1 2015 6 2,389 (9) 21,503 2. Indiana(3) 623 20-3-1 2016 4 2,845 (8) 22,762 3. Akron (2) 621 15-7-2 2017 5 2,462 (8*) 19,697 4. Wake Forest (6) 607 18-3-0 2018 4 2,702 (7) 18,916 5. Stanford (7) 545 12-4-5 Totals 5.3 2,534 (110*) 278,725 6. North Carolina (14) 499 14-4-1 *One match played at Paso Robles Horse Park (Paso Robles, Calif.) 7. Michigan State (4) 492 14-5-4 8. Kentucky (5) 467 19-2-1 SPANOS STADIUM – WHERE ATTENDANCE RECORDS ARE RETIRED: Fourteen of the top 9. Notre Dame (8) 431 11-7-3 57 (25.0 percent) best attended regular season matches in the history of collegiate soccer have 10. Duke (11) 412 11-7-2 occurred at Alex G. Spanos Stadium and all have been recorded since the start of the 2007 sea- 11. Saint Mary’s (9) 407 18-0-2 son. In total, Cal Poly has been involved in 22 of the top 57 (38.6 percent) best-attended regular 12. Virginia (15) 390 10-4-3 season matches in collegiate soccer history. Below is a listing of the best-attended matches in 13. Georgetown (13) 379 13-5-3 NCAA regular season history. 14. Louisville (16) 268 11-5-3 15. Central Florida (18) 257 13-3-3 No. Crowd Match Date 16. Virginia Tech (17) 217 11-7-3 1. 22,512* St. Louis vs. SIU Edwardsville* Oct. 30, 1980 17. James Madison (10) 216 16-4-1 2. 20,112* St. Louis vs. SIU Edwardsville* Nov. 9, 1973 18. Denver (19) 180 15-4-2 3. 15,896 UCLA at UC Santa Barbara Sept. 24, 2010 19. Air Force (12) 178 17-5-0 4. 15,000* St. Louis vs. SIU Edwardsville* Nov. 5, 1972 20. Portland (21) 126 12-4-3 5. 14,919 Cal Poly at UC Santa Barbara Oct. 24, 2015 21. Charlotte (20) 119 14-5-2 6. 14,345 Cal Poly at UC Santa Barbara Oct. 25, 2014 22. Oregon State (23) 107 11-6-3 7 13,822 Cal Poly at UC Santa Barbara Nov. 4, 2011 23. West Virginia (22) 92 14-7-0 8. 13,772 San Diego at UC Santa Barbara Sept. 23, 2011 24. Michigan (24) 90 12-5-4 9. 13,467 Cal Poly at UC Santa Barbara Oct. 19, 2012 25. UC Irvine (RV) 63 11-6-4 10. 12,805 Cal Poly at UC Santa Barbara Nov. 9, 2013 Others Receiving Votes: North Carolina State 55, 11. 12,224 San Francisco vs. Fresno State Sept. 27, 1987 Washington 52, Syracuse 45, New Hampshire 40, 12. 11,424 Cal Poly at UC Santa Barbara Oct. 22, 2016 UConn 38, Wisconsin 13, Creighton 12, Clemson 11, 13. 11,242 Duke at UC Santa Barbara Oct. 15, 2010 Pacific 9, SMU 9, UNC-Wilmington 9, Wright State 9, 14. 11,075 UC Santa Barbara at Cal Poly Sept. 30, 2018 Colgate 8, Rhode Island 8, UCLA 6, Virginia 11,075 UC Santa Barbara at Cal Poly Oct. 28, 2017 Commonwealth 6, Furman 5, Seattle 5, Lipscomb 4, 11,075 UC Santa Barbara at Cal Poly Oct. 15, 2016 Loyola-Md. 4, Saint Louis 4, Princeton 2, Utah Valley 2. 11,075 UC Santa Barbara at Cal Poly Oct. 17, 2015 11,075 UC Santa Barbara at Cal Poly Nov. 2, 2014 11,075 UC Santa Barbara at Cal Poly Oct. 25, 2013 11,075 UC Santa Barbara at Cal Poly Nov. 3, 2012 11,075 UC Santa Barbara at Cal Poly Oct. 14, 2011 11,075 UC Santa Barbara at Cal Poly Oct. 17, 2008 23. 10,293 Cal Poly at UC Santa Barbara Oct. 14, 2017 24. 10,114 Indiana at UC Santa Barbara Oct. 2, 2009 25. 10,092 Army vs. Navy Sept. 23, 2016 26. 9,824 UC Santa Barbara at Cal Poly Nov. 4, 2009 27. 9,749 Cal Poly at UC Santa Barbara Nov. 5, 2008 28. 9,200 Alabama A&M at Connecticut Oct. 24, 1982 29. 8,717 UCLA at Cal Poly Sept. 17, 2010 30. 8,594 Army vs. Navy (Chester, Penn.) Oct. 12, 2018 31. 8,449 UCLA at Maryland Sept. 4, 2015 32. 8,397 Duke at Maryland Sept. 6, 2013 33. 8,125 UC Santa Barbara at Cal Poly Oct. 27, 2010 34. 8,102 Cal Poly at UC Santa Barbara Nov. 3, 2007 35. 7,957 Maryland at Duke Oct. 14, 2011 36. 7,906 Virginia Tech at Virginia Sept. 28, 2007 37. 7,868 South Carolina at Clemson Sept. 4, 2015 38. 7,822 UC Irvine at UC Santa Barbara Oct. 5, 2012 39. 7,750 Stanford at UC Santa Barbara Sept. 27, 2013 40. 7,720 UCLA at Indiana Sept. 1, 2013 7,720 Notre Dame vs. SMU Sept. 1, 2013 42. 7,542 UCLA at UC Santa Barbara Sept. 21, 2012 43. 7,532 UCLA at Maryland Sept. 1, 2017 44. 7,428 Clemson at Virginia Sept. 30, 2006 45. 7,423 Wake Forest at UC Santa Barbara Sept. 21, 2008 46. 7,413 Georgetown at Maryland Sept. 2, 2016 47. 7,391 Michigan State at Maryland Sept. 23, 2016 48. 7,379 Boston College at Boston University Aug. 31, 2014 49. 7,318 Cal Poly at UC Santa Barbara Oct. 27, 2018 50. 7,293 North Carolina at Clemson Sept. 9, 2016 51. 7,284 UMBC at Maryland Sept. 5, 2014 GoPoly.com CalPolyMustangs @CPMustangs 3 • • • 52. 7,283 Akron at UC Santa Barbara Sept. 25, 2015 53. 7,260 Duke at Maryland Oct. 1, 2010 54. 7,255 Akron at Ohio State Sept. 29, 2010 55. 7,293 North Carolina at Clemson Sept. 9, 2016 56. 7,143 UC Santa Barbara at Cal Poly Oct. 17, 2007 57. 7,032 UCLA at Cal Poly Sept. 23, 2016 *Played at Busch Stadium (St. Louis, Mo.) 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4 GoPoly.com CalPolyMustangs @CPMustangs • • • Steve Sampson Head Coach • Fifth Year • Stanford, 1981 Collegiate Record: 92-50-30 {Santa Clara, 1986-90 / Cal Poly, 2015-} Among the nine players to has served as an on-camera ana- in the largest association in the With Sampson on the bench, the have signed a professional contract lyst for Time Warner Cable United States (Cal South features United States reached the knock- under Sampson, defender Kip Deportes (Southern California) and more than 100,00 registered play- out phase of the World Cup for the Colvey – selected 49th overall in Televisa Deportes (Mexico) for the ers). During his time with Cal South first time since 1930, losing 1-0 to the 2016 MLS SuperDraft – 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2012 UEFA – which regularly placed players on Brazil in the round of 16. became the first former Cal Poly European Championship, CON- Olympic Development Program In the buildup to the 1994 player to appear in a FIFA tourna- CACAF World Cup qualifying sides and youth national teams – World Cup, Sampson served as ment when competing for his native matches and various international the organization produced seven the vice president for competition teve Sampson, former man- New Zealand at the 2017 FIFA friendlies. He joined Fútbol de national championships. on the organizing committee and Sager of the United States Confederations Cup in Russia. Primera radio as a color commen- Appointed interim manager of as the Chairman of the United Men's National Team and Forward Justin Dhillon, meanwhile, tator for the 2016 Copa América the United States Men's National States National Team Committee. Major League Soccer’s Los won the 2017 club Golden Boot Centenario in the United States Team in April 1995, Sampson As head coach at Santa Clara Angeles Galaxy, is in his fifth year honor as joint top scorer with LA and 2018 FIFA World Cup in immediately led the Americans to a (1986-90), Sampson compiled a as head coach of the Cal Poly Galaxy II. Russia. He remains the only fourth-place finish at the 1995 Copa 64-19-19 record with the crowning men’s soccer program. One of the most accomplished American-born person to have America, a run that included a 3-0 achievement coming during the Sampson’s historic first sea- coaches in the history of American served as a soccer analyst on romp past Argentina. Promoted to 1989 season as the Broncos fin- son in charge in 2015 – during soccer, Sampson managed the Mexican television. the full-time managerial position, ished 20-0-3 en route to capturing which Cal Poly matched a program United States at the 1998 FIFA Named LA Galaxy manager Sampson then helped the United the first and only NCAA Division I record with 11 victories and World Cup in France and directed on Aug. 18, 2004, Sampson direct- States qualify for an unprecedented title by a men's program in universi- reached the NCAA Tournament for LA Galaxy to both the 2005 Major ed the club to that year's MLS third successive World Cup Finals ty history. For his coaching efforts, the first time in seven years – League Soccer Cup title and 2005 Western Conference finals. A year appearance with the Americans Sampson was named both sparked a four-year run in which U.S. Open Cup championship. later, Sampson became just the losing just one match during the NSCAA and ISAA National Coach the Mustang program has pro- Among other notable assignments third manager to guide a club to qualification process. of the Year and West Coast duced 28 victories, 16 All-Big West during more than three decades of both the MLS Cup and the Lamar On the way to the World Cup, Conference Coach of the Year. Conference selections, three Major coaching and teaching, Sampson Hunt U.S. Open Cup in the same the United States topped Brazil 1-0 Sampson, who enjoyed four win- League Soccer SuperDraft selec- has served as the Costa Rica season. in the 1998 Gold Cup semifinals, a ning seasons in five years at Santa tions, nine players signing profes- Men's National Team manager As the Costa Rica Men's victory that helped Sampson Clara, also directed the Broncos to sional contracts, a 20-9-4 record at (2002-04) and as an assistant with National Team manager (2002-04), become the only American manag- the 1990 NCAA Tournament. home inside Alex G. Spanos the United States Men's National Sampson led the country to the er with victories against both Brazil No stranger to NCAA Stadium and just two defeats to Team for the 1994 FIFA World Cup second round of CONCACAF and Argentina in competitive play. Tournament success, Sampson – rival UC Santa Barbara in eight after also directing Santa Clara to World Cup qualification in 2004 and With the United States, prior to his five seasons at Santa meetings. an undefeated record during its the 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup Sampson created the "El Equipo Clara – was an assistant coach with The 2017 Cal Poly squad, NCAA Division I national champi- championship (a competition for para Todos" campaign to promote UCLA and helped guide the Bruins which closed the season with a 4-1 onship run. Central American countries). Also and help recognize the men's to the 1985 NCAA championship. home victory versus UC Santa Sampson, who has enjoyed serving as technical director for all national team as "Everyone's A competition director and out- Barbara, matched a program coaching success at every level of the country's national teams, Team" in Hispanic communities. lying site coordinator for the football record by winning five successive between junior high school and the Sampson helped Costa Rica quali- Through this endeavor, his mana- tournament at the 1984 Olympic matches from Sept. 10-28 and set international game, arrived at Cal fy for the 2004 Olympic Summer gerial positions with the United Summer Games, Sampson was a new program mark by allowing Poly in December 2014 from the Games and the 2003 FIFA U-17 States and Costa Rica national also an assistant coach at Foothill just 70 shots on goals. In 2016, Cal Camarillo-based Eagles Soccer World Championship in Finland. teams and his continued work on Junior College (Los Altos, Calif.), Poly handed No. 6 UCLA a 1-0 Club, where he served as the exec- With his Costa Rica manageri- Spanish-language television, where he helped the Owls to the defeat inside Spanos Stadium. utive director and technical director al appointment, Sampson became Sampson remains one of the more 1980 and 1981 state champi- Aside from reaching the 2015 overseeing 44 youth teams and the first American-born coach to recognizable coaching figures in onships. NCAA Tournament and winning 11 nearly two dozen coaches. manage a national team outside of North, Central and South America. Sampson earned his master's times, Sampson’s initial season on Sampson also serves as president the United States. Sampson's tenure with the degree in education from Stanford the Spanos Stadium touchline pro- of Global Sports Institute, which From 1999-02, Sampson United States Men's National Team and a bachelor's degree in human duced a high of No. 20 in the operates the Steve Sampson served as the technical director for began in 1993, when he was performance from San Jose State. NSCAA Division I Poll and a pro- Soccer Academy and serves as a California Youth Soccer Association named an assistant coach on Bora Sampson and wife, Sheri, gram record eight All-Big West hon- soccer consulting agency. South, overseeing the selection Milutinovic's staff in preparation for have three children: Brandon, orees. Fluent in Spanish, Sampson and development of youth players the 1994 World Cup in America. Emily and Trevor. Career SEASON BY SEASON BREAKDOWN - - OVERALL CONFERENCE NCAA TOURN. YEAR W L D W L D W L D NOTE(S) SANTA CLARA (1986-90) 1986 7 7 6 1 1 4 — — — — 1987 12 6 2 3 2 1 — — — Five-win improvement from first year; third place, West Coast Conference 1988 12 2 5 3 2 0 — — — Third place, West Coast Conference 1989 20 0 3 4 0 1 3 0 1 NCAA Tournament co-champions, West Coast co-champions 1990 13 4 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 West Coast co-champions, NCAA Tournament first round CAL POLY (2015-) 2015 11 5 5 5 1 4 0 1 0 Led Cal Poly to first NCAA Tournament in 7 years, matched program record with 11 wins 2016 5 9 3 3 5 2 — — — Defeated No. 6 UCLA at home 2017 7 10 1 3 6 1 — — — Set program record by allowing just 70 SOG 2018 5 9 2 1 5 1 — — — Four All-Big West selections; defeated rival UC Santa Barbara at home, 1-0 (Sept. 30) 2019 — TOTALS 92 50 30 27 23 14 3 2 1 GoPoly.com CalPolyMustangs @CPMustangs 5 • • • 2019 CAL POLY MEN’S SOCCER
0 Gabe 2 Jackson3 Freeman 4 Reagan 5 Josh 6 Andrew 7 Joemack Penner Brady Dwamena Rice Graham Forth Leonardo GK • FR • 6-3 D • JR • 5-9 D • JR • 6-0 F • SO • 5-8 D • JR • 6-2 D • JR • 6-3 F • SR • 6-1 Nipomo, CO Christchurch, Kumasi, Ghana Las Vegas Manchester, Lake Mary, FL Malibu, CA New Zealand England
8 Eddie 9 Sebastian 10 Diego 11 Robert 12 Kenneth 13 Zack 14 Angel Melgoza Herran Alonso Knights Higgins Didonato De Leon D • SR • 5-9 F • SR • 5-11 MF • SR • 5-6 MF • GR • 6-0 MF • RJr • 5-6 D • RFr • 6-2 F • JR • 6-0 Woodland, CA Miami Berkeley, CA Irvine, CA San Clemente, CA Burlingame, CA Escondido, CA
15 Marc 17 Jason 18 19 Colin 20 Jacob 22 Carlos 24 Zak Bermudez Hernandez Emmanuel Hyatt Lindberg Arce Elbekraoui Perez Hurtad- o D • JR • 6-0 GK • JR • 6-0 MF • GR • 6-4 F • JR • 5-9 D • FR • 6-2 Mission Viejo, CA Long Beach, CA MF • JR • 5-6 Santa Barbara, CA San Diego, CA GK • SO • 6-0 Temecula, CA Boynton Beach, FL Chula Vista, CA
25 Enrique 26 Daniel 29 Rigas 30 Logan 31 32 Noah 35 Andrew Bustamante Klemm Rigopoulos Thralls Matthew Boettiger Robertson Bautista MF • JR • 5-10 D • SR • 6-1 D • RSr • 6-2 D • FR • 5-9 F • FR • 5-11 D • SO • 5-9 La Puente, CA Huntington Houston Cardiff- MF • RSo • 5-8 Boulder, CO Sacramento, CA Beach, CA by-the-Sea, CA Arroyo Grande, CA
36 Luis 40 Victor 44 Creed 99 Spencer RodriguezRodriguez McKinnon Held D • JR • 5-9 GK • RFr • 5-11 MF •JR • 6-1 F • GR • 6-3 San Diego, CA Paso Robles, CA Margaret River, Agoura, CA Australia 2018 Cal Poly Men's Soccer Cal Poly Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 27, 2018) All games
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 5-9-2 4-3 1-6-2 0-0 CONFERENCE 1-5-1 1-2 0-3-1 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 4-4-1 3-1 1-3-1 0-0
Date Opponent Score Att. ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% sog sog% gw pk-att Aug 24 FRESNO PACIFIC W 4-1 852 23 Goode, Sean 16 7 2 16 36 . 1 9 4 15 . 4 1 7 2 1 - 1 08/27/18 at Gonzaga T o 2 0-0 1054 18 Perez, Emmanuel 13 3 2 8 19 . 1 5 8 9 . 4 7 4 1 0 - 0 Aug 31 at Seattle U L 1-2 725 10 Alonso, Diego 15 2 2 6 1 6 . 1 2 5 1 0 . 6 2 5 2 0 - 1 Sep 03 at Portland L 1-2 1386 27 Grote, George 16 1 2 4 18 . 0 5 6 8 . 4 4 4 0 0 - 0 9/9/2018 at Saint Mary's (CA) L 0-4 405 13 Evans, Brecc 16 1 1 3 8 . 1 2 5 7 . 8 7 5 0 0 - 0 Sep 15 at CSU Bakersfield W 2-0 315 30 Rivera, Jose 14 0 3 3 13 . 0 0 0 5 . 3 8 5 0 0 - 0 Sep 18 SANTA CLARA L 0-2 1723 8 Melgoza, Eddie 15 1 0 2 1 2 . 0 8 3 1 . 0 8 3 0 0 - 0 Sep 22 WESTMONT W 2-0 1613 16 Rice, Reagan 9 1 0 2 11 . 0 9 1 1 . 0 9 1 0 0 - 0 Sep 30 UC SANTA BARBARA W 1-0 11075 11 Parrish, Addison 16 1 0 2 6 . 1 6 7 3 . 5 0 0 0 0 - 0 * Oct 03 at #16 UC Davis T o 2 1-1 493 6 Forth, Andrew 13 0 2 2 4 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 * Oct. 6 UC RIVERSIDE L o 2 0-1 1122 4 Pressley, Jared 15 0 1 1 1 3 . 0 0 0 7 . 5 3 8 0 0 - 0 * Oct 10 at CSF L 0-2 513 5 Carroll, Nick 10 0 1 1 6 . 0 0 0 1 . 1 6 7 0 0 - 0 * Oct 13 at CSUN L 0-1 582 20 Lindberg, Jacob 11 0 1 1 4 . 0 0 0 3 . 7 5 0 0 0 - 0 * Oct 17 SACRAMENTO STATE W 3-0 1478 3 Dwamena, Freeman 8 0 1 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 * Oct 21 UC IRVINE L o 2 2-3 1053 35 Robertson, Andrew 13 0 0 0 6 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 * Oct 27 at UC Santa Barbara L 0-2 7318 9 Herran, Sebastian 14 0 0 0 4 . 0 0 0 1 . 2 5 0 0 0 - 0 36 Rodriguez, Luis 12 0 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 - 0 TEAM STATISTICS CP OPP 14 De Leon, Angel 7 0 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 - 0 SHOT STATISTICS 24 Hackett, Cole 4 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 Goals-Shot attempts 17-181 21-240 26 Klemm, Daniel 13 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 Goals scored per game 1.06 1.31 25 Hatch, Payton 8 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 Shot pct. . 0 9 4 . 0 8 7 19 Leonardo, Joemack 1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 Shots on goal-Attempts 73-181 104-240 17 Hernandez, Jason 2 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 SOG pct. . 4 0 3 . 4 3 3 15 DiDonato, Zack 2 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 S h o t s / G a m e 11.3 15.0 1 Boehme, Simon 15 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 GOAL BREAKDOWN Total 16 17 18 52 181 . 0 9 4 73 . 4 0 3 5 1 - 2 P e n a lt y11Opponents 16 21 20 62 240 . 0 8 7 104 . 4 3 3 9 1 - 3 U n a s s is t e d 3 4 O v e r t im e02## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Saves Pct W-L-T Sho CORNER KICKS 52 87 17 Hernandez, Jason 2 114:25 1 0.79 4 . 8 0 0 1-0-1 0.1 Goals off corners 0 0 22 Arce-Hurtado, Carlos 1 103:16 1 0.87 10 . 9 0 9 0-1-0 0.0 PENALTY KICKS 1-2 1-3 1 Boehme, Simon 15 1295:33 19 1.32 67 . 7 7 9 4-8-1 4.1 OFFSIDES 25 16 Total 16 1513:14 21 1.25 83 . 7 9 8 5-9-2 5 PENALTIES Opponents 16 1513:14 17 1.01 56 . 7 6 7 9-5-2 6 F o u ls 196 158 Yellow cards 29 18 Goals by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Red cards 2 1 Cal Poly 5 12 0 0 17 ATTENDANCE Opponents 10 9 0 2 21 T o t a l 18916 12791 Dates/Avg Per Date 7/2702 9/1421 Shots by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0 Cal Poly 85 88 6 2 181 Opponents 107 120 6 7 240
Saves by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Cal Poly 29 48 3 3 83 Opponents 30 24 1 1 56
Corners by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Cal Poly 26 23 2 1 52 Opponents 33 48 3 3 87
Fouls by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Cal Poly 97 88 4 7 196 Opponents 83 67 4 4 158