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 No. 22 UCLA (8-4-0) vs. Loyola Marymount (5-8-0) No. Player GP GS G A Pts GWG Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018 – 7:00 p.m. (PT) 17 Matt Hundley 12 8 3 5 11 1 Los Angeles, Calif. (Wallis Annenberg Stadium) 10 Mohammed Kamara 8 7 4 0 8 2 24 Frankie Amaya 11 8 2 1 5 0 GAME INFORMATION 7 Milan Iloski 6 4 2 0 4 2 Venue: Wallis Annenberg Stadium (2,145) 4 Erik Holt 12 12 0 3 3 0 Kickoff Time: 7:00 p.m. PT 3 Alex Knox 12 2 0 2 2 0 Live Stats/Radio: UCLABruins.com vs. 5 Brandon Terwege 12 12 1 0 2 0 Radio Commentary: Nick Koop 9 Santiago Herrera 9 8 1 0 2 0 Twitter: @UCLAMSoccer 11 Kike Poleo 6 0 1 0 2 1 5-8-0 8-4-0 18 Robert Knights 4 0 1 0 2 0 All-Time Series: UCLA leads 25-2-1 21 Cody Sundquist 5 0 1 0 2 1 28 Matthew Powell 12 12 1 0 2 1 Bruins and Lions meeting for first time since 2012 8 Anderson Asiedu 12 11 0 1 1 0 19 Blayne Martinez 7 1 0 1 1 0 BRUINS HOST LOYOLA MARYMOUNT IN FINAL NON-CONFERENCE GAME OF THE REGULAR SEASON 25 Joab Santoyo 12 12 0 1 1 0 Riding a season-best three-game winning streak, UCLA returns to Wallis Annenberg Stadium this Saturday to host WCC-member Loyola Marymount at 7:00 p.m. There will be an audio broadcast and live stats of the game available on UCLABruins.com, and 2018 SCHEDULE Twitter updates at @UCLAMSoccer. This is the first time the Bruins and Lions will be facing each other since the 2012 season. UCLA has dominated the series traditionally, winning 25 of the 28 all-time matchups. August WEEK IN REVIEW Fri. 24 at No. 18 Coastal Carolina Stream W, 4-0 UCLA played just one game last week, traveling south to San Diego State and topping the Aztecs by a score of 2-1. After a Tue. 28 San Diego P12N W, 2-0 scoreless first half, freshman midfielder Frankie Amaya put the Bruins up 33 seconds into the second half by chipping a shot over the keeper. SDSU received an equalizer in the 72nd minute from Adam Vargas, sending UCLA to an overtime game for the September first time in 2018. Freshman midfielder Cody Sundquist recorded the golden goal for the Bruins in the 99th minute, finishing off Sun. 2 San Francisco L, 0-1 a Joab Santoyo cross from the right wing. They were the first points of the season for both players. It was the latest into a season that UCLA played its first OT contest since 2003. Fri. 8 at Maryland Stream W, 1-0 Wed. 12 Omaha W, 2-1 STARTING STRONG The Bruins have routinely been the better team in the opening 45 minutes this season, holding the opposition scoreless in the first Sun. 16 CSUN L, 1-2 half in 11 of 12 games this season. UCLA meanwhile has scored seven first half goals, outscoring its opponents 7-3 on aggregate Sat. 22 at UC Santa Barbara Stream l, 1-3 in the first 45. The Bruins have scored first in nine of their 12 games, going 7-2 in those contests. Thu. 27 at California P12N W, 2-1 IN THE RANKINGS Sun. 30 at No. 12 Stanford P12N L, 0-3 Despite winning its only game, UCLA dropped one spot in this week’s United Soccer Coaches poll to No. 22. The Bruins were ranked No. 3 in the United Soccer Coaches Far West Region poll for the second straight week. UCLA appeared in every other October major national poll as well, coming in at No. 25 in Soccer America, No. 29 in College Soccer News, and receiving votes in the Top Drawer Soccer poll. LMU is unranked in every poll. Thu. 4 Washington P12N W, 1-0 Sun. 7 No. 28 Oregon State P12N W, 1-0 RPI REPORT In the fourth week of public RPI rankings, UCLA was ranked No. 24, second-best among Pac-12 schools and fifth among schools Sat. 13 at San Diego State W, 2-1 (OT) in the western half of the country. RPI is the key metric used to determine at-large selections into the NCAA Tournament. The Sat. 20 Loyola Marymount 7 p.m. NCAA field is comprised of 24 automatic bids (conference champions) and 24 at-large choices. In 2017, NC State was the lowest- ranked RPI school to receive an at-large bid at No. 45. Thu. 25 at Washington P12N 8 p.m. Sun. 28 at Oregon State P12N 2 p.m. SIX BRUINS NAMED TO TOP DRAWER’S MIDSEASON TOP-100 PLAYER RANKINGS Amateur soccer outlet Top Drawer Soccer published its men’s college top-100 player rankings this week, and over half of November UCLA’s Starting XI was included. Holt was named No. 53 on the upperclassmen list, the exact same spot he was named to in the preseason rankings. Kamara made his debut at No. 93 on the upperclassmen list. A quartet of Bruins were named to the Thu. 1 California P12N 7 p.m. freshmen top-100: Frankie Amaya (No. 9), Justin Garces (No. 14), Matt Hundley (No. 36), and AJ Vasquez (No. 50). UCLA had the Sun. 4 Stanford P12N 4 p.m. second-most honorees on the freshmen list and twice as many as any other Pac-12 school. Thu. 8 San Diego State P12N 8 p.m. WINNING THE SHOTS BATTLE Thanks in part to a strong possession game, UCLA has consistently won the shots battle against its opponents this year. The Bruins outshot their opponent in the first seven games of the year, have been outshot in just three contests overall, and for the UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA season have a 151-96 edge in total shots, which translates to an advantage of nearly five shots per game (12.6 to 8.0). The Men’s Soccer Twitter: @UCLAMSoccer Bruins have been even better at putting their shots on frame, as their 5.75 SOG per game rate is second in the Pac-12 and ranks 55th nationally. UCLA opponents are mustering just 3.08 shots on goal per game, including four contests with one SOG or fewer. Men’s Soccer Instagram: @UCLAMSoccer Men’s Soccer Facebook: /UCLAMSoccer 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 UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics Annenberg Stadium. The stadium, which seats 2,145, is located at the previously-named North Athletic Field, where UCLA UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics played selected home games from 1967-99. The 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 grandstands and a press box on the west side, a Daktronics LED video board and Musco Sports lighting. Future phases of the stadium project may include expanded seating, a #GoBruins training room, student-athlete locker room, coaches’ locker rooms, meeting spaces, ticketing space, and a new press box. VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE UCLA has an increased amount of depth on the roster this year, evidenced by the 10 different players to score a goal so far this year, with the team’s eight game-winners spread among six players. No other Pac team has more goalscorers than UCLA’s 10. NO GOALS FOR YOU The Bruins allowed just one score to San Diego State last week, meaning UCLA has held its opponents to one goal or fewer in all but three contests this year. That figure includes five shutouts, which ranks second in the Pac-12 and 37th nationally. With its next shutout, UCLA would have its most single-season clean sheet since 2014 (eight). SCOUTING THE LIONS Loyola Marymount is 5-8-0 overall this season but 2-1 in WCC action. The Bruins and Lions have just one mutual opponent: 2018 UCLA MEN’S SOCCER UNITED SOCCER COACHES POLL (10/16) CSUN. LMU beat the Matadors 2-1 on Sept. 20. LMU has a -12 goal differential this year, allowing 25 and scoring just 13 of its own. Kris Fourcand is their top offensive producer, leading the team with three goals and seven points. CJ Neville, Francis Avoce, and Jack Souls have a pair of goals apiece. RK TEAM (1st place votes) PREV. RECORD 1 Wake Forest (22) 2 13-1-0 HUNDLEY UNFAZED IN FRESHMAN SEASON 2 Indiana (4) 4 11-2-0 In his debut season, Matt Hundley leads the team and is third in the Pac-12 among freshman with 11 points so far this year. He is 19th nationally in scoring among freshmen, and only six freshmen have more assists than his five. Hundley has a point in four of 3 Kentucky (3) 5 10-0-1 his last seven games. With five points, Hundley led UCLA to a 4-0 win at Coastal Carolina on opening day. That two goal, one assist 4 St. Mary’s (CA) 6 13-0-0 effort made him just the third Bruin in the last five years to record five points in a game, the first to do so on Opening Day since 5 North Carolina 1 9-2-1 current assistant coach Matt Taylor had a trick in 2003, and the only Bruin frosh this millenium with five points on Opening Day.