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 (2018) No. 13 UCLA (3-1-0) vs. OMAHA (1-3-0) No. Player GP GS G A Pts GWG Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018 – 7:00 p.m. (PT) 10 Mohammed Kamara 4 4 4 0 8 2 Los Angeles, Calif. (Wallis Annenberg Stadium) 17 Matt Hundley 4 4 2 1 5 1 4 Erik Holt 4 4 0 3 3 0 GAME INFORMATION 18 Robert Knights 2 0 1 0 2 0 Venue: Wallis Annenberg Stadium (2,145) 3 Alex Knox 4 0 0 1 1 0 Kickoff Time: 7:00 p.m. PT 8 Anderson Asiedu 4 4 0 1 1 0 Live Stats/Radio: UCLABruins.com vs. 24 Frankie Amaya 4 1 0 1 1 0 Radio Commentary: Nick Koop Twitter: @UCLAMSoccer 1-3-0 3-1-0 UCLA’S LEADING SCORERS (2017) No. Player GP GS G A Pts GWG All-Time Series: 0-0-0 10 Brian Iloski 16 15 6 3 15 3 7 Milan Iloski 17 10 3 2 8 2 UCLA and Omaha are meeting for the first time in the regular 9 Santiago Herrera 18 17 3 1 7 0 season (UCLA def. Omaha 5-2 in a 2014 exhibition) 8 Anderson Asiedu 16 16 2 2 6 0 3 Alex Knox 16 11 2 2 6 0 No. 13 UCLA (3-1-0) vs. CSUN (4-2-0) 19 Blayne Martinez 18 5 2 1 5 0 Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018 – 7:00 p.m. (PT) 28 Matthew Powell 16 15 2 0 4 1 Los Angeles, Calif. (Wallis Annenberg Stadium) 14 Eric Iloski 17 16 1 1 3 1 4 Erik Holt 16 16 1 1 3 0 GAME INFORMATION 2 Eirik Baekkelund 18 3 1 1 3 0 Venue: Wallis Annenberg Stadium (2,145) 12 Roman Martin 6 0 1 0 2 0 Kickoff Time: 7:00 p.m. PT 16 Christian Chavez 17 15 0 1 1 0 Live Stats/Radio: UCLABruins.com vs. 25 Joab Santoyo 16 16 0 1 1 0 Radio Commentary: Nick Koop 18 Robert Knights 5 0 0 1 1 0 Twitter: @UCLAMSoccer *Returners in bold 4-2-0 3-1-0 All-Time Series: UCLA leads, 17-2-3 2018 SCHEDULE Bruins have won four straight against the Matadors August Fri. 24 at No. 18 Coastal Carolina Stream W, 4-0 BRUINS HOST MAVERICKS, MATADORS IN BUSY WEEK Tue. 28 San Diego P12N W, 2-0 After the team’s last road trip outside the west coast this season, UCLA returns home this week to host Omaha and CSUN in non-conference action at Wallis Annenberg Stadium. The Bruins welcome the Mavericks on Wednesday night and the Matadors September on Sunday night, with both contests slated for 7:00 p.m. kickoffs. Sun. 2 San Francisco L, 0-1 WEEK IN REVIEW Fri. 8 at Maryland Stream W, 1-0 After suffering its first loss the season against San Francisco, UCLA returned to its winning ways last Saturday at Maryland, Wed. 12 Omaha 7 p.m. shutting out the Terps 1-0 for the Bruins’ first win at Ludwig Field since 2009. Mohammed Kamara netted the decisive goal for UCLA, heading in a perfect cross from Erik Holt for his team-leading fourth score of the year. UCLA continued its defensive Sun. 16 CSUN 7 p.m. dominance, allowing just six shots all game with one only one reaching keeper Justin Garces, who made the save for his first Sat. 22 at UC Santa Barbara Stream 7 p.m. career shutout. The game was originally scheduled for Friday night but had to be delayed due to thunderstorms in the area. Thu. 27 at California P12N 3 p.m. NO GOALS FOR YOU Sun. 30 at Stanford P12N 5 p.m. The Bruins have been among the best in the nation in keeping the ball out of their own net this season, as they have allowed just one goal over their first four games for a 0.250 goals against average that ranks seventh in the nation. This is the first time October in the Jorge Salcedo era (since 2004) and the first time for the program since 2000 allowing just one goal through the first four games of the season. Thu. 4 Washington P12N 8 p.m. Sun. 7 Oregon State P12N 12 p.m. 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 Sat. 13 at San Diego State Stream 7 p.m. Annenberg Stadium. The stadium, which seats 2,145, is located at the previously-named North Athletic Field, where UCLA Sat. 20 Loyola Marymount 7 p.m. 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 Thu. 25 at Washington P12N 8 p.m. Daktronics LED video board and Musco Sports lighting. Future phases of the stadium project may include expanded seating, a Sun. 28 at Oregon State P12N 2 p.m. training room, student-athlete locker room, coaches’ locker rooms, meeting spaces, ticketing space, and a new press box. November IN THE POLLS Thu. 1 California P12N 7 p.m. With the impressive win at Maryland last week, UCLA made a jump in every national poll. The Bruins went from receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches Poll to No. 11. They also made jumps in the polls for Top Drawer Soccer (No. 13), Soccer America Sun. 4 Stanford P12N 4 p.m. (No. 14), and College Soccer News (No. 15). In the United Soccer Coaches Far West Region poll, UCLA is No. 2. Both of this Thu. 8 San Diego State P12N 8 p.m. week’s opponents are unranked, though CSUN was “also considered” in the CSN poll and was ranked No. 6 in the Far West poll. HOLT NAMED TO TOP DRAWER’S TEAM OF THE WEEK UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA UCLA senior midfielder Erik Holt was named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week on Tuesday, meaning he’s been included @UCLAMSoccer on that prestigious squad twice in the season’s opening three weeks. Holt set up Kamara’s game-winning goal at Maryland and Men’s Soccer Twitter: was a key piece of the Bruins’ defensive efforts as they shut out the Terps for the squad’s third shutout in four games. Holt leads Men’s Soccer Instagram: @UCLAMSoccer the Pac-12 with three assists this season, all on Kamara tallies. Men’s Soccer Facebook: /UCLAMSoccer AMAYA CALLED UP TO U-20 NATIONAL TEAM UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics UCLA freshman midfielder Frankie Amaya received a call-up the U.S. U-20 Men’s National Team last week. He will join the @UCLAAthletics squad for tournament games at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. on Sept. 9 (against the U.S. U-19 squad) and Sept. 11 (vs. UCLA Athletics Instagram: Venezuela). Amaya made his debut with the U-20s earlier this year, participating in a two-week training camp in Spain, scoring a UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics goal against France, and playing against the Atletico Madrid U-21 team. The U-20s are in the middle of the 2019 World Cup cycle with the CONCACAF U-20 championship on the horizon in November. 2018 UCLA MEN’S SOCCER UNITED SOCCER COACHES POLL (9/11) KAMARA DOESN’T MISS A BEAT IN D-I TRANSITION Junior forward Mohammed Kamara, a junior college transfer, has immediately proven himself as one of top goalscoring threats in Division I soccer. The Monrovia, Liberia native has potted a team-high four goals over the first four games of the year, placing RK TEAM PRVS. RECORD him first in the Pac-12 and 10th in the country with a 1.00 goals per game average. Meanwhile, his 4.67 shots per game average 1 Wake Forest (23) 1 5-0-0 paces the league and sits 14th nationally. His debut Division I goal at Coastal Carolina, a moonshot chip over the keeper, was the 2 Indiana (2) 4 4-1-0 No. 2 play on that night’s Sportscenter Top-10. He has scored in three of the Bruins’ four games, including a pair of game-winners. 3 North Carolina (2) 5 4-1-0 Kamara led Tyler Junior College to back-to-back national titles, scoring 70 goals in 48 games, including a sophomore campaign 4 Michigan State (1) 3 4-0-1 that saw him score in every game (he had 48 overall in 22 contests) while winning NJCAA National Player of the Year honors. 5 Denver 6 4-0-1 HOT START 6 Kentucky RV 4-0-0 UCLA is 3-1 through four games for the first time since 2014. This is the sixth time under Salcedo that the Bruins have won three 7 Louisville 7 3-1-0 of their first four games (2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2018). 8 Notre Dame 12 3-0-1 9 Washington 23 5-1-0 STANDOUT DEBUT FOR HUNDLEY With five points, freshman Matt Hundley led UCLA to a 4-0 win at Coastal Carolina on opening day. That two goal, one assist 10 Duke 2 3-1-0 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 11 UCLA RV 3-1-0 current assistant coach Matt Taylor had a trick in 2003, and the only Bruin frosh this millenium with five points on Opening Day.