UCLA Men's Soccer Weekly Press Release • September 16, 2008 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

Bruins Host Broncos Saturday Night At Drake Stadium UCLA looking to avenge last season's playoff loss to Santa Clara.

This Week — The UCLA men's soccer team (1-3-1) hosts Santa Clara (1-3-1) on Saturday, Sept. 20 in a 2008 UCLA Schedule non-conference matchup at Drake Stadium at 7 pm. This game is a rematch of last season's NCAA second round playoff match, which Santa Clara won at home, 3-1. Date Opponent Time/Result Aug. 29 #8 Maryland (at Home Depot Ctr.) L 1-2, ot Tickets — Tickets for Saturday's game can be purchased at the gate for $7 (adults)/$5 (students/youth). UCLA students are admitted free with valid student ID. Aug. 31 UC Riverside W 3-0 Sept. 5 at #1 Wake Forest (Deacon Classic) L 0-3 Live Coverage — Gametracker live stats and a free audio broadcast will be available at UCLABruins.com. Sept. 7 vs. #15 North Carolina (Deacon Classic) T 1-1 Scouting The Broncos — Santa Clara opened the season ranked No. 5 in the preseason polls but dropped Sept. 12 #19 Indiana L 0-3 out of the rankings after losing its fi rst three games. The Broncos have rebounded, however, in their last Sept. 20 Santa Clara 7 pm two games, defeating Milwaukee, 2-1, and tying sixth-ranked California this weekend, 1-1. Santa Clara is Sept. 25 at San Diego 7 pm led in scoring by junior midfi elder Jeff Cosgriff with two goals and two assists. Sept. 28 Cal State Northridge 2:30 pm UCLA's History With Santa Clara — UCLA leads the all-time series with Santa Clara, 15-9-4, but has lost Oct. 1 UC Santa Barbara 7 pm the last two. Those two losses both came in 2007 in Santa Clara. In the regular season meeting on Sept. Oct. 5 San Diego State*# 2:30 pm 22, the Bruins took a 1-0 lead on a Mike Zaher goal, but a red card in the second half left the Bruins a Oct. 10 at California* 4 pm man down for the fi nal 23 minutes of regulation. Santa Clara tied the score with four and a half minutes Oct. 12 at Stanford* 2:30 pm to play and then won the game just 39 seconds into overtime on a Jeff Cosgriff goal. In the NCAA second round game on Nov. 28, Zaher evened the game at 1-1 with a goal in the 37th minute, but in the second Oct. 17 Washington* 7 pm half, the Broncos scored twice in just over a minute span to win, 3-1. Goalkeeper Trevor Hunter made his Oct. 19 Oregon State* 1 pm fi rst career start in the playoff game after regular starter Brian Perk injured his shoulder in the fi nal minute Oct. 24 at Washington* 7 pm of the NCAA fi rst round game against New Mexico. Hunter made four saves in the contest, while Bronco Oct. 26 at Oregon State* 2 pm goalkeeper Kevin Klasila had fi ve saves. Oct. 31 California*# 7:30 pm The Bruins and Broncos last met in Los Angeles in 2006. UCLA's Maxwell Griffi n and Jason Leopoldo scored Nov. 2 Stanford*# 2:30 pm 19 seconds apart in the second half to give UCLA a 2-0 advantage. Santa Clara scored as time expired to Nov. 8 Cal Poly 7 pm make the fi nal margin 2-1 Bruins, which gave the seventh-ranked Broncos its fi rst loss of the season. Nov. 15 at San Diego State* 1 pm Bruins Fall To Hoosiers — No. 15/19 Indiana scored three goals in seven and a half minutes to turn a Nov. 21-22 NCAA First Round TBD scoreless tie into a 3-0 Hoosier victory. Two of the goals were scored off free kicks, and the other goal Nov. 26 NCAA Second Round TBD was scored after two rebounded shots. The Bruins had chances to take the lead earlier in the game, but Nov. 29-30 NCAA Third Round TBD Maxwell Griffi n hit the right post in the fi rst half, and Indiana goalkeeper Chay Cain made a leaping save Dec. 5-7 NCAA Quarterfi nals TBD on a header in the box by Fernando Monge in the 54th minute. Dec. 12&14 NCAA College Cup (at Frisco, TX) TBD Deceiving Record — The Bruins' record of 1-3-1 is deceiving, as the team has played four out of fi ve games Home matches in bold against ranked opponents. In fact, all of UCLA's non-wins have come against Top 20 teams, including * - Pac-10 Conference Match, # - Doubleheader with UCLA women’s team top-ranked and defending NCAA champion Wake Forest. All four of those teams are currently ranked in All home matches played at Marshall Field at Drake Stadium unless otherwise the Top 15 in the Soccer America rankings - No. 1 Wake Forest, No. 6 Maryland, No. 8 North Carolina and indicated. Rankings are NSCAA/adidas rankings. No. 13 Indiana. Rusin Doubles Offensive Output — With two goals this season, senior Brad Rusin has already doubled his previous career goal-scoring output. The central defender entered the 2008 campaign with just one career goal, in 2005, but he has scored goals in two of his last four games to tie forward Maxwell Griffi n Stat Leaders for the team lead in goals scored with two. Goals First-Timers — Seeing their fi rst NCAA Division I action on opening day against Maryland were starters Eder Maxwell Griffi n - 2 Arreola, Christian Vazquez, Chris Cummings and Luis Serrano and reserves Fernando Monge and Prince Brad Rusin - 2 Lapnet. Other Bruin freshmen made their collegiate debuts two days later against UC Riverside - Oscar Michael Stephens - 1 Reyes, Zack Zerrenner and Andy Rose. Monge and Lapnet made their fi rst career starts at Wake Forest, Assists and Zerrenner and Rose started for the fi rst time against North Carolina on Sunday. Kyle Nakazawa - 2 Maxwell Griffi n - 2 Nakazawa Named To M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Watch List — Junior midfi elder Kyle Nakazawa was named Eder Arreola - 1 to the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Watch List. Nakazawa, UCLA's 2007 Team MVP, has started every game Jason Leopoldo - 1 of his collegiate career (50 starts and counting) and compiled a total of seven goals and 17 assists. In Points 2007, he led the Bruins with seven assists and was second on the team in scoring with 13 points and Maxwell Griffi n - 6 two game-winning goals, both of which were scored in the fi nal two minutes of the game, at Washington Brad Rusin - 4 and against New Mexico in the NCAA fi rst round. Nakazawa was a second-team All-Pac-10 selection in Michael Stephens - 2 2007 and a Soccer America All-Freshman honoree in 2006. The former youth international totaled 21 Kyle Nakazawa - 2 career caps with the U.S. Under-17 National Team and was a starter on the U-17 team that placed fi fth at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championships. Nakazawa was also named to Soccer America's Pre-Season Goals Against Average Trevor Hunter - 0.82 All-America fi rst team. Brian Perk - 1.96 Fresh Faces — UCLA enters the season with 12 new players, including 11 true freshmen. The freshman class was rated the No. 9 recruiting class in the nation by College Soccer News and includes four players with U.S. Youth National Team experience - Eder Arreola, Chris Cummings, Oscar Reyes and Victor Yanez. In Bristol, England's Andy Rose, the Bruins have their fi rst foreign player since Martin Bruno of Copenhagen,

p. 1 of 2 Denmark, by way of Terra Linda HS in the Bay Area, played on the team from 1996-99. The last UCLA player to come from a foreign school was Canadian Brad McAdams back in 1987. UCLA In The Rankings Also new to the program are assistant coaches Kenny Arena and Ignacio Hernandez. Arena was an assistant Week SA NSCAA CSN TDS ST coach at George Mason in 2007 and served as a volunteer assistant at his alma mater, the University of Virginia Pre 11 14 14 26 13 9/2 14 19 18 28 16 in 2006. Arena played with the Cavaliers from 1999-2002 and was an All-ACC performer during his senior 9/8 nr 24 24 28 21 season. He also played in Major League Soccer with the NY/NJ MetroStars and DC United. Hernandez, UCLA's 9/15 nr rv nr 32 rv new volunteer assistant coach, was the goalkeeper coach for El Salvador's National Team from 2006-07 and Legend: SA - Soccer America; NSCAA - National Soccer the goalkeeper coach and assistant coach for the LA Galaxy when it won the MLS Cup title in 20