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. 15 UCLA (4-2-0) vs. UC Santa Barbara (4-3-0) No. Player GP GS G A Pts GWG Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018 – 7:30 p.m. (PT) 17 Matt Hundley 6 6 3 3 9 1 Santa Barbara, Calif. (Harder Stadium) 10 Mohammed Kamara 6 5 4 0 8 2 4 Erik Holt 6 6 0 3 3 0 GAME INFORMATION 9 Santiago Herrera 6 5 1 0 2 0 Venue: Harder Stadium (17,000) 18 Robert Knights 4 0 1 0 2 0 Kickoff Time: 7:30 p.m. PT 28 Matthew Powell 6 6 1 0 2 1 Live Stats: UCLABruins.com vs. 3 Alex Knox 6 0 0 1 1 0 Stream: UCSB Live Stream 8 Anderson Asiedu 6 6 0 1 1 0 Stream Commentary: Gerry Fall 4-3-0 4-2-0 24 Frankie Amaya 5 2 0 1 1 0 Twitter: @UCLAMSoccer All-Time Series: 35-5-3 UCLA’S LEADING SCORERS (2017) No. Player GP GS G A Pts GWG UCLA has won last two, is unbeaten in last three matchups at 10 Brian Iloski 16 15 6 3 15 3 Harder Stadium. 7 Milan Iloski 17 10 3 2 8 2 BRUINS START ROAD TRIP WITH CONTEST AT UC SANTA BARBARA 9 Santiago Herrera 18 17 3 1 7 0 UCLA kicks off a season-long three-game road swing this weekend, trekking north for a non-conference battle against Big 8 Anderson Asiedu 16 16 2 2 6 0 West-member UC Santa Barbara. The contest is scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. start. A stream and live stats will both be available on 3 Alex Knox 16 11 2 2 6 0 UCLABruins.com, while the @UCLAMSoccer Twitter account will provide live updates throughout the tilt. 19 Blayne Martinez 18 5 2 1 5 0 28 Matthew Powell 16 15 2 0 4 1 WEEK IN REVIEW 14 Eric Iloski 17 16 1 1 3 1 UCLA hosted a pair of non-conference home games last week, topping Omaha on Wednesday 2-1 before suffering a 2-1 defeat 4 Erik Holt 16 16 1 1 3 0 to CSUN on Sunday night. The Bruins allowed just one shot on goal against the Mavericks, but that one attempt - a first half free 2 Eirik Baekkelund 18 3 1 1 3 0 kick - found the back of the net. However, UCLA converted on a pair of scoring chances in the second half, with Santiago Herrera 12 Roman Martin 6 0 1 0 2 0 knocking in a rebound to equalize and then Matthew Powell heading in a corner for the eventual game-winner. The Matadors *Returners in bold flipped the script on the Bruins on Sunday, with UCLA taking a 1-0 lead through Matt Hundley’s third goal of the season before watching CSUN score a pair of second half goals to take the win. 2018 SCHEDULE DEFENSE FIRST MENTALITY The Bruins have been among the best in the nation in keeping the ball out of their own net this season, as their 0.667 team August goals against average ranks 23rd in the country and second in the Pac-12. UCLA allowed just one goal through its first four Fri. 24 at No. 18 Coastal Carolina Stream W, 4-0 games, the first time the program accomplished that since 2000. Last week represented the first time the Bruins allowed goals in back-to-back games, and Sunday’s clash was the first time allowing multiple goals in one contest this year. UCLA has allowed Tue. 28 San Diego P12N W, 2-0 just 16 shots on goal this season, an average of 2.67 per game. The Bruins are outshooting their opponents 84-40 for the year, a +44 differential. September Sun. 2 San Francisco L, 0-1 WINNING THE SHOTS BATTLE UCLA has outshot its opposition in every game so far this season, including a season-best 21-3 advantage against Omaha last Fri. 8 at Maryland Stream W, 1-0 Wednesday. The Bruins’ smallest advantage has been against CSUN with a +3 shots differential. When UCLA’s opponents have Wed. 12 Omaha W, 2-1 got shots off, few of them are reaching the keeper. UCLA opponents have mustered just one shot goal in three of six games this season, and CSUN’s six shots on frame on Sunday represented the first time this season that a Bruin opponent has reached more Sun. 16 CSUN L, 1-2 than four shots on goal. Sat. 22 at UC Santa Barbara Stream 7:30 p.m. WALLIS ANNENBERG STADIUM OPENS FOR 2018 SEASON Thu. 27 at California P12N 3 p.m. After playing home games at Drake Stadium from 2000-17, the UCLA soccer teams have moved into a new home, Wallis Sun. 30 at Stanford P12N 5 p.m. 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 stadium was made possible thanks to a $5 million lead gift from the Annenberg October Foundation. The just-completed first phase of the stadium project includes grandstands and a press box on the west side, a Thu. 4 Washington P12N 8 p.m. Daktronics LED video board and Musco Sports lighting. Future phases of the stadium project may include expanded seating, a training room, student-athlete locker room, coaches’ locker rooms, meeting spaces, ticketing space, and a new press box. Sun. 7 Oregon State P12N 12 p.m. Sat. 13 at San Diego State Stream 7 p.m. IN THE POLLS Sat. 20 Loyola Marymount 7 p.m. UCLA remained in every major national poll this week, appearing as high as No. 15 (Top Drawer). The Bruins were also in the top-25 for Soccer America (No. 17), College Soccer News (No. 21), and the United Soccer Coaches (No. 23). In the United Soccer Thu. 25 at Washington P12N 8 p.m. Coaches Far West region poll, UCLA is No. 6. UCLA has been ranked as high as No. 8 in the country so far this season. UCSB Sun. 28 at Oregon State P12N 2 p.m. enters the week unranked, but received votes in the College Soccer News poll. AMAYA CALLED UP TO U-20 NATIONAL TEAM November UCLA freshman midfielder Frankie Amaya received a call-up the U.S. U-20 Men’s National Team earlier this month, joining the Thu. 1 California P12N 7 p.m. squad for the U-20 MNT Invitational tournament at the IMG Academy in Bradenton from Sept. 7-11. Amaya made his debut with Sun. 4 Stanford P12N 4 p.m. the U-20s earlier this year, participating in a two-week training camp in Spain, scoring a 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 Thu. 8 San Diego State P12N 8 p.m. on the horizon in November. KAMARA FILLS THE NET UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA Junior forward Mohammed Kamara, a junior college transfer, has immediately proven himself as one of top goalscoring threats in Men’s Soccer Twitter: @UCLAMSoccer Division I soccer. The Monrovia, Liberia native has potted a team-high four goals over the first six games of the year, placing him second in the Pac-12 and 40th in the country with a 0.67 goals per game average. Meanwhile, his 4.00 shots per game average Men’s Soccer Instagram: @UCLAMSoccer paces the league and sits 16th nationally. His debut Division I goal at Coastal Carolina, a moonshot chip over the keeper, was the Men’s Soccer Facebook: /UCLAMSoccer No. 2 play on that night’s Sportscenter Top-10. He has scored in three of the Bruins’ six games, including a pair of game-winners. UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics Kamara led Tyler Junior College to back-to-back national titles, scoring 70 goals in 48 games, including a sophomore campaign that saw him score in every game (he had 48 overall in 22 contests) while winning NJCAA National Player of the Year honors. UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics /UCLAAthletics HUNDLEY UNFAZED IN FRESHMAN SEASON UCLA Athletics Facebook: Freshman midfielder Matt Hundley was UCLA’s top offensive performer last week, recording a goal and two assists to take over the team lead in points this season. His nine points rank second in the Pac-12. The Colorado Radids Academy product has multiple #GoBruins points in three of six games this season.With five points, Hundley led UCLA to a 4-0 win at Coastal Carolina on opening day. That 2018 UCLA MEN’S SOCCER UNITED SOCCER COACHES POLL (9/18) two goal, one assist 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 current assistant coach Matt Taylor had a trick in 2003, and the only Bruin frosh this millenium with five points on Opening Day. RK TEAM PRVS. RECORD 1 Wake Forest (24) 1 7-0-0 BRUINS BRING IN NATION’S TOP RECRUITING CLASS 2 Indiana (2) 2 6-1-0 Featuring four of the top-20 ranked academy players in the country, UCLA’s 2018 recruiting class was deemed the best in the 3 North Carolina (2) 3 5-1-0 country by Top Drawer Soccer.