UIC SOCCER 2006 MATCH NOTES 2006 SCHEDULE UIC FLAMES August (1-0-1) 26 at No. 25 Saint Louis W, 1-0 vs. 30 DEPAUL T, 0-0 (2OT) September UMKC 1 UMKC 7:00 pm CT (0-2-0) 3 BRADLEY 7:00 pm CT 8 at UCSB 7:00 pm PT 10 at Cal Poly 1:00 pm PT Friday, Septemeber 1st 15 at Florida Int. 7:30 pm ET 7:00 p.m. 17 at Florida Atlantic 2:00 pm ET 24 at Detroit# 1:00 pm ET Flames Field 28 at Wisconsin 6:00 pm CT Chicago, Ill. October 3 UW–MILWAUKEE# 7:00 pm CT 8 CLEVELAND ST.# 6:00 pm CT FLAMES OPEN SEPTEMBER 11 NORTHWESTERN 7:00 pm CT WITH HOME NIGHT GAME 13 at Wright St. # 7:00 pm ET 15 at Butler# 1:00 pm ET 20 at Loyola# 7:00 pm CT After making history with the program’s 22 UW–GREEN BAY# 6:00 pm CT fi rst home night game this past Wednes- 2006 Horizon League Tournament day, the UIC soccer team will not wait Senior captain Derek Kosek 27 First Round TBA leads a stout defense that November long to play evening game No. 2 at has yet to give up a goal 3 Semifi nals TBA home when the Flames battle UMKC in 2006. 5 Final TBA this Friday. UIC has not allowed a goal in Home Games in CAPS 200 minutes of action so far this season, UIC SOCCER QUICK KICKS All times local the second consecutive year that the # - Horizon League Contest Flames have posted two straight shut- - UIC has yet to give up a goal in outs to begin a campaign. two games (200 minutes of play). - Wednesday’s double-overtime MEDIA INFORMATION match versus DePaul marked UIC PROBABLE STARTERS the third straight season that the Flames and Blue Demons have All media requests for in- Pos. No. Name Hometown played a double-overtime con- formation and interviews GK 1 Jovan Bubonja Belgrade, Serbia test. should be directed to: F 10 Tonci Skroce Zadar, Croatia F 18 Pawel Otachel Chicago, Ill. - The match between the Flames M 6 Pavle Dundjer Belgrade, Serbia and Blue Demons saw UIC hold John Jaramillo M 7 Adnan Ejupovic Prijedor, Bosnia DePaul shotless, with a 15-0 shot UIC Sports Information M 8 Baggio Husidic Libertyville, Ill. advantage in favor of the Flames. Offi ce: (312) 996-5880 M 9 Cesar Zambrano Chicago, Ill. M 13 Brandon Bilbrey Barrington, Ill. - UIC last played UMKC on Septem- Mobile: (773) 820-1820 D 11 Derek Kosek Batavia, Ill. Fax: (312) 996-8349 ber 10, 2005, winning on a Tonci D 22 Mike Giffi n St. Charles, Ill. Skroce goal in the fi rst minute of E-Mail: [email protected] D 23 Pat McMahon Bolingbrook, Ill. overtime. www.uicfl ames.com SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION KEEPING UP WITH JAY UIC SOCCER QUICK FACTS UMKC (0-2) Head Coach: Rick Benben (9th Year) GENERAL INFORMATION UMKC enters Friday’s contest with an 0-2 over- Location: Chicago, Ill all record. The Kangaroos fell to Drake by a 3-0 Founded: 1896 score on August 25th, followed by a 2-1 loss at Enrollment: 24,541 the hands of Missouri State on August 27th. Joe President: B. Joseph White Chirco has UMKC’s only goal this season. UMKC Chancellor: Sylvia Manning is 3-2 all-time against the Flames. Director of Athletics: James W. Schmidt Conference: Horizon League Field (Capacity): Flames Field (1,000) FLAMES FACTS Athletics Website: www.uicfl ames.com FAMILIAR FACES: UIC returns 13 letterwinners from last year’s COACHING STAFF 10-5-2 squad, including nine of 11 starters. The Head Coach: John Trask Flames feature eight seniors on the roster. Alma Mater (Year): Indiana (1990) Former UIC standout Jay DeMerit is currently playing his fi rst sea- Record at UIC (Years): 11-5-3 (2nd Year) THREE FLAMES FIRST: son in the English Premier League Career Record (Years): Same Junior midfi elders Pavle Dundjer and Cesar Assistant Coach: Sean Phillips with Watford FC. In the club’s last Zambrano and senior forward Tonci Skroce Alma Mater (Year): Indiana (1994) match, DeMerit made the start in each earned All-Horizon League First Team ac- Assistant Coach: Aleksey Korol a narrow 2-1 defeat to Manchester colades last season. The trio combined for 53 Alma Mater (Year): Indiana (1999) United this past Saturday, giving of UIC’s 60 points, with 19 goals and 15 assists Volunteer Assistant: C.J. Brown the renowned “Red Devils” a fi ght. Undergraduate Assistant: Ross Cain coming from the boots of Dundjer, Zambrano Soccer Offi ce Phone: (312) 996-6755 and Skroce. Soccer Fax: (312) 996-8349 CHICAGO’S VERY OWN: Best Time to Reach Coaches: Contact SID PAVLE DUNDJER, AN ALL-AMERICAN MAN: UIC head coach John Trask has used Third-year playmaker Pavle Dundjer has made TEAM INFORMATION the talent-rich Chicagoland area to himself a strong candidate for NSCAA/adidas 2005 Overall Record: 10-5-2 stock the Flames with standout stu- 2005 Horizon League Record: 4-2-1 All-American honors this year. A two-time All- dent-athletes. 17 current Flames hail 2005 Horizon League Finish: T-2nd Horizon League First Teamer, Dundjer made a from Chicago area high schools. Starters Returning/Lost: 9/2 big impact last season with career bests in goals Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 13/3 (7), assists (8) and points (22), earning a spot on JOVAN STARTS SPOTLESS: Newcomers: 10 the NSCAA All-Midwest Region Second Team. Redshirt freshman Jovan Bubonja First Year of Division I Soccer: 1981 now has two clean sheets to his All-Time Division I Record: 190-223-27 LOOKING AHEAD: record in his fi rst two starts of the All-Time League Championships: 2 (1999, Following UIC’s match vs. UMKC, the Flames 2000) season after UIC’s 0-0 draw with De- tangle with in-state rival Bradley this Sunday NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (1999, Paul. 2000) night. Best NCAA Finish: Round of 16 (2000) TONCI CLUTCH: All-Time NCAA Tournament Record: 3-2 After scoring the deciding goal against Saint Louis this past Satur- SPORTS INFORMATION day, Tonci Skroce picked up his 13th Director: Mike Cassidy career goal. Six of those scores are of SID Phone: (312) 413-8199 the game-winning variety. SOCCER SID: John Jaramillo Soccer SID Offi ce Phone: (312) 996-5880 Soccer SID Cell Phone: (773) 820-1820 LAST TIME VS. UMKC: Soccer SID E-Mail: [email protected] Tonci Skroce scored the game-win- SID Fax: (312) 996-8349 ning goal 49 seconds into overtime Flames Field Press Box: (312) 355-1192 to propel the Flames to a 2-1 come- back victory over the Kangaroos on Sept. 10, 2005 at UMKC’s Swope Park. Cesar Zambrano scored the ty- ing goal in the 53rd minute after UIC fell behind in the 23rd minute. Goalkeeper Jovan Bubonja has been perfect between the posts in his fi rst two collegiate starts. www.uicfl ames.com 2006 UIC FLAMES SOCCER ROSTER UIC HEAD COACH No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht./Wt. Hometown/Last School 1 Jovan Bubonja GK RS Fr. 6-1/181 Belgrade, Serbia/VI Belgrade 2 Ian Sarachan M Fr. 5-6/175 Gurnee, Ill./Warren JOHN TRASK 3 Matt Spiess F Fr. 5-10/175 St. Louis, Mo./Chaminade Prep 6 Pavle Dundjer M Jr. 5-9/161 Belgrade, Serbia/Zemunska Gimnazija 7 Adnan Ejupovic M Sr. 6-2/170 Prijedor, Bosnia/Foreman/Oakton C.C. 8 Baggio Husidic M Fr. 6-1/173 Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville 9 Cesar Zambrano M Jr. 6-1/145 Chicago, Ill./Brother Rice 10 Tonci Skroce F Sr. 6-1/177 Zadar, Croatia/IX Gimnasium/Kendall Coll. 11 Derek Kosek D Sr. 5-11/155 Batavia, Ill./Batavia 13 Brandon Bilbrey D Jr. 6-0/170 Barrington, Ill./Fremd/Philadelphia Univ. 14 Alen Husidic F Fr. 5-10/160 Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville/Lake County 15 Brodey Simkins F Sr. 5-10/155 Bozeman, Mont./Bozeman 16 Dan Simek F So. 5-10/165 LaGrange, Ill./Lyons Township 17 Pawel Ligas M Jr. 5-11/155 Justice, Ill./Argo 18 Pawel Otachel M Sr. 5-8/140 Franklin Park, Ill./East Leyden/IPFW 19 Eric Lee D Fr. 5-7/154 Tampa, Fla./Gaither 20 Eric Cervantes F Sr. 5-8/145 Hoff man Estates, Ill./Hoff man Estates When John Trask was named the fourth head 21 Emir Hadziahmetovic M Jr. 6-2/185 Chicago, Ill./Lane Tech/Oakton C.C. men’s soccer coach in UIC’s Division I history on 22 Mike Giffi n D So. 6-1/160 St. Charles, Ill./Burlington Cent./NMU January 17, 2005, a new standard of excellence 23 Pat McMahon D So. 5-11/150 Bolingbrook, Ill./Benet was immediately established for the program. 24 Nate Downing D Fr. 5-10/145 Columbus, Ind./Columbus North 25 Jed Schenkier M Sr. 6-0/180 Evanston, Ill./Evanston /Syracuse That standard was on display throughout Trask’s 26 Mike Muskin D Fr. 5-11/170 Chicago, Ill./Lake Central (Ind.) fi rst season at the helm. The fi rst-year manager 27 Stevan Jovcic F Fr. 6-2/175 Niles, Ill./Niles West guided a team that went 5-12-2 in the fall prior to 28 Cedomir Micic D So. 6-4/195 Mount Prospect, Ill./Prospect his arrival to a fantastic 10-5-2 campaign in 2005, 29 Jeff Engelbrecht GK Jr. 6-3/175 Peoria, Ill./Peoria Notre Dame posting the nation’s sixth-best turnaround in the 30 Roman Tulis GK Sr.