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. 12 UCLA (1-0-0) vs. San Diego (0-0-1) No. Player GP GS G A Pts GWG Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018 – 7:00 p.m. (PT) 17 Matt Hundley 1 1 2 1 5 1 Los Angeles, Calif. (Wallis Annenberg Stadium) 10 Mohammed Kamara 1 1 1 0 2 0 18 Robert Knights 1 0 1 0 2 0 GAME INFORMATION 3 Alex Knox 1 0 0 1 1 0 Venue: Wallis Annenberg Stadium (2,145) 8 Anderson Asiedu 1 1 0 1 1 0 Kickoff Time: 7:00 p.m. PT TV: Pac-12 Networks vs. UCLA’S LEADING SCORERS (2017) Commentary: Jim Watson (PxP), Cobi Jones (color) No. Player GP GS G A Pts GWG Live Stats/Radio: UCLABruins.com 0-0-1 1-0-0 10 Brian Iloski 16 15 6 3 15 3 Radio Commentary: Nick Koop 7 Milan Iloski 17 10 3 2 8 2 Tickets: $10 (GA) / $5 (youth/military) All-Time Series: UCLA leads, 23-8-4 9 Santiago Herrera 18 17 3 1 7 0 8 Anderson Asiedu 16 16 2 2 6 0 Bruins and Toreros meeting for just second time in last four 3 Alex Knox 16 11 2 2 6 0 seasons 19 Blayne Martinez 18 5 2 1 5 0 28 Matthew Powell 16 15 2 0 4 1 BRUINS HOST TOREROS IN HOME OPENER, FIRST REGULAR SEASON GAME AT NEW STADIUM 14 Eric Iloski 17 16 1 1 3 1 After opening the season on the road, No. 12 UCLA (1-0-0) returns home this week to host San Diego in the Wallis Annenberg 4 Erik Holt 16 16 1 1 3 0 Stadium home opener. The match, televised by the Pac-12 Networks, will kick off at 7:00 p.m. Live stats and a radio broadcast 2 Eirik Baekkelund 18 3 1 1 3 0 are available on UCLABruins.com, while the @UCLAMSoccer Twitter account will provide live updates. Tuesday marks the UCLA 12 Roman Martin 6 0 1 0 2 0 men’s first official game in the new stadium, but Bruin teams are a combined 3-0 so far in the new venue (women are 1-0 in 16 Christian Chavez 17 15 0 1 1 0 regular season and 1-0 in exhibition, men are 1-0 in exhibition). 25 Joab Santoyo 16 16 0 1 1 0 18 Robert Knights 5 0 0 1 1 0 WEEK IN REVIEW *Returners in bold UCLA began the year on a high note last week, dropping four goals and maintaining a clean sheet to defeat No. 18 Coastal Carolina on the road. Freshman Matt Hundley opened the scoring in the first half, finding paydirt with a left-footed strike in the 2018 SCHEDULE 24th minute. He extended UCLA’s lead to 2-0 in the 71st minute, drilling a free kick from about 40 yards out. The Bruins put the game on ice with two goals in the final 13 minutes of the game; Mohammed Kamara chipped the goalie for a highlight-reel August Division I debut goal, then Robert Knights redirected an Alex Knox cross in the 89th minute for his first career goal. Senior keeper Cole Martinez came up with three saves for his first career shutout. Fri. 24 at No. 18 Coastal Carolina Stream W, 4-0 Tue. 28 San Diego P12N 7 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 September 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 Sun. 2 San Francisco 7 p.m. Foundation. The just-completed first phase of the stadium project includes grandstands and a press box on the west side, a Fri. 7 at Maryland Stream 4 p.m. Daktronics LED video board and Musco Sports lighting. Future phases of the stadium project may include expanded seating, a Wed. 12 Omaha 7 p.m. training room, student-athlete locker room, coaches’ locker rooms, meeting spaces, ticketing space, and a new press box. Sun. 16 CSUN 7 p.m. IN THE POLLS Sat. 22 at UC Santa Barbara Stream 7 p.m. Though UCLA did not make it into the top-25 of the preseason United Soccer Coaches Poll, the Bruins have made strides in both Thu. 27 at California P12N 3 p.m. the Top Drawer and College Soccer News polls. Appearing at No. 17 in the preseason Top Drawer Poll, the Bruins were No. 12 in this week’s poll. Similarly, UCLA jumped from No. 28 in the preseason to No. 17 this week in the CSN rankings. In the United Sun. 30 at Stanford P12N 5 p.m. Soccer Coaches poll, released Aug. 3, the Bruins received the second-most votes of teams outside the top-25. San Diego enters the week unranked. October Thu. 4 Washington P12N 8 p.m. BRUINS POT FOUR GOALS Last Friday represented the second straight year that the Bruins pummeled the back of the net on Opening Day (UCLA defeated Sun. 7 Oregon State P12N 12 p.m. San Francisco 5-3 on Aug. 26, 2017). UCLA’s current goals per game ratio trails only one school in the entire nation: Winthrop, Sat. 13 at San Diego State Stream 7 p.m. who defeated Georgia Southwestern 6-0 in their lone contest. Sat. 20 Loyola Marymount 7 p.m. STANDOUT DEBUT FOR HUNDLEY Thu. 25 at Washington P12N 8 p.m. Freshman midfielder Matt Hundley could scarcely have hoped for a better Division I debut, as the Littleton, Colo. native scored the Sun. 28 at Oregon State P12N 2 p.m. team’s first two goals and assisted on another for five points. What’s more, he narrowly missed out on a hat trick as he had a shot roll just wide of the post in the sixth minute. With the outburst, he becomes: November • Just the second Bruin in the last three years to notch five points in a single game (Alex Knox, Oct. 26, 2017 vs. Oregon State) • The first to do so on Opening Day since current assistant coach Matt Taylor notched a hat trick in the opening game of the Thu. 1 California P12N 7 p.m. 2003 season Sun. 4 Stanford P12N 4 p.m. • The only UCLA frosh this millenium to grab five points on Opening Day. Thu. 8 San Diego State P12N TBD HUNDLEY NAMED TO COLLEGE SOCCER NEWS TEAM OF THE WEEK With his dominant offensive performance, Hundley found himself named to the College Soccer News Team of the Week, one of UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA just two freshmen on the 13-man team. Hundley is also a top candidate for the Pac-12 Player of the Week and UCLA/Muscle Milk Student Athlete of the Week awards. Men’s Soccer Twitter: @UCLAMSoccer KAMARA MAKES A CAMEO ON SPORTSCENTER Men’s Soccer Instagram: @UCLAMSoccer Junior forward and 2017 NJCAA National Player of the Year Mohammed Kamara’s debut Division I goal caught the eyes of sports Men’s Soccer Facebook: /UCLAMSoccer fans across the country, as his moonshot chip was featured as the No. 2 play on Friday night’s Sportscenter Top 10. To view the UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics goal for yourself, head to the @UCLAMSoccer Twitter account. UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics SCOUTING THE TOREROS UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics The Toreros come to Westwood with one game under their belt, a scoreless draw at home against Big West-member UC Irvine. UCLA defeated the Anteaters 1-0 in a preseason exhibition. Starting Tuesday, USD will play three matches in seven day period. The #GoBruins Toreros, under first-year head coach Brian Quinn, return eight starters from last year’s squad, including all-region picks Miguel Berry (forward, 15 points in 2017) and Henry Lander (defender). Aaron Frey was the West Coast Conference’s Freshman of the 2018 UCLA MEN’S SOCCER UNITED SOCCER COACHES POLL (8/3) Year in 2018 and is one of three USD Preseason All-WCC choices alongside Berry and Lander. USD was 8-6-3 in 2017, the final season under 39-year head coach Seamus McFadden, reeling off a seven-match unbeaten streak at one point but closing the year on a four-game losing streak and missing the NCAA Tournament. RK TEAM PRVS. RECORD 1 Stanford (23) N/A 0-0-0 BRUINS BRING IN NATION’S TOP RECRUITING CLASS 2 Indiana (2) N/A 0-0-0 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) N/A 0-0-0 country by Top Drawer Soccer. This is the seventh time under Salcedo that UCLA has brought in the top class in the nation. 4 Akron (1) N/A 0-0-0 Standouts include 2017 NJCAA National Player of the Year Mohammed Kamara (Monrovia, Liberia / Tyler JC) and freshmen 5 Wake Forest N/A 0-0-0 Frankie Amaya (No. 6 national prospect / Santa Ana, Calif. / Pateadores Academy), Justin Garces (No. 16 prospect / Miami, Fla. 6 Louisville N/A 0-0-0 / Atlanta United Academy), Matt Hundley (No.