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) UCLA (4-3-0) vs. California (4-2-2) No. Player GP GS G A Pts GWG Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 – 3:00 p.m. (PT) 17 Matt Hundley 7 7 3 3 9 1 Berkeley, Calif. (Edwards Stadium) 10 Mohammed Kamara 6 5 4 0 8 2 4 Erik Holt 7 7 0 3 3 0 GAME INFORMATION 24 Frankie Amaya 6 3 1 1 3 0 Venue: Edwards Stadium (22,000) 9 Santiago Herrera 6 5 1 0 2 0 Kickoff Time: 3:00 p.m. PT 18 Robert Knights 4 0 1 0 2 0 Live Stats: UCLABruins.com vs. 28 Matthew Powell 7 7 1 0 2 1 TV/Stream: Pac-12 Network 3 Alex Knox 7 0 0 1 1 0 Commentary: Troy Clardy (PxP), Chris Sullivan (color) 4-2-2 4-3-0 8 Anderson Asiedu 7 6 0 1 1 0 Twitter: @UCLAMSoccer 19 Blayne Martinez 5 1 0 1 1 0 All-Time Series: UCLA leads 43-18-6 UCLA’S LEADING SCORERS (2017) UCLA looking to avenge Cal’s sweep in last season’s series No. Player GP GS G A Pts GWG 10 Brian Iloski 16 15 6 3 15 3 7 Milan Iloski 17 10 3 2 8 2 UCLA (4-3-0) vs. Stanford (3-1-3) 9 Santiago Herrera 18 17 3 1 7 0 Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018 – 5:00 p.m. (PT) 8 Anderson Asiedu 16 16 2 2 6 0 Stanford, Calif. (Laird Q. Cagan Stadium) 3 Alex Knox 16 11 2 2 6 0 19 Blayne Martinez 18 5 2 1 5 0 GAME INFORMATION 28 Matthew Powell 16 15 2 0 4 1 Venue: Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (2,952) 14 Eric Iloski 17 16 1 1 3 1 Kickoff Time: 5:00 p.m. PT 4 Erik Holt 16 16 1 1 3 0 Live Stats: UCLABruins.com vs. 2 Eirik Baekkelund 18 3 1 1 3 0 TV/Stream: Pac-12 Network 12 Roman Martin 6 0 1 0 2 0 Commentary: Troy Clardy (PxP), Chris Sullivan (color) 3-1-3 4-3-0 *Returners in bold Twitter: @UCLAMSoccer All-Time Series: UCLA leads 44-11-10 2018 SCHEDULE Bruins looking for first win at Stanford since 2013 August BRUINS OPEN PAC-12 PLAY ON THE ROAD AT CAL, STANFORD Fri. 24 at No. 18 Coastal Carolina Stream W, 4-0 UCLA commences Pac-12 Conference play this week, traveling to the Bay Area for contests at California on Thursday at 3:00 p.m. Tue. 28 San Diego P12N W, 2-0 and at Stanford on Sunday at 5:00 p.m. Both contests will be televised by the Pac-12 Networks, while live stats will be available through UCLABruins.com. The @UCLAMSoccer Twitter account will provide live updates throughout the games. September WEEK IN REVIEW Sun. 2 San Francisco L, 0-1 UCLA played just one game last week, falling 3-1 on the road at UC Santa Barbara on Saturday, Sept. 22. The Bruins took an early Fri. 8 at Maryland Stream W, 1-0 lead on Frankie Amaya’s first career goal, as the freshman fielder hit a left-footed strike from 20 yards out past Gaucho keeper Ben Roach in the sixth minute. However, UCSB responded with three goals in a span of 6:02 to take a 3-1 lead by the 22nd Wed. 12 Omaha W, 2-1 minute. Sophomore forward Milan Iloski made his season debut in the contest, leading the Bruins with five shots. Blayne Martinez Sun. 16 CSUN L, 1-2 recorded an assist on Amaya’s goal for his first point of the campaign. Sat. 22 at UC Santa Barbara Stream l, 1-3 DEFENSE FIRST MENTALITY Thu. 27 at California P12N 3 p.m. One of the national leaders in goals against early on in the season, UCLA enters the week with a 1.00 team GAA, third best in the Pac-12 and 73rd in the country. The Bruins haven’t finished with a 1.00 GAA or lower since the 2014 season (0.92), and have Sun. 30 at Stanford P12N 5 p.m. done so just three times in the last 12 seasons (2009, 2011, 2014). UCLA surrendered just one goal through its first four games of the year for the first time since 2000. October Thu. 4 Washington P12N 8 p.m. RPI WATCH The NCAA revealed its first official RPI rankings of the season this week, and UCLA debuted at No. 40. That figure ranks ninth Sun. 7 Oregon State P12N 12 p.m. among west region teams and second among Pac-12 schools. RPI is the key metric used to determine at-large selections into the Sat. 13 at San Diego State Stream 7 p.m. NCAA Tournament. The NCAA field is comprised of 24 automatic bids (conference champions) and 24 at-large choices. In 2017, Sat. 20 Loyola Marymount 7 p.m. NC State was the lowest-ranked RPI school to receive an at-large bid at No. 45. Thu. 25 at Washington P12N 8 p.m. 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 earlier Sun. 28 at Oregon State P12N 2 p.m. this month. The Bruins’ smallest advantage was against CSUN with a +3 shot differential. When UCLA’s opponents have got shots off, few of them are reaching the keeper. UCLA opponents have mustered just one shot goal in three of seven games this season November and are averaging just three SOGs per contest. Thu. 1 California P12N 7 p.m. WALLIS ANNENBERG STADIUM OPENS FOR 2018 SEASON Sun. 4 Stanford P12N 4 p.m. After playing home games at Drake Stadium from 2000-17, the UCLA soccer teams have moved into a new home, Wallis Thu. 8 San Diego State P12N 8 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 Foundation. The just-completed first phase of the stadium project includes grandstands and a press box on the west side, a UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA Daktronics LED video board and Musco Sports lighting. Future phases of the stadium project may include expanded seating, a Men’s Soccer Twitter: @UCLAMSoccer training room, student-athlete locker room, coaches’ locker rooms, meeting spaces, ticketing space, and a new press box. Men’s Soccer Instagram: @UCLAMSoccer KAMARA FILLS THE NET Men’s Soccer Facebook: /UCLAMSoccer Junior forward Mohammed Kamara, a JC 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 seven games of the year, placing him second UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics in the Pac-12 and 34th in the country with a 0.67 goals per game average. Meanwhile, his 4.00 shots per game average paces UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics the league and sits 13th nationally. He sat out UCLA’s most recent game, at UC Santa Barbara. His debut Division I goal at Coastal Carolina, a moonshot chip over the keeper, was the No. 2 play on that night’s Sportscenter Top-10. Kamara led Tyler Junior College #GoBruins 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. 2018 UCLA MEN’S SOCCER UNITED SOCCER COACHES POLL (9/25) AMAYA GETTING IN A GROOVE Hampered by a preseason injury early in the year, freshman midfielder Frankie Amaya has started to flash his potential as the 2018 season enters its second month. The Santa Ana native rereceived a call-up the U.S. U-20 Men’s National Team earlier this RK TEAM (1st place votes) PRVS. RECORD month, joining the squad for the U-20 MNT Invitational tournament at the IMG Academy in Bradenton from Sept. 7-11. He has 1 Wake Forest (27) 1 8-0-0 started the last two games since re-joining the Bruins, including a standout effort at UC Santa Barbara that saw him score his first 2 Indiana (1) 2 7-1-0 collegiate goal and play a full 90 minutes for the first time this season. 3 North Carolina 3 6-1-0 IN THE POLLS 4 Denver 4 6-0-1 This week, UCLA received votes in both the United Soccer Coaches and College Soccer News polls. The Bruins have been ranked 5 Michigan State 5 7-0-2 as high as No. 8 this year. Stanford is receiving votes in the coaches poll, but is ranked as high as No. 12 (Soccer America) in 6 Louisville 6 5-1-1 media rankings. California is unranked. 7 Kentucky 7 5-1-1 HUNDLEY UNFAZED IN FRESHMAN SEASON 8 Air Force 10 8-1-0 With four points combined against CSUN and Omaha, freshman midfielder Matt Hundley took over the team lead in points this 9 Creighton 12 5-1-1 season. His nine points rank fourth in the Pac-12. The Colorado Radids Academy product has multiple points in three of seven 10 Saint Mary’s (CA) 17 9-0-0 games this season.With five points, Hundley led UCLA to a 4-0 win at Coastal Carolina on opening day.