UCLA Men's Soccer Weekly Press Release • September 8, 2009 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 UCLA Hosts UC Davis Thursday Night For Home Opener #15/9 Bruins face Aggies at Drake Stadium on Sept. 10. This Week — No. 15/9 UCLA (1-1) will host unranked UC Davis (2-1) on Thursday, Sept. 10 in the Bruins' 2009 UCLA Schedule home opener at Drake Stadium. The game will begin at 7 pm. Tickets cost $7 for adults and $5 for youth (16 and under). UCLA students are free with ID. Date Opponent Time/Result Aug. 23 CSU Bakersfi eld^ (NAF) W 2-0 Live Coverage — The UCLA-UC Davis game will be audio broadcast at uclabruins.com, with Ralph Irvin and Aug. 29 UC Irvine^ (NAF) T 1-1 (ot) Courteney Cosso calling the action. In addition, Gametracker live stats will be available for the game. Sept. 4 at #1/8 Maryland W 2-0 In The Rankings — UCLA moved up to No. 15 in the NSCAA/adidas coaches poll and stayed pat at No. 9 Sept. 6 at Georgetown L 0-2 in the Soccer America poll. The Bruins moved up to 10th in the College Soccer News poll and are 21st in Sept. 10 UC Davis 7 pm the Top Drawer Soccer rankings. UC Davis is unranked but was ranked No. 24 in the preseason by Soccer Sept. 17 Cal St. Fullerton 7 pm Times. Sept. 25 at San Diego 7 pm Scouting The Aggies — UC Davis opened the season with a 4-1 loss at San Jose State but rebounded with Sept. 27 UNLV 5 pm a pair of big victories the following weekend at the UNLV Nike Invitational - 3-0 over Robert Morris and 3-1 Oct. 2 at Oregon State* 7 pm over Central Arkansas. Senior Paul Marcoux (2g) and junior Jason Santos (1g, 2a) share the team lead in Oct. 4 at Washington 2 pm scoring. The Aggies went 13-5-4 last season and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, Oct. 11 at San Diego State* 2 pm where they lost to Michigan, 2-1. UC Davis returns four starters from the 2008 squad. Oct. 16 California* 7 pm The Series With UC Davis — UCLA has never lost to UC Davis in 13 games. The two teams last played in Oct. 18 Stanford* 2:30 pm 2004, with the Bruins winning, 3-1, in Los Angeles. Oct. 23 at California* 4 pm Weekend Wrapup - Bruins Upset #1 Maryland, Upset At Georgetown — UCLA split its weekend series Oct. 25 at Stanford* 2:30 pm on the East Coast, upsetting No. 1 Maryland, 2-0, on Friday and then being upset by Georgetown by the Oct. 31 at Creighton 3 pm CT same score on Sunday. In the win over the Terrapins, senior defender Sean Alvarado scored the game- Nov. 6 Oregon State* 7 pm winning goal in the 77th minute, and freshman midfi elder Ryan Hollingshead scored an insurance goal in Nov. 8 Washington* 1 pm the 83rd minute. The goals were each player's fi rst of their careers. Senior goalkeeper Brian Perk earned Nov. 14 San Diego State* 7 pm the shutout by making a career-high 10 saves. UCLA was stymied in the Georgetown game, allowing two Nov. 20-21 NCAA First Round TBD second-half goals, including one on a penalty kick. The Bruins outshot the Hoyas, 10-7, and had an 11-2 advantage in corner kicks. Nov. 24 NCAA Second Round TBD Nov. 28-29 NCAA Third Round TBD Perk Honored As Pac-10 Player Of The Week — Senior goalkeeper Brian Perk was named the Pac-10 Player Dec. 4-6 NCAA Quarterfi nals TBD of the Week for the third time in his career after shutting out top-ranked and defending NCAA champion Dec. 11&13 NCAA College Cup (at Cary, NC) TBD Maryland on Friday. Perk helped snap the Terrapins' 16-match winning streak by making a career-high 10 saves, one short of the school's single-game record of 11. He withstood 19 shot attempts by Maryland Home matches in bold to preserve the shutout, making fi ve saves in each half. Against Georgetown, Perk blocked one shot in ^ - Exhibition game * - Pac-10 Conference Match the Hoyas 2-0 victory over the Bruins. With the 11 saves this weekend, Perk moved up to fi fth on UCLA's All home matches played at Marshall Field at Drake Stadium unless otherwise career saves list with 199. indicated. Rankings are NSCAA/Soccer America. Milestone Approaching For Perk — With his next save, Brian Perk will become only the fi fth goalkeeper in UCLA history to record 200 career saves. The others are Zach Wells (269), Anton Nistl (261), Tim Harris Notable (259) and David Vanole (204). •UCLA will play four games against teams ranked in Senior Leadership — For the fi rst time in Jorge Salcedo's tenure as head coach, the Bruins can truly call the NSCAA/adidas preseason poll - No. 1 Maryland, themselves a veteran team, with a substantially large senior class of eight, the largest senior class at UCLA No. 6 Creighton and No. 8 California (twice). since 2003. Leading the way are six returning senior starters - midfi elder Michael Stephens, goalkeeper •UCLA returns eight starters from last year's Pac-10 Brian Perk, midfi elder Kyle Nakazawa, forward David Estrada, and defenders Danny Suits and Luis Serrano championship squad that went 7-1-2 in conference - as well as defender Sean Alvarado and midfi elder Andrew Sinderhoff. Stephens is the reigning Pac-10 play. Amongst the returning starters is 2008 Pac-10 Player of the Year, while Perk, Estrada and Suits were all-conference selections. Nakazawa was a preseason Player of the Year Michael Stephens. All-America selection before injuries limited him to just 10 games last season. Seven seniors started in both •The Bruins' 2009 recruiting class ranked No. 3 of UCLA's exhibition games - Stephens, Perk, Nakazawa, Estrada, Suits, Serrano and Alvarado. in the nation by both Soccer America and College Perk, Stephens To Join U.S. Team At FIFA U-20 World Cup — Seniors Brian Perk and Michael Stephens Soccer News. were selected to the fi nal 21-man roster that will represent the U.S. at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in UCLA In The Rankings Egypt from Sept. 24-Oct. 16. UCLA ranks fi rst (tied with Notre Dame) amongst collegiate squads with two players on the team. This will be Perk's second U-20 World Cup. He was a backup in 2007 and earned a Week SA NSCAA CSN TDS ST Round of 16 win against Uruguay that sent the U.S. to the quarterfi nals. This year for the U-20s, he has Preseason 9 19 17 20 18 9/7 9 15 10 21 – allowed just one goal in seven international games for a 0.14 goals against average and six shutouts. Stephens is one of four players on the fi nal squad who did not participate in CONCACAF qualifying. He impressed in his summer showings with the U-20s, scoring a goal in consecutive games against Costa Rica in May. He previously played with the U.S. at the 2007 Pan American Games. The U.S. team leaves for training on Sept. 14. Group play ends on Oct. 2. If the U.S. advances out of its group, it would continue playing until as late as Oct. 16. p. 1 of 2 Preseason Honors — Senior midfi elders Michael Stephens and Kyle Nakazawa Off-Season Happenings — Bruin players were busy in the off-season, with were named to the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Watch List. Soccer America named Brian Perk and Michael Stephens seeing regular action with the U.S. Under- Stephens and Brian Perk preseason All-Americans (Stephens 1st team, Perk 2nd 20 National Team. Perk has been dominant as the starting goalkeeper on the team), and College Soccer News picked Stephens as a fi rst-team preseason All- Under-20 National Team, posting seven shutouts in eight games, with a 0.12 American. Stephens is the reigning Pac-10 Player of the Year and a member of goals against average in 2009. Stephens has seen action in four games this Soccer America's 2008 MVPs Second Team. Last season, he led the Pac-10 in year and scored two goals. Both players traveled to Egypt and Argentina this points scored (23) and tied for the league lead in assists with nine, including a summer with the U.S. team. school record tying four at San Diego State. Nakazawa, a midfi elder from Palos Freshman Amobi Okugo traveled to Northern Ireland with the U.S. Under-18 Verdes Estates, Calif., was also on the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Watch List a year National Team to participate in the Milk Cup and also played with the U-18s in ago but had his 2008 season cut short due to injuries, playing in 10 games yet the Lisbon International Tournament in Portugal. still ranking fourth on the team in assists with four. Nakazawa was UCLA's Team MVP in 2007 and was selected to Soccer America's All-Freshman team in 2006. Sophomore Eder Arreola led the Cherif Zein Elite 17-under boys' soccer team to Perk was a second-team All-Pac-10 honoree last season after posting a 0.45 the U.S.