Week 1 - Aug. 28 | No. 16 Cal at San Diego (8/28) CALIFORNIA MEN'S SOCCER Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (Men’s Soccer contact): Jordan Stepp Phone: (510) 457-6570 • Email: [email protected] Website: CalBears.com • Facebook: Facebook.com/CalMensSoccer • Twitter: @CalMensSoccer • Instagram: @CalMensSoccer SCHEDULE NO. 16 CALIFORNIA San Diego Overall: 0-0-0 • Pac-12: 0-0-0 GOLDEN BEARS (0-0, 0-0 Pac-12) TOREROS (0-0, 0-0 WCC) Home: 0-0-0 • Away: 0-0-0 Neutral: 0-0-0 at San Diego Date .....Friday, Aug. 28 | 7 PM DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Venue ...............Torero Stadium Aug. 28 at San Diego 7 PM Location .........San Diego, Calif. SEPT. 4 VCU 4:30 PM Live Stats ............ CalBears.com SEPT. 6 NORTHEASTERN 2 PM TV/Live Stream ...........The W.TV SEPT. 11 UC DAVIS% 4:30 PM SEPT. 18 DAVIDSON 4:30 PM SEPT. 20 SAN FRANCISCO 2 PM Sept. 25 at Santa Clara 7:30 PM OCT. 4 NO. 8 STANFORD*% 4 PM OCT. 9 OREGON STATE*% 3:30 PM OCT. 11 NO. 10 WASHINGTON*% 3 PM In 2014, Cal reached the Round of 16 of the NCAA Tournament, continuing the program’s success Oct. 16 at San Diego State* 4 PM from the previous year, which saw them hold the No. 1 national ranking for six weeks, as well as reach Oct. 19 at No. 1 UCLA*% 6 PM the 2013 NCAA Quarterfinals. The 2015 Golden Bears return with several key pieces still in tact, OCT. 23 SAN DIEGO STATE* 7 PM including Preseason All-Pac-12 selection, sophomore forward Paul Salcedo and boast an incredibly OCT. 25 NO. 1 UCLA*% 7 PM deep and talented stable of underclassmen. Oct. 30 at No. 10 Washington*% 6 PM Nov. 1 at Oregon State*% 1:30 PM Friday’s match can be seen live on The W.TV, as well as followed with live stats on CalBears.com, Nov. 12 at No. 8 Stanford*% 6 PM courtesy of USDToreros.com. Scoring updates for Friday’s game will be provided on the @CalMensSoc- NCAA Tournament (Nov. 19-Dec. 5) cer Twitter account and fans are encouraged to follow the Bears on social media @CalMensSoccer on Nov. 19 First Round TBD both Twitter and Instagram, as well as on Facebook at Facebook.com/CalMensSoccer for the most up Nov. 22 Second Round TBD to date news and content. Nov. 29 Third Round TBD Dec. 5 Quarterfinals TBD NCAA Men’s College Cup (Dec. 11-13) Bear Bites CAL'S TOP STORYLINES STREAKS & TRENDS Dec. 11 Semifinals TBD : , Dec. 13 Championship TBD EARLY TEST The Golden Bears open their season with one of BEARS IN SEASON-OPENERS * Pac-12 match five opponents (nine games overall) who appeared The Golden Bears are 11-4-0 in season- % Televised on Pac-12 Networks in the NCAA Tournament last year; in San Diego. openers under head coach Kevin Grimes, and Home matches in BOLD at Goldman Field Cal takes on the Toreros, who were also eliminated have won seven of their last eight, including All times listed PT and subject to change by eventual runners-up UCLA, on Friday in San a 2-0 win at San Diego to open the 2007 Diego at Torero Stadium. campaign. Cal fell 3-1 at North Carolina last season in its opener. QUICK FACTS SUPER SALCEDO COACHING STAFF Sophomore forward Paul Salcedo was named BEARS WELCOME NEW FACES Head Coach ....... Kevin Grimes (16th season) to the Preseason All-Pac-12 Team ahead of the Eight new Bears are in Berkeley for the 2015 SMU, 1990 season. He tied for fourth on the team in points campaign, including five four-star prospects Asst. Coach ........Javier Ayala-Hil (3rd season) a year ago with 12, tallying four goals and four according to TopDrawerSoccer.com. Forward Cal, 2008 assists for the Bears. The Inglewood, California, Spencer Held (Agoura, Calif.), goalkeeper GK Coach ..............Henry Foulk (16th season) native was named Pac-12 Player of the Week in Jonathan Klinsmann (Newport Beach, Calif.), Cal, 1984 Oct. after scoring three goals in as many games. midfielder Christain Segovia (Tarzana, Calif.), Vol. Asst. Coach . Evan Sassano (2nd season) defender Sam Junqua (Saratoga, Calif.), Cal, 2009 PAC-12 PRESEASON COACHES POLL midfielder Shinya Kadono (Irvine, Calif.), TEAM INFORMATION The Pac-12 coaches predicted Cal will finish fourth forward Adam Eaton (Pasadena, Calif.), 2014 Overall Record ...............................11-7-1 in the conference behind 2014 NCAA runners-up, midfielder Sam Ebstein (San Francisco, Calif.) 2014 Pac-12 Record (finish) .......... 4-5-1 (4th) UCLA, Bay Area rival and 2014 league champion, and goalkeeper Noah Texter (Irvine, Calif.) are Starters Returning/Lost ..............................5/6 Stanford, and Washington. In 2014, the Golden each getting their first experience of collegiate Facility .......Goldman Field at Edwards Stadium Bears finished fourth with a 4-5-1 conference soccer this year. Capacity .............................................. 22,000 record. The Pac-12 also has four teams in the top Surface ...................................... Natural grass 16, as UCLA checks in at No. 1 in the National CALIFORNIA DREAMING Soccer Coaches Association of America poll, The California Golden Bears go by the moniker Stanford at No. 8, Washington at No. 10 and Cal Cal, and it is incredibly appropriate, considering at No. 16. 2015 CALIFORNIA MEN'S SOCCER weekly release week 1: At SAN DIEGO SCOUTING REPORT: himself as one of the nation’s best. The 2013 NSCAA (National Soccer Coaches Association of SAN DIEGO America) All Far West Region Coach of the Year has NSCAA/Continental tire TOREROS (0-0, 0-0 WCC) compiled a record of 164-99-36 record in Berkeley over the course of 15 seasons and trails only Cal PRESEASON • 11-6-4 (6-1-0 WCC) in 2014 Athletics Hall of Famer Bob DiGrazia in total wins • Reached the Second Round of the NCAA (202 from 1952-1980). RANK TEAM PREV REC. Tournament in 2014, falling to UCLA • Team returns 10 seniors and 18 upperclass- 1 UCLA 2 14-5-5 men 2014 IN REVIEW 2 Virginia 1 14-6-3 • Second-leading scorer senior Torrey DeArmas In 2014, the Bears compiled an 11-7-1 overall 3 Georgetown 5 14-4-5 returns, after scoring seven goals and posting record (4-5-1 in the Pac-12), with a Round of 16 4 Notre Dame 9 12-5-4 two assists NCAA Tournament appearance. Cal is coming off 5 North Carolina 6 15-5-2 • Redshirt sophomore Thomas Olsen, who of a two-season run that saw them maintain a hold 6 Creighton 7 16-3-3 in the top 25 in the country with a pair of deep played 20 matches in goal last season returns 7 Providence 3 16-5-2 after posting six shutouts in 2014 NCAA Tournament runs. Cal drew eventual national • LAST MEETING: San Diego 1, Cal 0 in Berkeley runners-up and conference foe, UCLA in the Round 8 Stanford 16 13-3-3 on 10/25/13 of 16, falling 3-2 in Los Angeles. 9 Michigan State 8 12-5-6 10 Washington 12 12-5-3 11 Clemson 11 14-7-3 the team’s roster is made up of 23 players from GOAL ON YOU BEARS 12 UMBC 14 14-6-5 the Golden State. Only two of the 25 players are Cal scored 47 goals in 19 matches in 2014, third from outside of California, in junior defender most nationally, including six on 9/12 in a 6-1 win 13 Maryland 19 13-6-3 Trevor Haberkorn (Keller, Texas) and sophomore over Cleveland State, The six goal output was the 14 Indiana 17 12-5-5 midfielder/defender Ugo Rebecchini (Rome, Italy). most by a Cal team in 17 years, and they scored 15 Syracuse 10 16-4-1 four or more goals five times in 2014, when they 16 California 15 11-7-1 didn’t score more than three in a game in 2013. 17 UNC Charlotte 20 14-4-1 YOUNG NUCLEUS Cal led the nation in goals-per-game average California has just one senior on its roster for the with 2.47 goals-per-game. Cal also led the country 18 Louisville 18 11-6-3 2015 campaign; goalkeeper Alex Mangels. With in total points per game (7.84) and assists per 19 Xavier 13 15-6-2 only a total of five upperclassmen composing game (2.89), posting a nation-best 55 as a team. 20 UC Irvine 14 16-6-3 head coach Kevin Grimes’ squad, that means 21 Coastal Carolina 22 16-6-1 a key portion of the roster is the sophomore BEARS IN THE PROS 22 Saint Louis 21 14-5-2 class, which is headlined by key returners Jose 23 Penn State 23 13-6-1 Carrera-Garcia, Paul Salcedo, Joshua Morton and Currently 18 former Bears are playing 24 Old Dominion 24 13-7-1 Matt Chasman, who each appeared in at least professionally, including 12 who are currenly on 14 games each in 2014. Additionally, eight new MLS rosters. Rookie Connor Hallisey (Sporting 25 Akron NR 13-6-2 faces are on campus, joining the three redshirt Kansas City), Stefano Bonomo (New York Red Bulls freshman who are anxious to contribute; Marko II) and Seth Casiple (Timbers2) were all part of Top Drawer Soccer Helfrich, Matt Locklear and Jorge Miranda. Though the Golden Bears’ 2014 squad that reached the it is an underclassmen-laden roster, there are a Round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament. Additionally, PRESEASON lot of veterans in the sense that they have a lot of Steve Birnbaum (D.C.