2017 SCHEDULE/RESULTS PORTLAND PILOTS (3-2-0) Overall: 3-2-0 • WCC: 0-0-0 Home: 3-2-0 • Away: 0-0-0 Week 4: at Oregon State Neutral: 0-0-0 • vs Ranked: 1-0-0 Oregon State Beavers DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT (2-4-0) Aug. 25 UNLV L, 2-3 (2ot) Day: Sunday Aug. 27 Fairfi eld W, 6-0 Date: Sept. 17, 2017 Sept. 1-4 Nike Portland InvitaƟ onal Time: 7:00 p.m. Sept. 1 #25 Sea le W, 2-1 City: Corvallis, Ore. Sept. 4 Cal State Fullerton W, 5-0 Pitch: Paul Lorenz Field Sept. 9 California L, 1-2 (2ot) Video: N/A Sept. 17 Oregon State 7:00 PM Stats: OSUBeavers.com Sept. 23 UC Santa Barbara 7:00 PM POR vs. OSU Sept. 25 Cal Poly 7:00 PM Overall Series: 22-4-0 Sept. 29 Western Michigan 7:00 PM H: 15-0-0 • A: 7-4-0 • N: 0-0-0 BBenjienji MMichel,ichel, SSo.o. Oct. 2 Virginia 4:00 PM 22ndnd iinn nnaa oonn ww// 6 ggoalsoals Last: @POR 1, OSU 0 (9/17/2015) Oct. 7 Pacifi c* 7:00 PM Oct. 13 San Diego* 7:00 PM THIS WEEK Oct. 21 Loyola Marymount* 7:00 PM • The Pilots play their only game this week on Sunday night when they travel to Oct. 27 Santa Clara* 7:00 PM Corvallis, Ore., to face in-state rival Oregon State. • Kickoff at Lorenz Field is set for 7 p.m. Oct. 29 San Francisco* 3:00 PM • Live video is not available for the contest, but live stats can be found at OSUBeavers. Nov. 4 Gonzaga* 7:00 PM com. Nov. 11 Saint Mary’s* 1:00 PM Nov. 16-19 NCAA First/Second Rounds LAST WEEK Nov. 24-26 NCAA Third Round • The Pilots dropped a heartbreaker 2-1 in over me to Cal on Saturday night at Merlo Dec. 1-3 NCAA Quarterfi nals Field. Dec. 8-10 NCAA College Cup Semifi nal • Benji Michel scored Portland’s goal, his sixth of the season, in the 48th minute, and (Philadelphia, Pa.) the Bears equalized in 51st minute. *WCC Game; Home games in bold • The Pilots were awarded a PK during the fi nal minute of regula on, but Cal goalie Drake Callender came through with a big- me save. • Portland also hit the crossbar with a shot in the fi rst over me before the Bears ne ed the game-winner in the 103rd minute. ABOUT THE PILOTS... • The Pilots are receiving votes in the most recent United Soccer Coaches’ Poll. • As a team, the Pilots are third in the na on in goals (16), are fi h in assists (14), and are sixth in points (47), while leading the WCC in all three categories. • Sophomore Rey Or z is ed for No. 1 in the country with six assists, while fellow sophomore Benji Michel is second na onally with six goals. • Michel was the ini al WCC Player of the Week (Aug. 28) a er a four-goal performance during the opening weekend, which included a fi rst-half hat trick vs. Fairfi eld; Michel also landed on the Top Drawer Soccer Na onal Team of the Week. MEN’S SOCCER CONTACT • Michel, a sophomore forward, made history on Sunday (Aug. 27) when he registered ADAM LINNMAN a hat trick during the fi rst 26 minutes of a 6-0 win over Fairfi eld; the hat trick was the Offi ce: 503-943-7731 fi rst at Merlo Field since UP’s Alejandro Salazar accomplished the feat in 2003. Cell: 503-860-9494 • Jason Romero also tallied a hat trick during the win, which featured the most goals E-Mail: [email protected] scored by the Pilots since a 6-0 win over Marshall in 2006. PortlandPilots.com @PortlandPilots facebook.com/PortlandPilots PortlandPilots 2017 Portland Men’s Soccer • Week 4 • PortlandPilots.com • Page 2 • Senior goalkeeper Paul Christensen has two shutouts this season, giving him 16 in his career, which ranks sixth all- me at UP. • 4,385 fans, which included a remarkable 2,113 students, packed Merlo Field when the Pilots hosted UNLV in their home-opener on Friday, Aug. 25; it’s the second largest men’s soccer crowd in program history. 2017 QUICK FACTS • The Pilots are the reigning West Coast Conference Champions a er claiming the pro- Started Men’s Soccer: ..............................................1977 All-Time Overall Record: .....................439-277-92 (.600) gram’s sixth league tle last season and their fi rst since 2002. All-Time WCC Record/Years: ............110-95-27 (.532)/29 • Portland picked up two fi rst-place votes and was slated to fi nish second in the WCC Merlo Field Record/Years: ........... 154-70-23 (.670)/27th this year. NCAA Postseason Appearances/Last: .................15/2016 • A league-best three Pilots were voted to the Preseason All-WCC team as Paul Chris- College Cup Appearances/Years: ................2/1988, 1995 tensen, Benji Michel and Kris Reaves were selected by the conference coaches. 2017 Overall Record ..................................... 3-2-0 (.600) • Portland returned 16 le erwinners and seven starters, and joining Christensen, 2017 WCC Record/Place ...............................0-0-0 (.000) Michel and Reaves are three other Pilots (Ma hew Coff ey, Lionel Mills, Gio Magana- 2016 Overall Record: .................................. 12-5-2 (.694) 2016 WCC Record/Place: ........................6-1-0 (.857)/1st Rivera) who earned all-league recogni on last season. 2016 Postseason:.................................NCAA First Round • The 2017 recrui ng class, which features 14 incoming newcomers, was ranked fi h in Starters Returning/Lost: .........................................16/11 the country by College Soccer News and No. 6 by Top Drawer Soccer. Le erwinners Returning/Lost: ...................................7/4 • Second-year head coach Nick Carlin-Voigt led the Pilots to an improbable turn-around Newcomers: ................................................................ 16 in 2016 as he guided the team to the top of the WCC, a year a er a last-place showing. Head Coach: .Nick Carlin-Voigt (2nd year, Kalamazoo ‘04) • Milestones from 2016 include: Career Record/Years: .......................... 15-7-2 (.667)/2nd - A seven-game winning streak (Sept. 22 - Oct. 30), which is the program’s longest Record at School/Years: ..........................................SAME WCC Record/Years: ....................................6-1-0 (.857)/1 winning streak since 1995. Assistants: ...............Leonard Griffi n (2nd year, UCLA ‘05) - The 5-0-0 start in the WCC matched the legendary 1988 Portland squad for the best ..............................Logan Emory (2nd year, Portland ‘10) start to a conference schedule in program history. GK Coach: ....Emerson De Oliveira (2nd year, Sea le ‘11) - 4,362 fans, which was then the second largest crowd in Merlo Field history, packed Head Manager: ..........................Steven Evans (2nd year) Merlo Field on the fi nal night of the season to watch the Pilots clinch the WCC crown Dir. of Ops.: ...........Cody Carlson (1st year, Redlands ‘12) and a postseason berth with a 1-0 win over Saint Mary’s. Strength Coach: ...Bryant Ferate (2nd year, Wash.St. ‘13) - Won fi rst WCC Championship since 2002. Athle c Trainer: ...Amber Eubanks (8th year, Kansas ‘06) GENERAL INFO - Reached NCAA Postseason for fi rst me since 2009. Loca on: ....................................................Portland, Ore. - Posted most wins (12) since 2009. Website: .................................. www.PortlandPilots.com - 6-1 conference mark is the best since 1989; this came a er the program only won Na onal Affi lia on: ................................ NCAA Division I one WCC game the previous two seasons combined. Conference: ................................................... West Coast - Worst to First: Pilots went 1-12-1 in the WCC during the previous two years. Founded: ................................................................. 1901 - 10th in the country in average a endance (2,298). Enrollment: ............................................................. 4,164 - 13th na onally in goals per game (1.89) and 21st in total goals (36). Nickname: .............................................................. Pilots Colors: .................................................... Purple & White - Nearly swept WCC individual honors, as then-senior Eddie Sanchez was named WCC Home Field (Capacity): .....................Merlo Field (4,892) Player of the Year, Benji Michel was the league’s freshman of the year, Paul Christensen President: ........................Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C. was selected as goalkeeper of the year, and Nick Carlin-Voigt was tabbed as the co- Athle cs Director: .......................................Sco Leykam coach of the year. Athle c Department Phone: .....................503-943-8420 - Carlin-Voigt is the program’s fi rst league coach of the year since Clive Charles in MEDIA INFO 2002. Men’s Soccer SID: ....................................Adam Linnman • Carlin-Voigt, who came to The Bluff from UCLA during the winter of 2016, was re- E-mail:.................................................. [email protected] Offi ce Phone: .............................................503-943-7731 cently named one of the Top 10 American Coaches under 40 by Top Drawer Soccer. Cell Phone: ................................................503-860-9494 • The Pilots claim renowned men’s soccer alums Kasey Keller, Steve Cherundolo, Conor Merlo Field Press Box Phone: ....................503-943-7591 Casey, Nate Jaqua, Heath Pearce, and 2015 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Luis Robles. • In 1988, legendary coach Clive Charles led Keller and the Pilots to the school’s fi rst 2017 PORTLAND STATISTICAL LEADERS POINTS ASSISTS Benji Michel ...............................12 (6g, 0a) Rey Or z ...................................................6 Rey Or z ....................................10 (2g, 6a) Eric Edwardson .........................................2 Jason Romero ..............................8 (3g, 2a) Brandon Zambrano ...................................2 Gio Magana-Rivera ......................4