It’s more of the same for the men’s soccer team this weekend. At least, the opponents will be. Unranked UCLA (7-6-0, 3-2-0 Pac-12) will look for a different result when they travel north for a pair of matches against No. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior Edgar Contreras (left) and junior Michael Amick leap for the ball against California. The defenders helped the Bruins to a 6-0 shutout of the visiting Golden Bears. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
Monday night had to feel good for the men’s soccer team. Three days after a controversial loss to Stanford, UCLA rebounded with a spectacular offensive effort in a 6-0 rout of Cal. Read more...
Photo: Freshman midfielder Jackson Yueill scored the fourth goal in UCLA’s 6-0 rout against Cal on Monday night at Drake Stadium. The Bears were only able to get three shots on goal against the Bruins. With this win, the Bruins improve to 7-6 for the season and 3-2 for Pac-12 play. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
For a few gleeful seconds, Friday night was yet another stunning comeback for the UCLA men’s soccer team. Until it wasn’t. The Bruins, down 2-1 in the 85th minute, finally broke through when freshman midfielder Jose Hernandez rocketed a shot past Cardinal goalie Andrew Epstein for what most Bruin fans believed to be the equalizer. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore forward Abu Danladi scored UCLA’s lone goal in a 2-1 loss to No. 3 Stanford. The Bruins dropped their second Pac-12 game of the season. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin staff)
It took UCLA men’s soccer only 92 seconds to score a trio of goals in its Pac-12 home opener Monday, but – if the Stanford defense shows up as advertised – things won’t be so easy for the home team Friday night. Read more...
Photo: Senior midfielder Jordan Vale said Bruins will have to look to get around Cardinal’s hard-pressing defense. Stanford has only allowed five goals the whole season. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
For 60 minutes, the shots sailed around the goal, hitting the crossbar or being swatted away by swarming Aztec defenders. Then the floodgates opened. After an hour of watching its chances narrowly miss, the UCLA men’s soccer team (6-5-0, 2-1-0) finally capitalized – not just once, but four times – and routed San Diego State (5-4-2, 0-3-0) 4-0 for its second straight conference win. Read more...
Photo: Freshman forward Stephen Payne converted a 75th-minute penalty kick – which he earned himself – on Monday night for the first goal of his UCLA career in the Bruins’ 4-0 victory over San Diego State. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The UCLA men’s soccer team completed its double overtime upset of then-No. 15 Washington on Oct. 4 and boarded a flight to Los Angeles for its longest-remaining homestand of the 2015 schedule. Read more...
Photo: Freshmen midfielder Jackson Yueill and and defender Malcolm Jones will miss the Bruins’ Monday match. Instead, they will join the United States U-20 Men’s National Team to play in the Four Nations Tournament. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Pressure and a waning second-half clock have continually brought out the best of UCLA’s soccer. In an upset of then-No. 15 Washington, freshmen midfielders Jose Hernandez and Jackson Yueill scored three combined goals in the second half and overtime to propel the unranked Bruins past the Huskies. Read more...
Photo: Freshman midfielder Jose Hernandez is one of two rookies anchoring the Bruin offense thus season. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
