Sept. 4, 2002
Junior midfielder Adolfo Gregorio (Hilmar, CA) was selected to Soccer America's Team of the Week for the week of Aug. 30-Sept. 2. Gregorio scored two goals and an assist in a nine-minute span to lead UCLA to a 4-1 season-opening victory over Boston University.
This is Gregorio's first career selection to the Team of the Week. Earlier this week, he was also selected the Pac-10 Men's Soccer Player of the Week and the UCLABruins.com Student-Athlete of the Week.
Soccer America Team of the Week (Week 1: Aug. 30-Sept. 2)
G Sergio Saccoccio (Northeastern), Fr.Records seven saves in college debut to tie No. 14 Fairleigh Dickinson (1-1) and follows with six saves against Quinnipiac (2-0).
D Larry McDonald (American), Sr.
MVP of D.C. Soccer Cup in which Eagles beat Howard (5-0) and Georgetown (4-0).
D Guy Melamed (Boston College), Soph.
Scores and helps BC defense shut down No. 6 St. John's (2-1).
D Brian Phillips (Cal State Northridge), Sr.
Anchors defense that shuts out Cal (3-0) and Wisconsin-Green Bay (3-0).
M Carlos Garay (VCU), Sr.
Sets the pace in MVP performance against Syracuse (1-0) and Hartwick (4-0) at Nike/ALLTEL Classic.
M Adolfo Gregorio (UCLA), Jr.
Records two goals and one assist in nine minutes to lead the Bruins past Boston University (4-1).
F Kyle Brown (Tulsa), Soph.
Overtime goal gives Golden Hurricane 2-1 win over Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
F Alecko Eskandarian (Virginia), Jr.
Scores last two goals in comeback win over Kentucky (3-2) and tying goal in victory over Rhode Island (2-1).
F Nate Jacqua (Portland), Jr.
Scores twice against both DePaul (6-0) and UCF (3-0) to become Nike Portland Invitational MVP for third straight year.
F Ryan Kneipper (North Carolina), Sr.
Scores once against Akron (2-1) and hits both goals in win over Saint Louis (2-1).
F Phil Swenda (Seton Hall), Sr.
Hits gamewinner with 65 seconds left to cap comeback win over UConn (3-2).