Thursday, September 26
Los Angeles, CA
7:00 PM
UCLA
vs
UC Irvine
Riley Ferch (photo: Don Liebig)
Photo by: Don Liebig/ASUCLA
Men's Soccer Hosts UC Irvine in Centennial Game
September 25, 2019 | Men's Soccer
UCLA (3-4-0) vs. UC Irvine (2-4-2)
Date/Time: Thursday, Sept. 26 - 7:00 p.m. (PT)
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (Wallis Annenberg Stadium)
TV/Stream: Pac-12 Networks
Radio: UCLABruins.com
Live Stats
UCLA HOSTS UC IRVINE IN NON-CONFERENCE TILT
After three straight games on the road, UCLA (3-4-0) opens up a season-long eight-game homestand on Thursday night by hosting Big West-member UC Irvine (2-4-2) in a non-conference clash at Wallis Annenberg Stadium. The game will be televised by the Pac-12 Networks, with Elise Woodward on the call. Fans can also follow along with online radio - Nick Koop will be on the call via UCLA.leanplayer.com - and live stats via UCLALiveStats.com. Live updates will be provided on Twitter at @UCLAMSoccer.
UCLA100
UCLA will celebrate its first 100 years with a year-long university-wide Centennial Celebration. UCLA Athletics has several Centennial Celebration plans and giveaways in store for designated home events, including a set of 13 Centennial Pins highlighting each sport, as well as a souvenir mosaic poster that features personal photos submitted by UCLA fans. Men's soccer will hold its Centennial game on Sept. 26 against UC Irvine.
WEEK IN REVIEW
UCLA went 0-2 on the road last week in the first two games of its Pac-12 schedule, dropping a 2-0 decision at Oregon State on Thursday before falling 5-0 at Washington on Sunday. The Bruins were behind the eight ball in both contests, conceding in the third minute against OSU and within the first minute against the Huskies.
HOT START FOR MILAN ILOSKI
Thanks to a five-game scoring streak out of the gate, UCLA junior forward Milan Iloski has had a red-hot start to the 2019 campaign. That streak included a hat trick against Maryland and a five-point performance at CSUN. Some notes on his torrid start to the season:
LAST TIME OUT AGAINST UC IRVINE
UCLA and UC Irvine last met in the regular season in 2015, producing an instant classic as the Bruins recovered from an early red card and a three-goal deficit to defeat the Anteaters 4-3 in overtime at Drake Stadium. Defender Malcolm Jones was issued a red card just 13 minutes into the match, putting the Bruins down a man for almost the entire game. UCI scored three goals early in the second half to seemingly put the game on ice. However, Seyi Adekoya responded with a pair of goals to bring UCLA within one before Jose Hernandez finished off a set piece to tie it up with just 10 seconds remaining in regulation. Hernandez got the golden goal in the 98th minute as well, taking a ball from Jackson Yueill and chipping the keeper for the final tally. UCLA and UCI played an exhibition contest in 2018 - the first interscholastic game for the UCLA men at Wallis Annenberg Stadium - with Andrew Paoli providing the lone score in a 1-0 win for the Bruins.
THE SERIES AGAINST UCI
The Bruins are 16-3-0 all-time against UC Irvine, including a 9-1-0 mark in home games. UCI's lone win in Westwood came back in 2001. The two programs have matched up just three times over the last 10 years, with the Bruins winning two of those contests.
HOT AT HOME
The Bruins have been traditionally tough to beat on their home field. Dating back to 2010, UCLA is 64-24-8 (.708) in home games, and has recorded a winning record at home in every season. UCLA is 7-5-0 (.583) at home since moving to Wallis Anneberg Stadium before the 2018 season.
ILOSKI TO ILOSKI
Junior midfielder Eric Iloski helped set up his brother Milan's opening goal against CSUN. That helper represented the second time this season that Eric earned the primary assist on a Milan goal. It was also the third time that Eric and Milan have both recorded a point on the same goal - Milan and elder brother Brian assisted on an Eric goal against San Diego State on Oct. 15, 2017.
POWELL TABBED TO PRESEASON ALL-PAC-12 TEAM
Redshirt senior midfielder/defender Matthew Powell was named to the 2019 Preseason All-Pac-12 Team ahead of the new season. Powell was one of just three defenders to make the conference's preseason Best XI. The Castro Valley, Calif. native was an All-Pac-12 second team choice in 2018 after receiving an all-conference honorable mention as a sophomore in 2017. A mainstay of the defensive corps last year, Powell was one of just three Bruins to start all 19 of the team's games. Spending time at both center back and holding mid, Powell played the full 90 in all but three games and ended the year with 1,670 minutes of action, third-most on the team.
LIGHTS, CAMERA, BRUINS
The Bruins will have 16 of 18 regular season games appear on TV this season, including all 10 home games. Pac-12 Networks will provide live television coverage of every regular season game at Annenberg Stadium in addition to four UCLA road games. BRUINS
IN RED, WHITE, AND BLUE
Former UCLA players Reggie Cannon and Jackson Yueill as well as current volunteer assistant coach Walker Zimmerman were all named to the 26-man roster for the U.S. Men's National Team in late August. Zimmerman and Cannon both started in the USMNT's battle against Mexico on Sept. 6, while Yueill appeared as a substitute. Then in the US's battle against Uruguay on Sept. 10, both Cannon and Yueill drew starts. Cannon has accrued eight caps with the senior team, including a start at right back in the 2019 Gold Cup final against Mexico. Yueill has three caps, all coming in 2019. Zimmerman, an LAFC defender, has scored twice over 11 career games with Team USA.
HOME COOKING
Starting on Thursday, UCLA will play a season-high eight consecutive games at home. That is the longest homestand for the program since at least 1980 (home-away designations are unavailable prior to 1980). Once that stretch begins, the Bruins don't play another road game until they head to Berkeley for a matchup against Cal on Halloween.
SUNDQUIST SETTING IT UP
Sophomore midfielder Cody Sundquist has had a nice start to the 2019 campaign, recording points in four of seven games to this point of the season for a total of five points (one goal, three assists). His three apples are a team-high and rank sixth in the Pac-12 Conference. The Granite Bay, Calif. native recorded his first goal of the season and second of his career against CSUN on Sept. 15, a tally which held up as the game-winner. Both of his career goals have been game-winners.
GARCES MAKING STOPS
UCLA sophomore keeper Justin Garces enters the weekend with the Pac-12 lead in saves at 22. The Miami, Fla. native - who entered the year with a single-game career-high of fives saves - has made four or more stops in three of UCLA's seven games this year, including a career-high seven in the season-opener against Northwestern. He was the Pac-12 Player of the Week after making 11 saves over two games in the IU/Adidas Credit Union Classic to open the year.
MILAN ILOSKI RECORDS HAT TRICK IN WIN OVER MARYLAND
Milan Iloski scored a career-high three goals to power UCLA to a 3-2 win over then-No. 1 Maryland on Sept. 6. It was UCLA's first hat trick since Chandler Hoffman had one on Sept. 16, 2011. The offensive outburst helped the Bruins earn their first win over a top-ranked team since beating Akron 6-1 on Sept. 5, 2016 and the team's first triumph over a defending national champ since topping Indiana 1-0 on Sept. 1, 2013.
TOUGH TESTS
Over the first three games of September, UCLA played three straight games against top-10 opponents (No. 2 Indiana, No. 1 Maryland, No. 6 Georgetown). The three-game span represented:
NICE TO MEET YOU
Eight of UCLA's 10 newcomers have made their Bruin debuts so far. Marcony Pimentel, Constantinos Michaelides, Ben Reveno, and Ruben Soria are currently in starting roles while Riley Ferch, Jefferson Alade, Luke Bone, and Ollie de Visser have all appeared as substitutes.
JEFFERSON ALADE INCLUDED ON TOP DRAWER'S PRESEASON FRESHMAN BEST XI
UCLA freshman forward Jefferson Alade was tabbed to the TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Freshman Best XI before the start of the new season. He was one of just three forwards listed among the XI. A product of the Vancouver Whitecaps Academy, Alade scored 36 goals over 83 career games with the club. He saw his productivity go up as he got older, culminating in a career-high 15 scores last year in 31 games.
Date/Time: Thursday, Sept. 26 - 7:00 p.m. (PT)
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (Wallis Annenberg Stadium)
TV/Stream: Pac-12 Networks
Radio: UCLABruins.com
Live Stats
UCLA HOSTS UC IRVINE IN NON-CONFERENCE TILT
After three straight games on the road, UCLA (3-4-0) opens up a season-long eight-game homestand on Thursday night by hosting Big West-member UC Irvine (2-4-2) in a non-conference clash at Wallis Annenberg Stadium. The game will be televised by the Pac-12 Networks, with Elise Woodward on the call. Fans can also follow along with online radio - Nick Koop will be on the call via UCLA.leanplayer.com - and live stats via UCLALiveStats.com. Live updates will be provided on Twitter at @UCLAMSoccer.
UCLA100
UCLA will celebrate its first 100 years with a year-long university-wide Centennial Celebration. UCLA Athletics has several Centennial Celebration plans and giveaways in store for designated home events, including a set of 13 Centennial Pins highlighting each sport, as well as a souvenir mosaic poster that features personal photos submitted by UCLA fans. Men's soccer will hold its Centennial game on Sept. 26 against UC Irvine.
WEEK IN REVIEW
UCLA went 0-2 on the road last week in the first two games of its Pac-12 schedule, dropping a 2-0 decision at Oregon State on Thursday before falling 5-0 at Washington on Sunday. The Bruins were behind the eight ball in both contests, conceding in the third minute against OSU and within the first minute against the Huskies.
HOT START FOR MILAN ILOSKI
Thanks to a five-game scoring streak out of the gate, UCLA junior forward Milan Iloski has had a red-hot start to the 2019 campaign. That streak included a hat trick against Maryland and a five-point performance at CSUN. Some notes on his torrid start to the season:
- Enters the weekend sixth in the nation in goals (seven), goals per game (1.00), points (16), and points per game (2.29)
- Is two goals off the national lead, four points off the national lead
- First Bruin with seven goals over the first five games of a season since 2000 (McKinley Tennyson Jr.)
- First Bruin this millennium with 16 points over the first five games of a season
- First Bruin with a three-game goal-scoring streak since 2015
- No Bruin since 2015 (Seyi Adekoya - 12) has had more single-season goals than his current 7
- Earned national, Pac-12, and UCLA Player of the Week honors after his hat trick against Maryland on Sept. 6
LAST TIME OUT AGAINST UC IRVINE
UCLA and UC Irvine last met in the regular season in 2015, producing an instant classic as the Bruins recovered from an early red card and a three-goal deficit to defeat the Anteaters 4-3 in overtime at Drake Stadium. Defender Malcolm Jones was issued a red card just 13 minutes into the match, putting the Bruins down a man for almost the entire game. UCI scored three goals early in the second half to seemingly put the game on ice. However, Seyi Adekoya responded with a pair of goals to bring UCLA within one before Jose Hernandez finished off a set piece to tie it up with just 10 seconds remaining in regulation. Hernandez got the golden goal in the 98th minute as well, taking a ball from Jackson Yueill and chipping the keeper for the final tally. UCLA and UCI played an exhibition contest in 2018 - the first interscholastic game for the UCLA men at Wallis Annenberg Stadium - with Andrew Paoli providing the lone score in a 1-0 win for the Bruins.
THE SERIES AGAINST UCI
The Bruins are 16-3-0 all-time against UC Irvine, including a 9-1-0 mark in home games. UCI's lone win in Westwood came back in 2001. The two programs have matched up just three times over the last 10 years, with the Bruins winning two of those contests.
HOT AT HOME
The Bruins have been traditionally tough to beat on their home field. Dating back to 2010, UCLA is 64-24-8 (.708) in home games, and has recorded a winning record at home in every season. UCLA is 7-5-0 (.583) at home since moving to Wallis Anneberg Stadium before the 2018 season.
ILOSKI TO ILOSKI
Junior midfielder Eric Iloski helped set up his brother Milan's opening goal against CSUN. That helper represented the second time this season that Eric earned the primary assist on a Milan goal. It was also the third time that Eric and Milan have both recorded a point on the same goal - Milan and elder brother Brian assisted on an Eric goal against San Diego State on Oct. 15, 2017.
POWELL TABBED TO PRESEASON ALL-PAC-12 TEAM
Redshirt senior midfielder/defender Matthew Powell was named to the 2019 Preseason All-Pac-12 Team ahead of the new season. Powell was one of just three defenders to make the conference's preseason Best XI. The Castro Valley, Calif. native was an All-Pac-12 second team choice in 2018 after receiving an all-conference honorable mention as a sophomore in 2017. A mainstay of the defensive corps last year, Powell was one of just three Bruins to start all 19 of the team's games. Spending time at both center back and holding mid, Powell played the full 90 in all but three games and ended the year with 1,670 minutes of action, third-most on the team.
LIGHTS, CAMERA, BRUINS
The Bruins will have 16 of 18 regular season games appear on TV this season, including all 10 home games. Pac-12 Networks will provide live television coverage of every regular season game at Annenberg Stadium in addition to four UCLA road games. BRUINS
IN RED, WHITE, AND BLUE
Former UCLA players Reggie Cannon and Jackson Yueill as well as current volunteer assistant coach Walker Zimmerman were all named to the 26-man roster for the U.S. Men's National Team in late August. Zimmerman and Cannon both started in the USMNT's battle against Mexico on Sept. 6, while Yueill appeared as a substitute. Then in the US's battle against Uruguay on Sept. 10, both Cannon and Yueill drew starts. Cannon has accrued eight caps with the senior team, including a start at right back in the 2019 Gold Cup final against Mexico. Yueill has three caps, all coming in 2019. Zimmerman, an LAFC defender, has scored twice over 11 career games with Team USA.
HOME COOKING
Starting on Thursday, UCLA will play a season-high eight consecutive games at home. That is the longest homestand for the program since at least 1980 (home-away designations are unavailable prior to 1980). Once that stretch begins, the Bruins don't play another road game until they head to Berkeley for a matchup against Cal on Halloween.
SUNDQUIST SETTING IT UP
Sophomore midfielder Cody Sundquist has had a nice start to the 2019 campaign, recording points in four of seven games to this point of the season for a total of five points (one goal, three assists). His three apples are a team-high and rank sixth in the Pac-12 Conference. The Granite Bay, Calif. native recorded his first goal of the season and second of his career against CSUN on Sept. 15, a tally which held up as the game-winner. Both of his career goals have been game-winners.
GARCES MAKING STOPS
UCLA sophomore keeper Justin Garces enters the weekend with the Pac-12 lead in saves at 22. The Miami, Fla. native - who entered the year with a single-game career-high of fives saves - has made four or more stops in three of UCLA's seven games this year, including a career-high seven in the season-opener against Northwestern. He was the Pac-12 Player of the Week after making 11 saves over two games in the IU/Adidas Credit Union Classic to open the year.
MILAN ILOSKI RECORDS HAT TRICK IN WIN OVER MARYLAND
Milan Iloski scored a career-high three goals to power UCLA to a 3-2 win over then-No. 1 Maryland on Sept. 6. It was UCLA's first hat trick since Chandler Hoffman had one on Sept. 16, 2011. The offensive outburst helped the Bruins earn their first win over a top-ranked team since beating Akron 6-1 on Sept. 5, 2016 and the team's first triumph over a defending national champ since topping Indiana 1-0 on Sept. 1, 2013.
TOUGH TESTS
Over the first three games of September, UCLA played three straight games against top-10 opponents (No. 2 Indiana, No. 1 Maryland, No. 6 Georgetown). The three-game span represented:
- First time playing a ranked team in three straight games since Oct. 16-23, 2014 (No. 1 Washington, No. 17 Oregon State No. 2 Washington
- First time playing top-10 teams in three straight games since Nov. 19-Dec. 2, 2006 (No. 9 Clemson, No. 1 Duke, No. 3 Virginia - all in the NCAA Tournament)
NICE TO MEET YOU
Eight of UCLA's 10 newcomers have made their Bruin debuts so far. Marcony Pimentel, Constantinos Michaelides, Ben Reveno, and Ruben Soria are currently in starting roles while Riley Ferch, Jefferson Alade, Luke Bone, and Ollie de Visser have all appeared as substitutes.
JEFFERSON ALADE INCLUDED ON TOP DRAWER'S PRESEASON FRESHMAN BEST XI
UCLA freshman forward Jefferson Alade was tabbed to the TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Freshman Best XI before the start of the new season. He was one of just three forwards listed among the XI. A product of the Vancouver Whitecaps Academy, Alade scored 36 goals over 83 career games with the club. He saw his productivity go up as he got older, culminating in a career-high 15 scores last year in 31 games.
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