UCLA women's soccer team takes down Oregon at home 1-0

After Los Angeles provided some early afternoon rains to make the Oregon Ducks (5-5-1, 0-2 Pac-12) feel right at home, the Bruins (9-0-1, 2-0 Pac-12) obliged by letting the Ducks dictate the pace of play for the first half before freshmen forward Kylie McCarthy’s late goal put UCLA up one at final whistle, 1-0.

A young women's soccer team already shows NCAA Championship potential

The UCLA women’s soccer team is going through its own coming-of-age story. Twelve of the Bruins’ 28 players are youthful true freshmen from all over the United States (and one from New Zealand). If the team is serious about its title aspirations, it will need the young girls to mature and mature fast.