The jacket came off in the 80th minute. The celebration came in in the 107th. With the Bruins losing 2-1 midway through the second half, junior midfielder Felix Vobejda was brought down in the box and – much to the dissatisfaction of UCLA men’s soccer coach Jorge Salcedo – the referee’s’ whistle remained silent. The […]
Category Archives: Men’s Soccer
Men’s soccer to test winning inertia in first Pac-12 matchups
UCLA men’s soccer enters Pac-12 play this weekend trending in the opposite direction of its first conference opponents. Having lost four of their last five games and mired in their worst start in the past decade, the unranked Bruins (4-4-0) rebounded with a pair of comeback wins last week. Over the next three days, UCLA […]
UCLA men’s soccer displays determination in overcoming early trials
When the UCLA men’s soccer captain Leo Stolz, the team leader in assists and scoring, left for the MLS draft, seven goal-scorers have stepped up to fill the offensive void. Led by sophomore forward Seyi Adekoya’s six goals, UCLA men’s soccer (4-4-0) is on pace to match last season’s .163 shooting percentage. Losing senior goalkeeper […]
Tanner’s Take: Men’s soccer comeback offers possible turning point
I was done with my story, but I had so many questions. As the stunned home crowd sat in silence, the Drake Stadium scoreboard was painfully clear: UC Irvine 3, UCLA 0. I sent out a quick tweet – “Disaster in Westwood.” – and looked at the UCLA men’s soccer team that was slowly walking […]
Men’s soccer stuns UCI in four-goal overtime comeback win
As the moon emerged over Drake Stadium from behind the Earth’s shadow, it certainly would have been poetic if the practically nonexistent Bruin offense made its own long-awaited arrival. But Sunday night appeared to be anything but poetry. For 68 minutes, the UCLA men’s soccer team (4-4-0) looked overmatched and underprepared across the pitch, stumbling […]
Men’s soccer remains mired in early-season struggles
The Bruins have made plenty of history this season, and they desperately want to put an end to it. The early-season free fall began when then-No. 1 UCLA men’s soccer dropped a pair of road games to Maryland and Georgetown. Returning home, the team was upset by unranked UC Riverside for the first time in […]
Men’s soccer falls apart late in 4-2 loss to UCSB
Three days after its four-goal onslaught sunk Cal Poly, the UCLA men’s soccer team got a taste of its own medicine. The unranked Bruins (2-4-0) returned to the pitch Monday evening to face the visiting Gauchos (4-2-1) in a showdown that has been historically lopsided. In 41 prior matches, UCSB had won just four times […]