Coach Jorge Salcedo planned for a light training session two Fridays ago, intending to give his team a breather after a week of high-intensity offseason conditioning. But one phone call changed the course of UCLA’s practice plans for not only that day, but the following week as well. “(Salcedo) came up to us and was […]
Category Archives: Men’s Soccer
3 UCLA men’s soccer seniors selected in MLS SuperDraft
Three UCLA men’s soccer seniors saw their names picked at the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. After earning many postseason awards including the MAC Hermann Trophy and Soccer America Men’s Player of the Year, senior midfielder Leo Stolz was drafted by the New York Red Bulls with the No. 18 draft in the first round Thursday. Tuesday […]
UCLA men’s soccer players take different paths to reach 2015 MLS draft
They entered their UCLA soccer careers with directly opposite expectations. Redshirt senior forward Andrew Tusaazemajja said he didn’t think he’d have a shot of playing Major League Soccer, while senior defender Aaron Simmons said he’d always had the goal of playing professionally in the back of his mind. Yet on Jan. 8, both players found […]
Men’s soccer loses championship shootout to ironclad Cavaliers
CARY, N.C. — The confetti poured down on Sunday afternoon, all sorts of red, white and blue glittering in the golden Carolina sun. But oddly, it fell nowhere near the winning team – the Virginia Cavaliers were cavorting on the field, celebrating their men’s soccer program’s seventh national championship. Instead, the confetti rained down on […]
UCLA men’s soccer loses national title game on penalty kicks
From the start of the NCAA College Cup final on Sunday in Cary, N.C., the strategy of the lower-ranked and injury-riddled Virginia Cavaliers was clear: Do whatever’s possible to take the game to the precarious penalty kick stage. Virginia sat back deep in its own final third for the entire game, conceding nearly all the […]
Forward Larry Ndjock galvanizes UCLA’s OT win in College Cup semifinal
CARY, N.C. — The minutes were ticking away, nine of them separating UCLA men’s soccer from the end of its season. Having given up two goals and the lead in a dizzying stretch, the Bruins faced a 2-1 deficit against the Providence Friars in the College Cup semifinal Friday night. Twice before in this NCAA […]
Men’s soccer defeats Providence in OT, advances to NCAA title game
CARY, N.C. — As overtime wound down in the 105th minute of Friday’s NCAA semifinal between UCLA and Providence, neither team looked likely to break through. Then, a Bruin corner deflected off a defender, arcing high in the air, where UCLA freshman defender Chase Gasper waited for it to descend. Standing at the top of the box, […]