UCLA men’s soccer has been decimated by injuries throughout this season, forcing the team to adapt and learn on the fly. Players have had to change positions, formations have been altered and new roles established. But heading into their first game of the 2014 NCAA Tournament on Sunday against the San Diego Toreros, the Bruins’ […]
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No. 2 seed men’s soccer seeks redemption in NCAA tournament
Then-No. 1 UCLA men’s soccer was rolling. The Bruins hadn’t lost in over a month and were leading 2-0 through the first 15 minutes of their third-round NCAA Tournament game against the unseeded University of Connecticut Huskies on Dec. 1, 2013. It was almost a foregone conclusion: the Bruins were going to the NCAA quarterfinals […]
Men’s soccer could face its defeaters in first two games of NCAAs
UCLA men’s soccer was ranked No. 1 in the new NCAA RPI rankings on Monday. But the Bruins were hit with some disappointing news when the NCAA Tournament bracket was released later in the day. In the bracket, not only were the Bruins (11-4-4) given the No. 2 overall seed, they were also placed in […]
Midfielder Leo Stolz exhibits clinical footwork in 2-1 win over SDSU
The “Leo Stolz Show” may be in its last year at UCLA, but its main man is determined to make sure it doesn’t end anytime soon. In the two-plus years Stolz has been at UCLA, the Bruins have never made it past the third round of the NCAA tournament. As he stated after Sunday’s game […]
Men’s soccer practices with the pros during bye week for season finale
A bye week can provide needed time for rest and recuperation in the middle of the season and UCLA men’s soccer received that gift over the past week. But sometimes a bye can provide a little too much of a break – to the point that it breaks a team’s rhythm. By the time the […]
Bruins use bye week to recover from tough loss, heal injured players
Last time UCLA men’s soccer took the field for a match, coach Jorge Salcedo called it the most disappointing result of the year. It was a game defined by a lapse in mental focus on UCLA’s part, which led to Cal scoring the game’s only goal in the 47th minute. “It was a very frustrating […]
‘No. 1’ proves to be a double-edged sword for UCLA men’s soccer
The number one has more or less defined UCLA men’s soccer’s season so far. To start, the No. 1 national ranking has proven to be ominous for the Bruins (10-4-4, 5-2-2 Pac-12). In the five games this year which UCLA has held the No. 1 ranking, the team is 2-3-3. This past week, UCLA was […]