Stanford 0 #21 California 3. Att.: 1,215. CAL -- John Fitzpatrick 2 (Davis Paul) 16 CAL -- John Fitzpatrick 3 (Hector Jimenez) 89 CAL -- Servando Carrasco 2 (Hector Jimenez) 90 Soccer America Men's Top 25 (Sept. 28 rankings) TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Akron (7-0-1) 1 2. North Carolina (6-2-0) 2 3. Virginia (6-2-1) 5 4. Connecticut (7-0-2) 6 5. Michigan State (7-2-0) 8 6. SMU (9-1-0) 9 7. Tulsa (7-1-0) 3 8. Duke (4-2-3) 13 9. Boston College (5-2-2) 4 10. Maryland (5-2-1) 11 11. Louisville (7-0-2) 10 12. Creighton (7-1-0) 14 13. Butler (8-0-0) 17 14. Washington (6-3-1) 21 15. Brown (6-0-2) 23 16. Monmouth (7-1-0) 7 17. UC Santa Barbara (4-3-2) NR 18. UC Irvine (8-1-1) NR 19. West Virginia (5-3-1) NR 20. UCLA (6-2-1) 15 21. California (5-1-2) 19 22. St. John's (5-3-0) 16 23. Ohio State (6-2-2) NR 24. Penn State (6-3-0) 20 25. Portland (4-1-4) 23 (Records are for games played through Oct. 3.)
No. 14/19 Cal Routs Oregon State, 5-0 Jones scores winner and Soares nets 2 goals for 6-1-2 Bears http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-soccer/recaps/100910aaa.html Game Summary Scoring Summary Cal - Ted Jones(Tony Salciccia) 15:07 Cal - A.J. Soares (Hector Jimenez, Steve Birnbaum) 20:09 Cal - Tony Salciccia (Ted Jones) 20:32 Cal - John Fitzpatrick (Demitrius Omphroy) 48:44 Cal - A.J. Soares (Demitrius Omphroy) 71:23 Goals by Period 1 2 F California 3 2 5 Oregon State 0 0 0 Shots by Period 1 2 F California 7 7 14 Oregon State 4 3 7 Att.: 773.
Soccer America Men's Top 25 Scoreboard October 9th, 2010 12:50AM No. 3 North Carolina (1-0 over Wake Forest) and No. 6 Maryland (7-0 over Virginia Tech) won their ACC games, while No. 10 Duke (0-0 at N.C. State) and No. 11 Boston College (1-1 at Clemson) had to settle for ties. No. 15 Monmouth, No. 19 California and No. 25 Florida Gulf Coast all won with shutouts. TOP 25 SCOREBOARD: Friday, Oct. 8 #3 North Carolina 1 Wake Forest 0. Att.: 3,635. UNC -- Michael Farfan 3 (Stephen McCarthy) 22 Virginia Tech 0 #6 Maryland 7. Att.: 1,011. MD -- Matt Kassel 5 (unassisted) 5 MD -- Casey Townsend 4 (Matt Kassel) 21 MD -- own goal 55 MD -- Paul Torres 1 (unassisted) 57 MD -- Jason Herrick 4 (Doug Rodkey) 61 MD -- Jason Herrick 5 (unassisted) 65 MD -- Patrick Mullins 4 (unassisted) 71 N.C. State 0 #10 Duke 0. Att.: 1,600. Clemson 1 #11 Boston College 1. Att.: 2,142. CU -- K.C. Onyeador 2 (Wes Nelson, Nick Burton) 8 BC -- Edvin Worley 4 (Kyle Bekker, Kevin Mejia) 69 #15 Monmouth 4 Fairleigh Dickinson 0. Att.: 435. MU -- Anthony Vazquez 1 (R.J. Allen) 5 MU -- Ryan Kinne 6 (Cesar Blacido) 8 MU -- Ryan Clark 1 (unassisted) 57 MU -- Ryan Kinne 7 (unassisted) 63 Oregon State 0 #19 California 5. Att.: 773. CAL -- Ted Jones 1 (Tony Salciccia) 16 CAL -- A.J. Soares 2 (Hector Jimenez, Steve Birnbaum) 21 CAL -- Tony Salciccia 1 (Ted Jones) 21 CAL -- John Fitzpatrick 4 (Demitrius Omphroy) 49 CAL -- A.J. Soares 3 (Demitrius Omphroy) 72 #25 Florida Gulf Coast 2 USC Upstate 0. Att.: 257. FGCU -- Deion Jones 3 (unassisted) 19 FGCU -- Cristian Raudales 3 (Deion Jones) 64 TOP 25 SCHEDULE: Saturday, Oct. 9 Northern Illinois vs. #1 Akron #2 Connecticut vs. Seton Hall #4 Virginia vs. Alabama A&M #5 Tulsa vs. South Carolina Rutgers vs. #7 Louisville #12 Creighton vs. #20 Indiana #13 Butler vs. UIC Princeton vs. #14 Brown #15 Monmouth vs. Sacred Heart #16 UC Irvine vs. Cal Poly #17 UCLA vs. #21 San Diego State Washington vs. #19 California West Virginia vs. #22 Notre Dame Villanova vs. #23 South Florida #24 UCF vs. Memphis UNC Wilmington vs. #25 Old Dominion Sunday, Oct. 10 Penn State vs. #8 Michigan State #9 SMU vs. Marshall Northwestern vs. #18 Ohio State 25 Florida Gulf Coast vs. East Tenn. State TOP 25 RESULTS: Wednesday, Oct. 6 Oakland 0 #1 Akron 5. Att.: 1,188. UA -- Darren Mattocks 5 (Darlington Nagbe) 3 UA -- Darren Mattocks 6 (Ben Speas, Darlington Nagbe) 14 UA -- Chad Barson 2 (Anthony Ampaipitakwong) 23 UA -- Michael Nanchoff 2 (unassisted) 25 UA -- McKauly Tulloch 1 (Michael Balogun) 75 #8 Michigan State 2 New Hampshire 0. Att.: 540. MSU -- Brent Rosendall 3 (unassisted) 28 MSU -- Domenic Barone 5 (Mark Barone) 64 #9 SMU 3 South Carolina 1. Att.: 376. USC -- Blake Brettschneider 4 (Jimmy Maurer) 41 SMU -- Arthur Ivo 5 (Kekoa Osorio) 49 SMU -- Josue Soto 4 (pen.) 76 SMU -- Zach Barnes 3 (Juan Castillo) 90 UC Davis 0 #16 UC Irvine 3. Att.: 627. UCI -- Spencer Thompson (unassisted) 61 UCI -- Amani Walker (Spencer Thompson) 68 UCI -- Gray Bailey (Jimmy Turner) 70 #20 Indiana 1 #22 Notre Dame 2. Att.: 1,801. ND -- Jeb Brovsky 2 (Steven Perry) 14 IU -- Will Bruin 8 (Andy Adlard) 24 ND -- Adam Mena 1 (unassisted) 80 Florida Atlantic 0 #23 South Florida 0 (OT). Att.: 325. VCU 1 #25 Old Dominion 1 (OT). Att.: 393. ODU -- Tim Hopkinson 1 (unassisted) 56 VCU -- Jake Van Yahres 3 (Jason Johnson) 74 Tuesday, Oct. 5 #3 North Carolina 5 Radford 1. Att.: 475. RU -- Iyiola Awosika 4 (Aldo Macias) 26 UNC -- Martin Murphy 1 (Josh Rice, Eddie Ababio) 39 UNC -- Enzo Martinez 4 (Josh Rice, Eddie Ababio) 50 UNC -- Kirk Urso 3 (unassisted) 63 UNC -- Matt Rose 1 (pen.) 80 UNC -- Martin Murphy 2 (Kirk Urso) 87 #4 Virginia 2 Liberty 1. Att.: 1,023. UVA -- Brian Ownby 3 (Ari Dimas 3) 5 LIB -- Alex Verville 2 (Darren Amoo 2) 56 UVA -- Ari Dimas 2 (pen.) 81 #12 Creighton 3 #5 Tulsa 1. Att.: 2,431. CU -- Ethan Finlay 6 (Jose Gomez, Dion Acoff) 1 CU -- Ethan Finlay 7 Clark, Kris) 23 CU -- Andrew Ribeiro 2 (Acoff, Dion) 28 TUL -- Austin Neil 8 (Zach Nulisch) 56 #6 Maryland 1 #2 Connecticut 0. Att.: 1,450. MD -- Patrick Mullins 3 (Paul Torres) 35 #10 Duke 4 Davidson 1. Att.: 415. DU -- Ryan Finley 9 Chris Tweed-Kent) 23 DU -- Ryan Finley 10 Cole Grossman) 41 DU -- Cole Grossman 2 (Ryan Finley) 51 DU -- Cole Grossman 3 (Chris Tweed-Kent) 76 DAV -- Alex Caskey 5 (Greg Macnamara) 90 #13 Butler 2 Evansville 1. Att.: 493. BU -- Adekunle Oluyedun 4 (Ben Sippola) 55 UE -- Tom Irvin 2 (Gavin Chura) 67 BU -- Kyle Pateros 2 (Adam Glanzer, Jamie Vollmer) 89 #14 Brown 1 St. John's 0. Att.: 703. BRWN -- Evan Coleman (unassisted) 3 #24 UCF 2 FIU 0. Att.: 536. UCF -- Eduardo Jimenez 1 (Nicholas Keown-Robson) 44 UCF -- Luiz Yamashita 1 (Kevan George) 69 Soccer America Men's Top 25 (Oct. 5 rankings) TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Akron (8-0-1) 1 2. Connecticut (7-1-2) 4 3. North Carolina (8-2-0) 2 4. Virginia (7-2-1) 3 5. Tulsa (7-2-0) 7 6. Maryland (7-2-1) 10 7. Louisville (7-0-2) 11 8. Michigan State (8-2-0) 5 9. SMU (10-1-0) 6 10. Duke (5-2-4) 8 11. Boston College (5-2-3) 9 12. Creighton (8-1-0) 12 13. Butler (9-0-0) 13 14. Brown (7-0-2) 15 15. Monmouth (8-1-0) 16 16. UC Irvine (9-1-1) 18 17. UCLA (7-2-1) 20 18. Ohio State (6-2-2) 23 19. California (6-1-2) 21 20. Indiana (5-4-1) NR 21. San Diego State (7-2-1) NR 22. Notre Dame (5-2-3) NR 23. South Florida (6-2-2) NR 24. UCF (7-2-0) NR 25. Florida Gulf Coast (7-2-2) NR 25. Old Dominion (5-3-2) NR (Records are for games played through Oct. 8.) Note: The Soccer America Men's Top 25 will appear i n the College Reporter each Tuesday during the regular season.
No. 14/19 Cal Streaks to 4-1 Win Over UW Unbeaten in 7 games http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-soccer/recaps/101010aab.html Scoring Summary Cal - John Fitzpatrick (Tony Salciccia) 10:51 Cal - Tony Salciccia (Davis Paul) 18:36 Cal - A.J. Soares (penalty kick) 66:23 Cal - Davis Paul (A.J. Soares) 70:56 Washington - Matt Van Houten (penalty kick)
Your cousin had a great weekend, Falvo. IMO, this is the part of the season where Cal shows what they learned from last year's meltdown. They were off to a great start last year, too, so hopefully they'll be able to show more consistency from here out than a year ago. If they do, I think they can be a threat to make it to the College Cup. They have enough talent.
Hey thanks for your acknowledgment! Kevin Grimes seems to know his stuff so far. They've only lost to St Mary's and no one really knows what happed there. They are unbeaten so far anyway in conference play. On another note, isn't it interesting how this certian poster below (former player or rather players dad) never posted anymore? Hey soccerbro1, you really must be an avid follower of Cal soccer. Please try and post some more. Thanks On another note... TAKE NOTE! No. 19 California has opened the Pac-10 season with three impressive wins on the road, piling up 12 goals in victories at Stanford, Oregon State and Washington. On Sunday, freshman (really a sophomore) Tony Salciccia scored the game-winning goal and added an assist in a 4-1 victory at Washington that extending the Golden Bears’ unbeaten streak to seven games. http://www.socceramerica.com/article/39940/golden-bears-attack-comes-alive.html
And somewhere they also found the time to make this video: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuH7PiJ5x5k"]YouTube - Chris Brown "For Ur Love" Music Video (Cover) - Cal Men's Soccer Team 2010[/ame]
Chris Brown tweet about this video http://twitter.com/CHRISBROWN 9 goals and a Chris Brown video all in one weekend. Most teams would like a weekend like that. Hate to say it but Cal destroyed us in the Pacific Northwest this past weekend. Props for the video.
Cal beats San Diego and faces UCLA Sunday....... No. 10 Cal Beats SDSU, 3-0 3 Bears score http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-soccer/recaps/101510aaa.html Game Summary Scoring Summary Cal - A.J. Soares (Davis Paul, Servando Carrasco) 10:08 Cal - Chris Ortega (Hector Jimenez) 59:51 Cal - Servando Carrasco (Davis Paul, Steve Birnbaum) 65:44 Goals by Period 1 2 F San Diego State 0 0 0 California 1 2 3 Shots by Period 1 2 F San Diego State 9 8 17 California 3 6 9 Att.: 432.
Cal loses a heart breaker to UCLA in 2 OT's... [COLLEGE] No. 10 UCLA beat No. 11 California, 1-0, Sunday on Kelyn Rowe's golden goal from 25 yards to move into a share of the Pac-10 lead with the Golden Bears. On Saturday, No. 1 Akron, No. 5 Louisville and No. 8 Butler all won to remain unbeaten. For all the Top 25 action ... Follow all the men's college action with Soccer America at: http://twitter.com/sacollegemen TOP 25 SCOREBOARD: Sunday, Oct. 17 #11 California 0 #10 UCLA 1 (OT). Att.: 296. UCLA -- Kelyn Rowe 5 (Victor Chavez) 105 #13 Michigan State 3 Wisconsin 0. Att.: 1,803. MSU -- own goal 8 MSU -- Domenic Barone 6 (pen.) 41 MSU -- Jake Fullerton 2 (Domenic Barone, Spencer Thompson) 50 #19 Ohio State 1 Valparaiso 0 (OT). Att.: 591. OSU -- Konrad Warzycha 5 (Parnell Hegngi) 97 St. Francis (N.Y.) 0 #20 Monmouth 4. MU -- Ryan Kinne 8 (RJ Allen) 17 MU -- Matt Beverin 1 (Max Hamilton) 22 MU -- Ryan Kinne 9 (RJ Allen) 44 MU -- Chase Barbieri 2 (Ryan Clark) 60 Northwestern 1 #25 Penn State 1 (OT). Att.: 493. PSU -- Corey Hertzog 12 (Drew Cost) 39 NU -- Kyle Schickel 2 (Scott Lakin, Piero Bellizzi) 40 Saturday, Oct. 16 #1 Akron 4 Buffalo 0. Att.: 2,462. AKR -- Michael Nanchoff 4 (pen.) 21 AKR -- Darren Mattocks 8 (Darlington Nagbe) AKR -- Darren Mattocks 9 (Anthony Ampaipitakwong) 41 AKR -- Darren Mattocks 10 (Reinaldo Brenes) 63 #4 Maryland 3 Clemson 2. Att.: 3,715. MD -- Sunny Jane 3 (Matt Kassel, Ethan White) 39 MD -- Paul Torres 2 (London Woodberry) 40 CU -- Austin Savage 2 (unassisted) 55 CU -- Tommy Drake 3 (Nick Burton) 73 MD -- Jason Herrick 6 (Matt Kassel) 76 #5 Louisville 2 #21 Notre Dame 0. Att.: 3,207. LOU -- Dylan Mares 6 (Colin Rolfe) 55 LOU -- Nick DeLeon 4 (unassisted) 84 St. John's 0 #6 Connecticut 0 (OT). Att.: 2,007. Wright State 1 #8 Butler 2. Att.: 1,265. BU -- Adam Glanzer 2 (Conner Burt) 78 WSU -- Justin Circle (Derek Zuniga) 81 BU -- Jacob Capito 2 (Ben Sippola) 85 Cal Poly 0 #9 UC Irvine 0 (OT). Att.: 2,332. Evansville 1 #16 Creighton 2 (OT). Att.: 793. UE -- Mike Luttrull 6 (unassisted) 55 CREI -- Andrew Ribeiro 3 (Sergio Castillo, Kris Clark) 81 CREI -- Ethan Finlay 10 (Liam Kelly) 96 #17 Brown 0 Harvard 0 (OT). Att.: 902. #18 Indiana 2 #25 Michigan 1. Att.: 2,204. IND -- Alec Purdie 3 (Andy Adlard) 29 IND -- Caleb Konstanski 1 (Tommy Meyer, Harrison Petts) 32 MICH -- Soony Saad 11 (unassisted) 57 South Carolina 1 #22 UCF 1 (OT). Att.: 1,125. USC -- Bradlee Baladez 1 (Stephen Morrissey, Blake Brettschneider) 15 UCF -- Ben Hunt 3 (Yaron Bacher) 51 #23 Old Dominion 4 Towson 1. Att.: 796. ODU -- Alex Vaughan 3 (unassisted) 34 ODU -- Jordan LeBlanc 3 (Tim Hopkinson) 45 ODU -- Gordon Asante 4 (Tim Hopkinson) 58 TOW -- Zach Hoffer 3 (unassisted) 70 ODU -- Placide Buduri 1 (unassisted) 87 Mercer 1 #24 Florida Gulf Coast 3. Att.: 269. FGCU -- Josey Portillo 3 (Jeremy Vollmer, Andres Navas) 15 FGCU -- William Morse 2 (Josey Portillo) 79 MER -- Joey Heavner 1 (Ian Cameron) 84 FGCU -- Caleib Lynch 2 (Donovan Henry) 87 #25 South Florida 1 West Virginia 0. Att.: 976. USF -- Andre Mittoo 2 (Marius Krathe, Shawn Chin) 67 TOP 25 RESULTS: Friday, Oct. 15 #15 Boston College 1 #2 North Carolina 1 (OT). Att.: 538. BC -- Conor Fitzpatrick 5 (Patrick Chin) 20 UNC -- Alex Dixon 1 (Eddie Ababio) 69 #3 Virginia 2 Virgina Tech 1 (OT). Att.: 4,040. VT -- Mikey Minutillo 5 (Evan Slusser) 22 UVA -- Brian Ownby 6 (Sean Hiller) 76 UVA -- Greg Monaco 1 (Ahkeel Rodney) 92 Stanford 2 #10 UCLA 1 (OT). Att.: 2,175. STAN -- Bobby Warshaw 4 (pen.) 23 UCLA-- Kelyn Rowe 5 (unassisted) 73 STAN -- Dersu Abolfathi 2 (Adam Jahn, Taylor Amman) 85 #11 California 3 San Diego State 0. Att.: 432. CAL -- A.J. Soares 5 (Davis Paul, Servando Carrasco) 11 CAL -- Chris Ortega 1 (Hector Jimenez) 60 CAL -- Servando Carrasco 3 (Davis Paul, Steve Birnbaum) 66 #12 Tulsa 1 Marshall 1 (OT). Att.: 480. TUL -- Ashley McInnes 6 (Wyatt Stephens) 75 MAR -- Diego Ayala 2 (Tom Jackson) 77 UC Santa Barbara 2 #14 Duke 0. Att.: 11,242. UCSB -- Danny Barrera 1 (Michael Nonni) 56 UCSB -- Sam Garza 6 (unassisted) 80 Long Island 1 #20 Monmouth 1 (OT). Att.: 250. LIU -- Jakeem Johnson (Juan Lanza) 29 MU -- Anthony Vazquez 2 (Ryan Clark) 51 Thursday, Oct. 14 Campbell 0 #24 Florida Gulf Coast 1. Att.: 131. FGCU -- Andres Navas 1 (unassisted) 58 Wednesday, Oct. 13 #25 Penn State 1 #1 Akron 2 (OT). Att.: 2,856. PSU-- Corey Hertzog 12 (Mackenzie Arment) 6 UA -- Darlington Nagbe 4 (Michael Nanchoff) 7 UA -- Michael Nanchoff 3 (pen.) 107 Cincinnati 1 #5 Louisville 3. Att.: 428. LOU -- Charlie Campbell 1 (unassisted) 23 CIN -- Matt Bahner 5 (Zach Patterson) 35 LOU -- Nick DeLeon 3 (Colin Rolfe) 63 LOU -- Charlie Campbell 2 (Paolo DelPiccolo) 73 Providence 0 #6 Connecticut 2. Att.: 457. UCONN -- Tony Cascio 9 (Alan Ponce) 28 UCONN -- Alan Ponce 2 (Max Wasserman, Shawn Nicklaw) 76 #8 Butler 5 Bowling Green 0. Att.: 225. BU -- Austin Oldham 2 (Jordan Burt) 17 BU -- Julian Cardona 3 (Kyle Petros, Matt Hedges) 21 BU -- Ben Sippola 7 (Brett Heinz) 27 BU -- Tyler Pollock 1 (Jacob Capito) 56 BU -- Adam Glanzer 1 (Tyler Pollock) 72 #13 Michigan State 5 Western Michigan 0. Att.: 342. MSU -- Cyrus Saydee 3 (Spencer Thompson, Brent Rosendall) 4 MSU -- Brent Rosendall 5 (Mark Barone) 65 MSU -- Jeff Ricondo 3 (unassisted) 68 MSU -- Brent Rosendall 6 (Jeff Ricondo) 81 MSU -- Tim Kreutz 1 (Wesley Curtis) 83 UIC 1 #19 Ohio State 0. Att.: 464. UIC -- Derek Huffman 6 (unassisted) 30 #21 Notre Dame 4 Marquette 1. Att.: 930. ND -- Dillon Powers 2 (Harrison Shipp) 3 ND -- Steven Perry 7 (Michael Rose, Harrison Shipp) 11 ND -- Adam Mena 2 (Harrison Shipp) 30 MU -- Chris Madsen 3 (Calum Mallace) 56 ND -- Steven Perry 8 (unassisted) 62 #22 UCF 1 Kentucky 1 (OT). Att.: 469. UK -- Sam Brooks 3 (Jordan Rose) 3 UCF -- Warren Creavelle 3 (Eduardo Jimenez) 73 DePaul 0 #25 South Florida 1. Att.: 202. USF -- Shawn Chin 4 (pen.) 78 #25 Michigan 4 Valparaiso 2. Att.: 501. UM -- Adam Schmitt 3 (unassisted) 59 VAL -- Stefan Antonijevic 3 (Adrian Ortiz, Chadd Sult) 72 UM -- Soony Saad 9 (Matt Schmitt) 74 UM -- Matt Schmitt 4 (Justin Meram, Fabio Pereira) 76 VAL -- Jake Freisinger 2 (Jaymie Bullard) 78 UM -- Soony Saad 10 (Justin Meram, Adam Shaw) 83 Tuesday, Oct. 12 #2 North Carolina 2 Liberty 0. Att.: 1,857. UNC -- Enzo Martinez 5 (unassisted) 34 UNC -- Martin Murphy 3 (Enzo Martinez) 75 #3 Virginia 0 James Madison 0 (OT). Att.: 1,320. Lehigh 0 #4 Maryland 3. MD -- Sunny Jane 1 (Patrick Mullins; Jason Herrick) 40 MD -- Billy Cortes 3 (Jason Herrick; Doug Rodkey) 75 MD -- Sunny Jane 2 (Casey Townsend) 76 #15 Boston College 3 Holy Cross 0. Att.: 382. BC -- Charlie Rugg 5 (Edvin Worley) 27 BC -- Edvin Worley 4 (Amit Aburmad, Kyle Bekker) 29 BC -- Edvin Worley 5 (Colin Murphy, Myles Gerraty) 38 Soccer America Men's Top 25 (Oct. 12 rankings) TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Akron (11-0-1) 1 2. North Carolina (9-2-1) 3 3. Virginia (9-2-2) 4 4. Maryland (9-2-1) 6 5. Louisville (10-0-2) 7 6. Connecticut (9-1-3) 2 7. SMU (11-1-0) 9 8. Butler (12-0-0) 13 9. UC Irvine (10-1-2) 16 10. UCLA (9-3-1) 17 11. California (7-2-2) 19 12. Tulsa (7-3-1) 5 13. Michigan State (9-3-0) 8 14. Duke (5-3-4) 10 15. Boston College (6-2-4) 11 16. Creighton (9-2-0) 12 17. Brown (7-1-3) 14 18. Indiana (7-4-1) 20 19. Ohio State (7-4-2) 18 20. Monmouth (9-1-2) 15 21. Notre Dame (6-4-3) 22 22. UCF (8-2-2) 24 23. Old Dominion (7-3-2) 25 24. Florida Gulf Coast (10-2-2) 25 25. Penn State (8-4-1) NR 25. Michigan (8-3-3) NR 25. South Florida (8-2-3) 23 (Records are for games played through Oct. 17.)
No. 12 Cal Ties SDSU, 1-1, in Double OT Carrasco scores http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-soccer/recaps/102210aaa.html
[RANKINGS] Maryland and Louisville move up one spot each to 3-4, while Virginia drops to No. 5 in the Soccer America Men's Top 25 rankings. For the complete Top 25 rankings ... Follow all the men's college action with Soccer America at: http://twitter.com/sacollegemen Subscribe for free to the College Soccer Reporter: http://www.socceramerica.com/join/ Soccer America Men's Top 25 (Oct. 26 rankings) TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Akron (13-0-1) 1 2. North Carolina (11-2-1) 2 3. Maryland (11-2-1) 4 4. Louisville (12-0-2) 5 5. Virginia (9-2-3) 3 6. Connecticut (10-1-4) 6 7. SMU (13-1-0) 7 8. UC Irvine (12-1-2) 9 9. Butler (13-0-1) 8 10. Creighton (11-2-0) 11 11. California (9-2-3) 1312. Indiana (8-4-2) 16 13. UC Santa Barbara (10-3-2) 18 14. Boston College (7-2-5) 15 15. UCLA (10-4-1) 12 16. Brown (9-1-3) 17 17. Monmouth (10-1-2) 22 18. UCF (9-2-2) 23 19. William & Mary (11-2-1) 25 20. Pennsylvania (11-2-0) NR 21. Georgetown (10-4-1) NR 22. Michigan State (11-4-0) 10 23. Florida Gulf Coast (11-3-2) 21 24. Loyola Marymount (9-3-2) NR 25. Cal State Bakersfield (9-3-3) NR 25. Tulsa (8-4-1) 14 (Records are for games played through Oct. 25.) Note: The Soccer America Men's Top 25 will appear in the College Reporter each Tuesday during the regular season. No. 12 Cal Takes Pac-10 Lead With 1-0 Win at UCLA Paul scores in OT http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-soccer/recaps/102410aab.html Davis Paul Named Pac-10 Player of the Week http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/102610aaa.html
I think David Bingham is the big story on this team this year. He's 13th in the country in GAA (0.58), third in save percentage (.899), 7th in saves per game (5.71) and third in total saves (80). Bingham is the only GK in the country among the leaders in all those categories. The only one. All the other GKs who are among the leaders in GAA and save percentage haven't faced very many shots and thus aren't among the leaders in saves. Conversely, none of the other leaders in saves and saves per game have anything close to the numbers Bingham has in GAA and save percentage. Barring a meltdown the last few weeks of the regular season, he should be first team All America.
BTW, how good a GK coach is Cal's Henry Foulk? Assuming Bingham makes it to MLS (or Europe), with the exception of 2003, every starter they've had at GK will play in MLS. Josh Saunders (01-02), Erik Kronburg (04-05), Stefan Frei (06-08) and Bingham (09-present) have been the Cal starters. Only Mike Ogsuera in 2003 (who started as a redshirt freshmam then got beaten out by Kronburg and Frei the rest of the way) didn't go on to MLS. It's not quite UCLA's history of GK success, but in recent years, it's better. Here's a link to Foulk's bio. I wonder if they're having the GK success they are because he's adept at turning average talent into pro-caliber GKs or if good GKs are seeking out Cal because they want to be trained by him. http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/foulk_henry00.html
Paul's Golden Goal Moves No. 10 Cal Past OSU, 2-1 Cal's 9th OT game http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-soccer/recaps/102910aaa.html Goals by Period 1 2 1OT 2OT F Oregon State 0 1 0 0 1 California 1 0 0 1 2 Shots by Period 1 2 1OT 2OT F Oregon State 3 6 5 0 14 California 10 12 0 1 23 Att.: 186.
Jimenez Keeps No. 10 Cal Golden in 2-1 2OT Win vs. UW A Happy Halloween http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-soccer/cal-m-soccer-body.html Game Summary Scoring Summary Washington - John Crenshaw (Daniel Gray, Chris Brundage) 21:55 Cal - Servando Carrasco (penalty kick) 78:09 Cal - Hector Jimenez (Davis Paul) 108:08 Goals by Period 1 2 1OT 2OT F Washington 1 0 0 0 1 California 0 1 0 1 2 Shots by Period 1 2 1OT 2OT F Washington 10 9 0 3 22 California 7 4 6 3 20 Att.: 336.
Its sad in a way because they are a great college team but soccer fans everywhere in the country are few and far between. Most Bay Area's sports fans can only do and/or watch so much on weekends. I mean you had the entire city San Francisco right across the bridge partying all day long getting ready for the SF GIANTS in the World Series (something that happens once in a lifetime) and then you had the Oakland Raiders playing a home game down the road, the 49ers playing in the London Bowl finishing around 1PM.....there is only so much people can care about....
While all this is true, it's also a campus pushing 36,000 in enrollment. They should be able to get more than 250 or so to key games against long-standing conference rivals. Hard to believe a campus that big, with a team like that, and weather like that in a community that supports soccer (youth to pros) like that can't draw better. And for a program that was just on the abyss of elimination, you think they'd be marketing the hell out of themselves to try and get bigger crowds.
You ever been to Berkeley? Although their sports programs are pretty good, (even though they never win much and are cutting baseball this year) it seems that the whole town and/or campus cares about everything else other than sports. If you have a protest going, a xmas homeless food drive for the poor, an Obama or Clinton rally or anything protesting the war in Iraq, Afaghanistan and even Vietnam (somethings never change), I guarantee you will have a packed house.....
Soccer America Men's Top 25 Scoreboard October 28th, 2010 8:01PM #11 California 2 Oregon State 1 (OT). Att.: 184. CAL -- Steve Birnbaum (Davis Paul, Servando Carrasco) 34 OSU -- Travis Sanchez (Roberto Farfan) 49 CAL -- Davis Paul (Steve Birnbaum) 105 Soccer America Men's Top 25 (Oct. 26 rankings) TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Akron (14-1-1) 1 2. North Carolina (12-2-1) 2 3. Maryland (12-2-1) 4 4. Louisville (14-0-2) 5 5. Virginia (9-3-3) 3 6. Connecticut (10-2-4) 6 7. SMU (14-1-0) 7 8. UC Irvine (13-1-3) 9 9. Butler (15-0-1) 8 10. Creighton (11-2-1) 11 11. California (10-2-3) 13 12. Indiana (9-5-2) 16 13. UC Santa Barbara (10-4-3) 18 14. Boston College (9-3-5) 15 15. UCLA (11-4-1) 12 16. Brown (10-2-3) 17 17. Monmouth (12-1-2) 22 18. UCF (10-3-2) 23 19. William & Mary (12-2-2) 25 20. Pennsylvania (12-3-0) NR 21. Georgetown (11-4-1) NR 22. Michigan State (11-5-0) 10 23. Florida Gulf Coast (13-3-2) 21 24. Loyola Marymount (9-5-2) NR 25. Cal State Bakersfield (10-4-3) NR 25. Tulsa (9-5-1) 14 (Records are for games played through Oct. 31.) Note: The Soccer America Men's Top 25 will appear in the College Reporter each Tuesday during the regular season.
You could say that it isn't just Berkeley, since UCLA's home attendances are pretty crappy, too. Still, I tend to agree with Sandon. For as great a job as Cal's coaches have done, they need to start building up a fanbase. They're not going to draw thousands of fans overnight, but surely they can top 500? They finish their home schedule with Stanford on Veterans' Day. For that one it shouldn't be hard to bring out some support.