2019 UCLA Bruins men's soccer team

The 2019 UCLA Bruins men's soccer team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2019 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season. The regular season began on August 30 and concluded on November 16. It was the program's 83rd season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 20th season in the Pac-12 Conference. The 2019 season was Ryan Jorden's first year as head coach for the program.

2019 UCLA Bruins men's soccer
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
2019 record	6–9–3 (2–6–2 Pac-12)
Head coach	Ryan Jorden (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Matt Taylor (2nd season) Eric Reed (1st season) Walker Zimmerman (1st season)
Home stadium	Wallis Annenberg Stadium

2019 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Washington †	9	–	2	–	0			16	–	4	–	0
No. 4 Stanford +	6	–	2	–	2			14	–	3	–	5
Oregon State	5	–	3	–	2			8	–	5	–	2
California +	4	–	4	–	2			8	–	7	–	3
UCLA	2	–	6	–	1			6	–	9	–	2
San Diego State	1	–	9	–	0			4	–	12	–	2
† – Conference champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA Tournament As of 17 December 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Background

On April 29, 2019, Jorden was announced as the head coach of the UCLA Bruins men's soccer program.[1] This hiring came following the resignation and indictment of previous head coach Jorge Salcedofor his alleged participation in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal.[2]

Player movement

Arrivals

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Hometown	High School	Club	MLS rights	TDS Rating
11	Jefferson Alade	FW	CAN	Sherwood Park, AB	U-Hill	Vancouver Whitecaps	Vancouver Whitecaps	[3]
19	Luke Bone	MF	USA	Granite Bay, CA	Jesuit (CA)	Placer United	none	[4]
21	Konstantinos Michaelides	DF	CYP	Limassol, CYP	Petrou & Pavlou Lyceum	AEL Limassol	none	NR
23	Ollie de Visser	FW	USA	Los Altos, CA	Los Altos	Silicon Valley FC	none	NR
25	Eric Pearce	DF	USA	San Francisco, CA	Lowell (CA)	San Francisco Glens	none	NR

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Frankie Amaya	24	MF	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	145	Freshman	Santa Ana, CA	Went pro, selected by FC Cincinnati in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft
Anderson Asiedu	8	MF	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	155	Senior	Dormaa Ahenkro, GHA	Graduated, selected by Atlanta United in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft
Paul Caspar	15	DF	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	150	Freshman	Solingen, GER	Transferred to Longwood
Tobias Henneke	23	MF	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	155	Redshirt Junior	Munich, GER	Did not return
Santiago Herrera	9	FW	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185	Senior	Barquisimeto, VEN	Transferred to North Carolina
Erik Holt	4	DF	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185	Senior	San Diego, CA	Graduated, signed HGP contract with Real Salt Lake (MLS)
Matt Hundley	17	MF	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	160	Freshman	Littleton, CO	Graduated, signed HGP contract with Colorado Rapids (MLS)
Mohammed Kamara	10	FW	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170	Junior	Monrovia, LIB	Declared pro, signed with SC Paderborn (2. Bundesliga)
Robert Knights	18	MF	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	160	Redshirt Junior	Irvine, CA	Transferred to Cal Poly
Cole Martinez	33	GK	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175	Senior	Miami, FL	Graduated
Kike Poleo	11	MF	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	140	Senior	Miami, FL	Graduated
Joab Santoyo	25	MF	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	165	Redshirt Senior	Fontana, CA	Graduated
Brandon Terwege	5	DF	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185	Sophomore	Highland Village, TX	Transferred to SMU

Transfers

Name	Nat.	No.	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Josh Sosa	USA	12	MF	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sophomore	Anaheim, CA	Transferred from Pacific
Riley Ferch	USA	15	MF	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Sophomore	Margate, FL	Transferred from Florida Atlantic
Marcony Pimentel	BRA	17	MF	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Junior	Juiz de Fora, BRA	Transferred from Pittsburgh
Ruben Soria	MEX	20	DF	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	Junior	Culver City, CA	Transferred from Santa Monica College
Ben Reveno	USA	24	DF	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Junior	San Jose, CA	Transferred from UC Irvine

Roster

No.	Player	Nat.	Year	High School	Club Team
Goalkeepers
1	Justin Garces		So.	Rivers Academy	Atlanta United
18	Cameron Douglas		R-So.	Granite Bay	Sacramento Republic
22	Aristides Costeas		Jr.	Pascal English School	APOEL
Defenders
2	Eirik Baekkelund		R-So.	NHSES	Lyn
3	Alex Knox		Sr.	Vista Grande	Real Salt Lake
5	Arturo Vasquez		So.	Eleanor Roosevelt (CA)	FC Golden State
20	Ruben Soria		Jr.	Culver City	Santa Monica United
21	Konstantinos Michaelides		Fr.	Petrou & Pavlou Lyceum	AEL Limassol
24	Ben Reveno		Jr.	Leigh (CA)	San Jose Earthquakes
25	Eric Pearce		Fr.	Lowell (CA)	San Francisco Glens
28	Matthew Powell		R-Sr.	Bishop O'Dowd	De Anza Force
Midfielders
4	Roman Martin		Sr.	La Jolla (CA)	Nomads
6	Andrew Paoli		Jr.	Leigh (CA)	San Jose Earthquakes
7	Cody Sundquist		So.	Granite Bay	Fiorentina
8	Alexis Triadis		Sr.	Frankfurt International	Gonsenheim
12	Jose Sosa		So.	Servite	Anaheim Strikers
14	Eric Iloski		Jr.	San Pasqual (CA)	Real Salt Lake
15	Riley Ferch		So.	American Heritage (FL)	South Florida FA
16	Carlos Rincon		R-Jr.	Culver City	Santa Monica United
17	Marcony Pimentel		Jr.	Max Weber	SC Freiburg
19	Luke Bone		Fr.	Jesuit (CA)	Placer United
Forwards
9	Blayne Martinez		R-Sr.	San Clemente (CA)	Pateadores
10	Milan Iloski		Jr.	San Pasqual (CA)	Real Salt Lake
11	Jefferson Alade		Fr.	University Hill (BC)	Vancouver Whitecaps
23	Ollie de Visser		Fr.	Los Altos	Silicon Valley FC

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Preseason
August 20* 7:00 pm		Westmont	W 3–0		Wallis Annenberg Stadium Los Angeles, CA
August 24* 7:00 pm		at Omaha	W 1–0		Caniglia Field Omaha, NE
Regular season
August 30* 2:00 pm, BTN+		vs. Northwestern Adidas/IU Credit Union Classic	W 1–0 ^OT	1–0–0	Bill Armstrong Stadium (2,847) Bloomington, IN
September 1* 5:00 pm, BTN+		at No. 2 Indiana Adidas/IU Credit Union Classic	L 1–2 ^2OT	1–1–0	Bill Armstrong Stadium (1,877) Bloomington, IN
September 6* 7:00 pm, P12N		No. 4 Maryland	W 3–2	2–1–0	Wallis Annenberg Stadium (1,192) Los Angeles, CA
September 9* 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 19	Georgetown	L 1–5	2–2–0	Wallis Annenberg Stadium (448) Los Angeles, CA
September 15* 6:00 pm	No. 19	at Cal State Northridge	W 4–2	3–2–0	Matador Soccer Field (930) Northridge, CA
September 19 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 19	at Oregon State	L 0–2	3–3–0 (0–1–0)	Paul Lorenz Field (560) Corvallis, OR
September 22 4:00 pm, P12N		at No. 10 Washington	L 0–5	3–4–0 (0–2–0)	Husky Soccer Stadium (1,210) Seattle, WA
September 26* 7:00 pm, P12N		UC Irvine	T 1–1 ^2OT	3–4–1	Wallis Annenberg Stadium (1,042) Los Angeles, CA
October 1* 7:00 pm, P12N		UC Riverside	W 3–1	4–4–1	Wallis Annenberg Stadium (405) Los Angeles, CA
October 6 5:00 pm, P12N		San Diego State	W 5–2	5–4–1 (1–2–0)	Wallis Annenberg Stadium (646) Los Angeles, CA
October 10 8:00 pm, P12N		No. 7 Stanford	L 0–1	5–5–1 (1–3–0)	Wallis Annenberg Stadium (1,742) Los Angeles, CA
October 13 4:00 pm, P12N		California Rivalry	T 3–3 ^2OT	5–5–2 (1–3–1)	Wallis Annenberg Stadium (1,653) Los Angeles, CA
October 17* 7:00 pm, P12N		No. 13 San Diego	L 1–4	5–6–2	Wallis Annenberg Stadium (455) Los Angeles, CA
October 24 3:00 pm, P12N		No. 1 Washington	L 0–1	5–7–2 (1–4–1)	Wallis Annenberg Stadium (1,396) Los Angeles, CA
October 27 3:00 pm, P12N		Oregon State	L 2–3	5–8–2 (1–5–1)	Wallis Annenberg Stadium (1,580) Los Angeles, CA
October 31 4:00 pm, P12N		at California Rivalry	T 3–3 ^2OT	5–8–3 (1–5–2)	Edwards Stadium (146) Berkeley, CA
November 3 3:00 pm, P12N		at No. 5 Stanford	L 0–1	5–9–3 (1–6–2)	Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (1,890) Stanford, CA
November 16 7:00 pm, MWT		at San Diego State	W 1–0	6–9–3 (2–6–2)	SDSU Sports Deck (630) San Diego, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

References

1. Linesburgh, Scott. "Men's soccer coach Ryan Jorden leaving Pacific to take UCLA job". recordnet.com. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
2. Piechowski, Joe (2019-03-12). "UCLA Men's Soccer Coach Jorge Salcedo Indicted in Latest Admissions Scandal". Bruins Nation. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
3. "Jefferson Alade". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
4. "Luke Bone". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 2019-09-14.

External links

• UCLA Soccer