For the second time in three games, Tommy Silva proved to be the hero in overtime. Just three minutes into the golden goal period, redshirt freshman midfielder Tucker Lepley’s through ball was mishandled by the San Francisco keeper, and once again it was the sophomore defender Silva who pounced on the ball and capitalized on his opportunity. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore defender Tommy Silva scored the game-winning goal for UCLA men’s soccer in overtime Sunday against San Francisco to secure the team’s first win of the season. (Jack Stenzel/Daily Bruin)

Despite two preseason wins, the Bruins lost their season opener for the first time in almost a decade. UCLA men’s soccer (0-1), which shut out both of its preseason opponents, lost to Lipscomb (1-0) Thursday night by a final score of 2-1. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt freshman midfielder Tucker Lepley scored in the 33rd minute of his debut game as a Bruin, in which UCLA men’s soccer lost 2-1 to Lipscomb in its regular season opener. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin staff)

When coach Ryan Jorden came to UCLA in 2019, there were only 17 names on his roster. After two years of instilling his soccer philosophy into the team and growing his talent pool, Jorden enters his third year with men’s soccer having won and secured clean sheets in its first two exhibition games against Westmont and Cal Poly by scores of 3-0 and 1-0, respectively. Read more...

Photo: Junior midfielder Ollie de Visser scored the lone goal in a 1-0 win over Cal Poly last Saturday to help UCLA men’s soccer sweep its two exhibition games before the start of its regular season this week. (Marc-Anthony Rosas/Daily Bruin)