When Seyi Adekoya slotted home a back-heel pass past the Akron goalie in the eighth minute of Sunday morning’s game, the sophomore forward and league-leading scorer gave his team a rare early lead. Read more...
Photo: Senior defender Javan Torre said that the UCLA men’s soccer team is focused on setting the tone of the game for the whole match. Torre and the Bruins have begun scoring more goals in the first half after a slow start to 2015. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
Things finally went the Bruins’ way. After spending back-to-back weekends falling just shy of two upset bids over No. 4 Stanford, No. 25 UCLA men’s soccer pulled off its biggest upset of the 2015 season in a 4-2 victory over No. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore defender Chase Gasper said the Bruin program has had all the pieces to be an elite program despite season slipups. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A crucial cross-country road trip awaits the men’s soccer team. No. 25 UCLA (7-7-1, 3-3-1 Pac-12) will visit No. 6 Akron (12-2-2, 3-0-1 Mid-American Conference) in the Bruins’ last nonconference matchup Sunday. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore forward Seyi Adekoya is tied for the team with freshman midfielder Jose Hernandez for the lead in goals this season, with nine. A second-team All-Pac-12 selection last year as a freshman, Adekoya has started nine of the Bruins’ 15 games. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A pair of games over the weekend were supposed to offer redemption and rejoicing for the men’s soccer team. Friday night was a second chance for an upset after unranked UCLA lost a nail-biter to No. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore forward Seyi Adekoya scored in the 66th minute to give the Bruins a 2-1 lead against the No. 3 ranked Cardinal. UCLA conceded a goal four minutes later to end the lead. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
It’s more of the same for the men’s soccer team this weekend. At least, the opponents will be. Unranked UCLA (7-6-0, 3-2-0 Pac-12) will look for a different result when they travel north for a pair of matches against No. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior Edgar Contreras (left) and junior Michael Amick leap for the ball against California. The defenders helped the Bruins to a 6-0 shutout of the visiting Golden Bears. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
Monday night had to feel good for the men’s soccer team. Three days after a controversial loss to Stanford, UCLA rebounded with a spectacular offensive effort in a 6-0 rout of Cal. Read more...
Photo: Freshman midfielder Jackson Yueill scored the fourth goal in UCLA’s 6-0 rout against Cal on Monday night at Drake Stadium. The Bears were only able to get three shots on goal against the Bruins. With this win, the Bruins improve to 7-6 for the season and 3-2 for Pac-12 play. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
For a few gleeful seconds, Friday night was yet another stunning comeback for the UCLA men’s soccer team. Until it wasn’t. The Bruins, down 2-1 in the 85th minute, finally broke through when freshman midfielder Jose Hernandez rocketed a shot past Cardinal goalie Andrew Epstein for what most Bruin fans believed to be the equalizer. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore forward Abu Danladi scored UCLA’s lone goal in a 2-1 loss to No. 3 Stanford. The Bruins dropped their second Pac-12 game of the season. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin staff)
