2002 UCLA Bruins men's soccer team

2002 UCLA Bruins men's soccer
Pac-10 Champions
Titan Invitational Champions
ConferencePac-10 Conference
Record18–3–3 (8–2–0 Pac-10)
Head coach
Seasons
← 2001
2003 →
2002 Pacific-10 Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 UCLA ‡ 8 – 2 – 0 18 – 3 – 3
No. 15 California + 6 – 3 – 1 14 – 6 – 2
No. 2 Stanford + 5 – 3 – 2 17 – 4 – 3
Oregon State 4 – 6 – 0 13 – 8 – 0
Washington 3 – 7 – 0 6 – 10 – 3
Fresno State 2 – 7 – 1 5 – 11 – 4
Rankings from NSCAA

The 2002 UCLA Bruins men's soccer team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2002 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Bruins won their fourth NCAA title this season, defeating Pac-10 rivals, Stanford, in the championship. To date, this is UCLA's most recent College Cup title. It was the 66th season the Bruins fielded a men's varsity soccer team, and their 11th season playing in the Pacific-10 Conference (now the Pac-12).[1]

Background

The 2001 UCLA team was coached by Todd Saldana, who finished the 2001 season with a 12-7-4 overall record. Saldana was forced to resign by the university after it was discovered that he had yet to complete his undergraduate degree. Fitzgerald, a former coach of Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew was hired to coach the program in February 2002.[2]

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK United States USA Zach Wells
2 FW United States USA Tim Pierce
3 MF United States USA Ryan Futagaki
4 DF United States USA Jordan Harvey
5 DF Mexico MEX Aaron López
7 FW United States USA Ty Maurin
8 MF United States USA Chadd Davis
9 FW United States USA Matt Taylor
10 MF United States USA Jimmy Frazelle
11 MF United States USA Adolfo Gregorio
12 DF United States USA Leonard Griffin
13 United States USA Chapin Kreuter
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF United States USA Mike Enfield
15 DF United States USA Ahmed Khalil
16 DF United States USA Luke Mehring
17 DF United States USA Scot Thompson
18 MF United States USA Nate Pena
19 United States USA Ryan Valdez
20 MF United States USA Phillip Harr
21 FW United States USA Evan Corey
23 MF United States USA Tony Lawson
25 United States USA Dru Hoshimiya
27 GK United States USA John Carson
28 United States USA Kurt Schmid

Schedule

Numbers in superscript text represent the team's NSCAA ranking.

Exhibitions

August 24, 2002 Saint Louis No. 11 2–2 No. 13 UCLA Saint Louis
7:30 p.m. Jewsbury 29', 31'
Hopson Yellow card 45'
McKee Yellow card 60'		 Report Frazelle Yellow card 48'
Pierce 78', 90'
Walls Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Hermann Stadium
Attendance: 4,548
Referee: David Harris

Regular season

August 30, 2002 1 UCLA No. 13 4–1 Boston University Fullerton, CA
Futagaki 23' Yellow card 45'
Gregorio 70', 79'
Lopez 73'
Pierce 76'		 Report Johnson 60' Stadium: Titan Stadium
Attendance: 874
Referee: Cameron Fattahi
September 1, 2002 2 FIU 0–1 (a.e.t.) No. 13 UCLA Fullerton, CA
Asorey Yellow card 10'
Boswell Yellow card 57'		 Report Futagaki Yellow card 46'
Pierce Yellow card 73'
Frazelle gold-colored soccer ball 100'		 Stadium: Titan Stadium
Attendance: 619
Referee: Heros Baghoumian
September 6, 2002 3 Cal State Fullerton 1–3 No. 8 UCLA Fullerton, CA
Dischner Yellow card 4'
Reynolds Yellow card 30'
Orellana 48'
Mihata Yellow card 50'
Catinas Yellow card 51'		 Report Futagaki 22'
Taylor 31'
Harvey Yellow card 45'
Frazelle 66'		 Stadium: Titan Stadium
Attendance: 1,392
Referee: Spiros Bagoumian
September 15, 2002 4 UCLA No. 8 3–1 No. 21 San Diego Los Angeles, CA
Gregorio 23' Yellow card 43'
Pierce 60'
Taylor 63'		 Report Wunderle 55'
Reeves Yellow card 69'		 Stadium: Drake Stadium
Attendance: 790
Referee: Heros Baghoumian
September 22, 2002 5 Loyola Marymount No. 17 2–0 No. 3 UCLA Los Angeles, CA
September 29, 2002 6 UCLA No. 14 7–0 San Diego State Los Angeles, CA
Pierce 1', 55', 61'
Taylor 29', 70'
Futagaki 74'
McKinley 80'		 Report Stadium: Drake Stadium
Attendance: 497
Referee: Levon Baladjanian
October 4, 2002 7 Rutgers No. 13 1–1 (a.e.t.) No. 17 UCLA Piscataway, NJ
Gros 88' Report Pierce 60' Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 3,048
Referee: Doug Drabik
October 6, 2002 8 St. John's No. 6 0–0 (a.e.t.) No. 17 UCLA Piscataway, NJ
Report Enfield Yellow card 35'
Lopez Yellow card 62'
Gregorio Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: Not reported
Referee: Alex Ivanhenko
October 13, 2002 9 UCLA No. 16 2–1 Fresno State Los Angeles, CA
Harvey Yellow card 13'
Gregorio Yellow card 41'
Mehring 51'
Frazelle 82'		 Report LeRoy 38'
Moran Yellow card 51'		 Stadium: Drake Stadium
Attendance: 2,104
Referee: Vince Cortes
October 18, 2002 10 UCLA No. 16 1–0 (a.e.t.) No. 1 Stanford Los Angeles, CA
Mehring Yellow card 21'
Thompson Yellow card 68'
Frazelle gold-colored soccer ball 92'		 Report Twellman Yellow card 23' Stadium: Drake Stadium
Attendance: 1,243
Referee: Reggie Rutty
October 20, 2002 11 UCLA No. 10 2–1 California Los Angeles, CA
Lopez 21'
Taylor 44'
Griffin Yellow card 51'
Frazelle Yellow card 55'		 Report Acosta 40' Stadium: Drake Stadium
Attendance: 602
Referee: Levon Baladjanian
October 25, 2002 12 Oregon State 0–3 No. 5 UCLA Corvallis, OR
Gordon Yellow card 54' Report Pierce 44', 52'
McKinley 74'		 Attendance: 441
Referee: Bobby Martinez
October 27, 2002 13 Washington 0–1 No. 5 UCLA Seattle, WA
Birklid Yellow card 23' Report Griffin Yellow card 30'
Mehring 39'		 Stadium: Husky Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,116
Referee: Brian Hall
November 1, 2002 14 UCLA No. 2 1–2 (a.e.t.) Washington Los Angeles, CA
McKinley 62' Report Wiesner 24'
Hobbs Yellow card 79'
Klaas gold-colored soccer ball 108'		 Stadium: Drake Stadium
Attendance: 435
Referee: Richard Heron
November 3, 2002 15 UCLA No. 2 2–0 Oregon State Los Angeles, CA
Gregorio 4'
Taylor 66'		 Report Stadium: Drake Stadium
Attendance: 2,064
Referee: Scott Weyland
November 8, 2002 16 California No. 9 1–0 (a.e.t.) No. 5 UCLA Berkeley, CA
Carr Yellow card 66'
Hickman gold-colored soccer ball 102'		 Report Lawson Yellow card 29'
Fitzgerald Yellow card 29' Yellow-red card 102'
Hoshimiya Yellow card 40'
Corey Yellow card 95'
Pierce Yellow card 102'		 Stadium: Edwards Stadium
Attendance: 235
Referee: Des O'Sullivan
November 10, 2002 17 Stanford No. 19 0–1 No. 5 UCLA Stanford, CA
Janusz Yellow card 7'
Graham Yellow card 32'		 Report Gregorio Yellow card 19'
Thompson Yellow card 64'
McKinley 77'
Griffin Yellow card 81'
Hoshimiya Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Laird Q. Cagan Stadium
Attendance: 1,643
Referee: Simon Ingham
November 14, 2002 18 UCLA No. 9 1–1 (a.e.t.) San Francisco Los Angeles, CA
Gregorio 49' Report Kolovos 19'
Kodani Yellow card 67'		 Stadium: Drake Stadium
Attendance: 628
Referee: Des O'Sullivan
November 17, 2002 19 Fresno State 1–3 No. 9 UCLA Fresno, CA
Low 50'
Vega Yellow card 51' Yellow-red card 73'		 Pierce 21', 31'
Davis Yellow card 27'
Futagaki Yellow card 58'
Taylor 83'		 Stadium: Ratcliffe Stadium
Attendance: 4,313
Referee: Ryan Hall

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

No. (#) Rankings from NSCAA Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

November 27, 2002 Second round UCLA No. 4 (3) 4–2 No. 21 Loyola Marymount Los Angeles, CA
7:00 p.m. McKinley 14'
Griffin Yellow card 36'
Lopez 41'
Gregorio 50', 83'		 Report Novak 18'
Brewer Yellow card 44'
Kovar 70'		 Stadium: Drake Stadium
Attendance: 1,441
Referee: Richard Heron
November 30, 2002 Third round UCLA No. 4 (3) 3–2 No. 23 California Los Angeles, CA
7:00 p.m. Lopez 20'
McKinley 28'
Taylor 51'		 Report Acosta 81', 83' Stadium: Drake Stadium
Attendance: 1,036
Referee: Des O'Sullivan
December 7, 2002 Quarterfinals UCLA No. 4 (3) 7–1 No. 15 Penn State Los Angeles, CA
7:00 p.m. PT Frazelle Yellow card 25' 86'
Gregorio 26' (pen.)
Pierce 52', 57' Yellow card 59'
Taylor 77', 81', 88'		 Report Walters 4'
Sickman Red card 26'
Treschuk Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Drake Stadium
Attendance: 1,548
Referee: Richard Heron

College Cup

December 13, 2002 Semifinals Maryland No. 2 (2) 1–2 No. 4 (3) UCLA Dallas, TX
2:00 p.m. PT Stammler Yellow card 43'
Goodson Yellow card 58'
Ibrahim 81'		 Report Thompson Yellow card 26'
Futagaki Yellow card 59'
Taylor 75'
Gregorio 82'		 Stadium: Gerald J. Ford Stadium
Attendance: 7,025
Referee: Bob Martinez
December 15, 2002 Final UCLA No. 4 (3) 1–0 No. 12 Stanford Dallas, TX
11:00 a.m. PT Thompson Yellow card 31'
Lopez 89'		 Report Graham Yellow card 25' Stadium: Gerald J. Ford Stadium
Attendance: 8,498
Referee: Brian Hall

References

  1. ^ "Men's Soccer Wins National Championship". UCLA Bruins. Associated Press. December 15, 2002. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  2. ^ Trecker, Jamie (February 1, 2002). "PLUS: SOCCER; Canadian Goalie Comes Up Short". The New York Times. NYTimes.com. Retrieved March 14, 2017.