2002 UCLA Bruins men's soccer team

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]

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

Background

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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

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

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

Schedule

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

Exhibitions

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

Regular season

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August 30, 2002 1 UCLA No. 13 4–1 Boston University Fullerton, CA
Futagaki   23'   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   10'
Boswell   57'
Report Futagaki   46'
Pierce   73'
Frazelle   100'
Stadium: Titan Stadium
Attendance: 619
Referee: Heros Baghoumian
September 6, 2002 3 Cal State Fullerton 1–3 No. 8 UCLA Fullerton, CA
Dischner   4'
Reynolds   30'
Orellana   48'
Mihata   50'
Catinas   51'
Report Futagaki   22'
Taylor   31'
Harvey   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'   43'
Pierce   60'
Taylor   63'
Report Wunderle   55'
Reeves   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   35'
Lopez   62'
Gregorio   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   13'
Gregorio   41'
Mehring   51'
Frazelle   82'
Report LeRoy   38'
Moran   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   21'
Thompson   68'
Frazelle   92'
Report Twellman   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   51'
Frazelle   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   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   23' Report Griffin   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   79'
Klaas   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   66'
Hickman   102'
Report Lawson   29'
Fitzgerald   29'   102'
Hoshimiya   40'
Corey   95'
Pierce   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   7'
Graham   32'
Report Gregorio   19'
Thompson   64'
McKinley   77'
Griffin   81'
Hoshimiya   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   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   51'   73'
Pierce   21', 31'
Davis   27'
Futagaki   58'
Taylor   83'
Stadium: Ratcliffe Stadium
Attendance: 4,313
Referee: Ryan Hall

NCAA Tournament

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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   36'
Lopez   41'
Gregorio   50', 83'
Report Novak   18'
Brewer   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   25'   86'
Gregorio   26' (pen.)
Pierce   52', 57'   59'
Taylor   77', 81', 88'
Report Walters   4'
Sickman   26'
Treschuk   82'
Stadium: Drake Stadium
Attendance: 1,548
Referee: Richard Heron

College Cup

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December 13, 2002 Semifinals Maryland No. 2 (2) 1–2 No. 4 (3) UCLA Dallas, TX
2:00 p.m. PT Stammler   43'
Goodson   58'
Ibrahim   81'
Report Thompson   26'
Futagaki   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   31'
Lopez   89'
Report Graham   25' Stadium: Gerald J. Ford Stadium
Attendance: 8,498
Referee: Brian Hall

References

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  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.
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