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UCSB will play Providence in the second round of the NCAA men’s soccer tournament on Sunday at Harder Stadium. Kickoff is at 5 p.m.Providence advanced by defeating Ivy League champion Dartmouth, 1-0, in a first-round match on Thursday in Rhode Island. Defender John Raley scored the goal in the 10th minute off a cross from playmaking midfielder Marc Cintron.Sunday will be the first meeting between the two schools.The Friars (11-7-1) finished fifth in the Big East Conference Blue … [Read more...]
UCSB thrilled its biggest crowd of the year and a national television audience with two dazzling goals in a 2-0 win over Cal Poly in the final regular season game on a chilly Friday night at Harder Stadum.Sam Garza dribbled through two defenders and beat a third to score unassisted in the 46th minute and Luis Silva put away his 15th goal of the season off a perfectly executed through pass from Dom Sarle in the 78th minute to reward the 13,822 in attendance.The crowd was the second … [Read more...]
The roller-coaster ride that’s been UCSB’s Big West Conference campaign reaches a climactic finish Friday, as the Gauchos host Cal Poly in the regular-season finale at Harder Stadium.UCSB (12-5-1, 5-4, 15 points) is coming off a thrilling 3-2 double-overtime win at Cal State Northridge. Luis Silva scored the golden goal off a give-and-go with David Opoku with 19 seconds remaining.So, how big is Friday night’s 7 o’clock game? Let’s count the ways.1, With a victory, the … [Read more...]
The dark clouds that hovered over the UCSB men’s soccer team blew away late Wednesday, and everything was right again in the place called "Soccer Heaven."The Gauchos, who had lost their last two matches, fought back from a 1-0 deficit against defending national champion, undefeated and No. 3-ranked Akron and pulled out a heaven-sent 3-2 overtime victory before 4,340 at Harder Stadium and a national television audience.Senior midfielder Luis Silva scored the golden goal just 27 seconds … [Read more...]
The matchup UCSB hoped for last December will take place 10 months later at Harder Stadium.The 19th-ranked Gauchos play defending national champion and No. 3-ranked Akron in a nationally televised (Fox Soccer Channel) game Wednesday at 7 p.m.For Akron, the game marks a return to the venue where it won its first national championship, beating Michigan and Louisville in the College Cup at Harder Stadium."We are excited and can't wait to get back to Santa Barbara,” Akron coach Caleb … [Read more...]
Big West men’s soccer made a statement last week with some impressive results.While UCSB traveled to ACC Country and beat Duke (3-2 in overtime) and North Carolina State (1-0), back in California, Cal State Fullerton battled defending national champion Akron to a scoreless draw and Cal State Northridge took the No. 2-ranked Zips into double overtime before falling 2-1 at the Northridge Labor Day Classic; UC Davis got a goal with 30 seconds left in overtime to upset sixth-ranked UCLA 2-1. … [Read more...]
UCSB soccer fans will be adding a heavy dose of ruido (noise) to go with the tortillas at Harder Stadium this season, as the Big West Conference has permitted the use of noisemakers at regular season men’s and women’s matches.Fans will be able to blow vuvuzelas and bang drums, but they won’t be permitted to use whistles and canned air horns.The move was made to enhance the game-day experience at Big West stadiums and to help create an atmosphere more similar to international and … [Read more...]
