2002 UCLA Bruins men's soccer team

2002 UCLA Bruins men's soccer
National Champions
Pac-10 Champions Titan Invitational Champions
NCAA Tournament, W 1–0 vs. Stanford
Conference	Pac-10 Conference
2002 record	18–3–3 (8–2–0 Pac-10)
Head coach	Tom Fitzgerald (1st season)

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Zach Wells 2 FW Tim Pierce 3 MF Ryan Futagaki 4 DF Jordan Harvey 5 DF Aaron López 7 FW Ty Maurin 8 MF Chadd Davis 9 FW Matt Taylor 10 MF Jimmy Frazelle 11 MF Adolfo Gregorio 12 DF Leonard Griffin 13 Chapin Kreuter

No. Position Player 14 MF Mike Enfield 15 DF Ahmed Khalil 16 DF Luke Mehring 17 DF Scot Thompson 18 MF Nate Pena 19 Ryan Valdez 20 MF Phillip Harr 21 FW Evan Corey 23 MF Tony Lawson 25 Dru Hoshimiya 27 GK John Carson 28 Kurt Schmid

Schedule

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

Exhibitions

Saint Louis ^{No. 11} v ^{No. 13} UCLA

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

UCLA ^{No. 13} v Boston University

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

FIU v ^{No. 13} UCLA

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

Cal State Fullerton v ^{No. 8} UCLA

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

UCLA ^{No. 8} v ^{No. 21} San Diego

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

Loyola Marymount ^{No. 17} v ^{No. 3} UCLA

September 22, 2002 5	Loyola Marymount No. 17	2–0	No. 3 UCLA	Los Angeles, CA

UCLA ^{No. 14} v San Diego State

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

Rutgers ^{No. 13} v ^{No. 17} UCLA

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

St. John's ^{No. 6} v ^{No. 17} UCLA

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

UCLA ^{No. 16} v Fresno State

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

UCLA ^{No. 16} v ^{No. 1} Stanford

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

UCLA ^{No. 10} v California

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

Oregon State v ^{No. 5} UCLA

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

Washington v ^{No. 5} UCLA

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

UCLA ^{No. 2} v Washington

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

UCLA ^{No. 2} v Oregon State

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

California ^{No. 9} v ^{No. 5} UCLA

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

Stanford ^{No. 19} v ^{No. 5} UCLA

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

UCLA ^{No. 9} v San Francisco

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

Fresno State v ^{No. 9} UCLA

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

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

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

UCLA ^{No. 4 (3)} v ^{No. 21} Loyola Marymount

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

UCLA ^{No. 4 (3)} v ^{No. 23} California

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

UCLA ^{No. 4 (3)} v ^{No. 15} Penn State

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

Maryland ^{No. 2 (2)} v ^{No. 4 (3)} UCLA

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

UCLA ^{No. 4 (3)} v ^{No. 12} Stanford

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

External links

• UCLA 2002 Schedule and Results