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 | |
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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) |
2002 Pacific-10 Conference men's soccer standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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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 Hopson McKee |
Report | Frazelle Pierce Walls |
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 Gregorio Lopez Pierce |
Report | Johnson |
Stadium: Titan Stadium Attendance: 874 Referee: Cameron Fattahi |
September 1, 2002 2 | FIU | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | No. 13 UCLA | Fullerton, CA |
Asorey Boswell |
Report | Futagaki Pierce Frazelle |
Stadium: Titan Stadium Attendance: 619 Referee: Heros Baghoumian |
September 6, 2002 3 | Cal State Fullerton | 1–3 | No. 8 UCLA | Fullerton, CA |
Dischner Reynolds Orellana Mihata Catinas |
Report | Futagaki Taylor Harvey Frazelle |
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 Pierce Taylor |
Report | Wunderle Reeves |
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 Taylor Futagaki McKinley |
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 |
Report | Pierce |
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 Lopez Gregorio |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: Not reported Referee: Alex Ivanhenko |
October 13, 2002 9 | UCLA No. 16 | 2–1 | Fresno State | Los Angeles, CA |
Harvey Gregorio Mehring Frazelle |
Report | LeRoy Moran |
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 Thompson Frazelle |
Report | Twellman |
Stadium: Drake Stadium Attendance: 1,243 Referee: Reggie Rutty |
October 20, 2002 11 | UCLA No. 10 | 2–1 | California | Los Angeles, CA |
Lopez Taylor Griffin Frazelle |
Report | Acosta |
Stadium: Drake Stadium Attendance: 602 Referee: Levon Baladjanian |
October 25, 2002 12 | Oregon State | 0–3 | No. 5 UCLA | Corvallis, OR |
Gordon |
Report | Pierce McKinley |
Attendance: 441 Referee: Bobby Martinez |
October 27, 2002 13 | Washington | 0–1 | No. 5 UCLA | Seattle, WA |
Birklid |
Report | Griffin Mehring |
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 |
Report | Wiesner Hobbs Klaas |
Stadium: Drake Stadium Attendance: 435 Referee: Richard Heron |
November 3, 2002 15 | UCLA No. 2 | 2–0 | Oregon State | Los Angeles, CA |
Gregorio Taylor |
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 Hickman |
Report | Lawson Fitzgerald Hoshimiya Corey Pierce |
Stadium: Edwards Stadium Attendance: 235 Referee: Des O'Sullivan |
November 10, 2002 17 | Stanford No. 19 | 0–1 | No. 5 UCLA | Stanford, CA |
Janusz Graham |
Report | Gregorio Thompson McKinley Griffin Hoshimiya |
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 |
Report | Kolovos Kodani |
Stadium: Drake Stadium Attendance: 628 Referee: Des O'Sullivan |
November 17, 2002 19 | Fresno State | 1–3 | No. 9 UCLA | Fresno, CA |
Low Vega |
Pierce Davis Futagaki Taylor |
Stadium: Ratcliffe Stadium Attendance: 4,313 Referee: Ryan Hall |
NCAA Tournament
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 Griffin Lopez Gregorio |
Report | Novak Brewer Kovar |
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 McKinley Taylor |
Report | Acosta |
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 Gregorio Pierce Taylor |
Report | Walters Sickman Treschuk |
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 Goodson Ibrahim |
Report | Thompson Futagaki Taylor Gregorio |
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 Lopez |
Report | Graham |
Stadium: Gerald J. Ford Stadium Attendance: 8,498 Referee: Brian Hall |
References
- "Men's Soccer Wins National Championship". UCLA Bruins. Associated Press. December 15, 2002. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
- Trecker, Jamie (February 1, 2002). "PLUS: SOCCER; Canadian Goalie Comes Up Short". The New York Times. NYTimes.com. Retrieved March 14, 2017.