BERKELEY – After two weeks on the road, the Cal men's soccer team returns to Witter Rugby Field to host UCLA on Saturday at 1 p.m.
 
Cal brings a 1-3-0 record (1-3-0 Pac-12) into the conference clash with the Bruins (1-4-1, 0-3-1 Pac-12), after edging San Diego State, 3-2, on March 13 in San Diego.
 
In that game, Arman Samimi's 81st-minute goal sewed up a seesaw battle with SDSU. Cal trailed 1-0 before Fahmi Ibrahim scored in the 34th minute, and in the 63rd minute Jonathan Estrada's free-kick goal put Cal ahead 2-1. After another San Diego State goal and an SDSU red card, Samimi – playing in his first game of the season – notched the winner.
 
Fans can follow the Cal-UCLA game through the Bears' live stream by clicking here and can find updates on Twitter @CalMSoc.
 
Samimi Named Pac-12 Player of the Week
The conference named Arman Samimi the Pac-12 Player of the Week for the forward's heroics against San Diego State. Along with netting the gamewinning goal, the La Jolla, California, product assisted on Fahmi Ibrahim's first-half strike. The Pac-12 honor was the first of Samimi's career and the first for Cal this season.
 
Samimi also earned honorable mention for the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week.
 
Fer Play
Midfielder Fernando Andrade writes Fer Play, a Cal men's soccer blog on CalBears.com. An aspiring double major in business administration and political science, Andrade gives insight and behind the scenes details about the Bears during this unprecedented spring regular season. Click here to read Fer Play.
 
Scouting Cal

• Four Bears – Christian Gomez, Fahmi Ibrahim, Jonathan Estrada and Arman Samimi - have each scored one goal this year.
• Samimi leads Cal in points (3).
• Gomez, a midfielder, scored Cal's first goal in the season-opening loss to Stanford.
• Forward Tommy Williamson assisted on Gomez's goal.
• Forward Nate Carrasco had two assists against SDSU.
• Goalkeeper Collin Travasos played 90 minutes in his second straight start and made four saves vs. SDSU on his birthday.
• Travasos has a 2.67 goals-against average in 270 minutes played.
• Kevin Grimes is in his 21st season as head coach.
• Grimes' staff includes three Cal alumni in assistant coach Jacob Wilson (Class of 2009), goalkeeper coach Henry Foulk (1984) and volunteer assistant coach Alec Sundly (2013).

 Scouting UCLA

• In their last game, the Bruins lost to Washington, 2-0, on March 14 in Los Angeles.
• Forward Grayson Doody leads UCLA in points (3) and has one goal and one assist.
• Defender Ben Reveno scored the gamewinning goal in a 3-0 win over San Francisco in UCLA's Feb. 8 season opener.
• Justin Garces has played every minute in goal for the Bruins in 2021 and has a 1.61 GAA.
• Ryan Jorden is in his second season as UCLA's head coach.

U.S. U-23 Update
Current Inter Miami and former Cal goalkeeper Drake Callender, who had trained with the U.S. under-23 national team ahead of the Concacaf Olympic Qualifying Championship in Mexico, did not make the final cut for the tournament roster. Former Cal signee Sebastian Soto is on the U.S. squad that starts the tournament on Thursday in Guadalajara.
 
Next Time
Cal plays at Stanford on Wednesday, March 24, at 7 p.m. in the second game of this season's Big Clasico.