BERKELEY – With the regular season winding down and the race for the Pac-12 Conference tightening up, the California men's soccer team hosts 15th-ranked Stanford on Sunday at 2 p.m. PT at Edwards Stadium in the first of two Big Clasico games in 2023.
 
Admission is free for Cal students for regular-season home games at Edwards Stadium. Tickets cost $10 for adults and $7 for seniors (ages 65-up) and youth (2-17).
 
The clash between Bay Area rivals will air on the Pac-12 Networks, with Kevin Danna handling broadcasting duties.
 
The Golden Bears (6-5-3, 2-3-1 Pac-12) are tied with Stanford on points (7) and in fourth place in the six-team conference. Each team has four more Pac-12 games left on their schedules, including the rematch of the Big Clasico in the regular-season finale on Nov. 11 on The Farm. The conference champion earns the Pac-12's automatic berth to the NCAA tournament.
 
Here are the details of Sunday's game:
 
Vs. No. 15 Stanford (7-2-4, 1-1-4 Pac-12)
When: Sunday, Oct. 29, 2 p.m. PT
Where: Edwards Stadium, Berkeley
Watch: Pac-12 Networks
Live Stats: Statbroadcast
 
Last Week Vs. Washington, Oregon State
Cal earned a big victory on Oct. 19, beating Washington, 2-1, but the Bears ended their trip to the Pacific Northwest with a 1-0 loss at Oregon State on Oct. 22. In Seattle, Fernando Lara scored the first goal of his Cal career, defender Kevin Carmichael netted the game-winning goal and Evan Davila collected two assists to top the Huskies. Marco Brougher made two saves in the win.
 
In Corvallis, Oregon, Cal allowed a goal by Arnau Farnos in the 19th minute, as the Beavers blanked the Bears.
 
Scouting Cal

• Cal has a 24-38-11 record in the all-time series with Stanford
• The Bears lost twice vs. the Cardinal in 2022, including a 5-1 loss on The Farm and a 1-0 setback in the regular-season finale at Edwards Stadium
• Senior midfielder Evan Davila leads Cal in points (9), goals (4) and game-winning goals (3); he is also tied with forward Nonso Adimabua for the team lead in assists (3 each)
• Davila was named to the College Soccer News Team of the Week after netting the winner and getting an assist in a 3-0 blanking of FDU on Sept. 1
• Senior midfielder Juan Martinez ranks second on the team in points (6) and goals (3, tied with Kevin Carmichael)
• Carmichael was named to the College Soccer News Team of the Week after scoring the equalizer in a 1-1 tie with then-No. 18 Wake Forest on Aug. 27
• Three Cal goalkeepers have earned starts, with Marco Brougher posting a 0.69 goals-against average in three starts
• Connor Lambe has a 1.09 GAA and one shutout in seven starts and eight games
• Zack Andoh has a 1.28 GAA in four starts and six games
• Defender/midfielder Wyatt Meyer was chosen to the Preseason All-Pac-12 Team
• An English major, Meyer writes the Cal men's soccer blog Wyatt's Water Break
• Meyer was also the subject of a Cal Sports Quarterly feature, Born To Be A Bear
• Leonard Griffin – who won the 2002 NCAA championship as a UCLA player in 2002 – is in his second season as head coach of the Golden Bears
• A former professional player who was drafted No. 11 overall by the Chicago Fire in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft, Griffin made MLS stops in Portland, in Columbus, Ohio, and in Los Angeles with the Galaxy

Scouting Stanford

• The Cardinal is 3-0-3 on the road
• Stanford tied Washington, 1-1, in its last game, on Oct. 22, and beat Oregon State, 4-0, in its previous game, on Oct. 19
• Midfielder Zach Bohane leads the Cardinal in points (18) and assists (8); he's also Stanford's co-leader in goals with Shane de Flores (5 each) and in game-winning goals with Will Reilly (2 each)
• The conference named de Flores this week's Pac-12 Player of the Week after the midfielder scored a brace in the win over Oregon State
• Goalkeeper Rowan Schnebly has a 0.63 GAA in eight starts
• Jeremy Gunn is in his 12th season as Stanford's head coach

Next Time
Cal hosts UCLA on Nov. 2 and, in its regular-season home finale, hosts San Diego State on Nov. 5, with the Bears honoring their graduating seniors prior to the game.
 
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