Cal Hosts No. 7 Portland, Plays At Pacific - California Golden Bears Athletics

Tuesday, October 10

Berkeley, CA

2:00 PM

California

Portland

Santiago Hopkins and the Bears play a pair of WCC foes this week before resuming Pac-12 play.

Photo by: Ariel Nava

10/9/2023 5:23 PM | Men's Soccer

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By: Cal Athletics

BERKELEY – The California men's soccer team takes a brief detour to nonconference action when it hosts seventh-ranked Portland on Tuesday at 2 p.m. PT and then plays at Pacific on Saturday at 7 p.m. PT.

The Golden Bears (4-3-3) play just three more home games during the regular season after facing the Pilots.

Here are the details of this week's games:

Vs. No. 7 Portland (6-3)
When: Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2 p.m. PT
Where: Edwards Stadium, Berkeley
Watch: Pac-12 Network
Live Stats: Statbroadcast

At Pacific (4-3-4)
When: Saturday, Oct. 14, 7 p.m. PT
Where: Knoles Field, Stockton
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: Live Stats

Bears Snap SDSU's Shutout Streak, Fall At UCLA
Cal stunned then-No. 17 San Diego State on Sept. 28, handing SDSU its first defeat and scoring the first goal of any opponent against the Aztecs. The goal came in the 21st minute of the match in San Diego, as Evan Davila took a pass from Juan Martinez, dribbled closer to the SDSU box and then played a 1-2 with Rohan McEligot. The senior midfielder blasted a 23-yard shot that beat goalkeeper Logan Erb to the far post. Zack Andoh made four saves to earn a shutout win in his first career start.

On Oct. 1 at UCLA, Cal fell to the Bruins, 2-1, despite a late goal by senior midfielder Juan Martinez.

Scouting Cal

Cal has a 6-3-2 record in the all-time series with Portland
The Bears last played the Pilots in 2017, with Cal winning 2-1 in double overtime in Oregon
Senior midfielder Evan Davila leads Cal in points (9), goals (4) and game-winning goals (3)
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 (2, tied with defender Kevin Carmichael, forward Arik Duncan and midfielder Rohan McEligot) and is tied with forward Nonso Adimabua with a team-high two assists
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 freshman Zack Andoh posting a 1.11 goals-against average in two starts and four total games
Connor Lambe has a 1.11 GAA and one shutout in seven starts
Marco Brougher has a 1.00 GAA in one start
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, Oregon, in Columbus, Ohio, and in Los Angeles with the Galaxy

Scouting Portland

All three of Portland's losses have been on the road – 1-0 at No. 16 West Virginia, 3-1 at No. 20 Washington and 1-0 at Santa Clara
Defender Kevin Bonilla, who has notched eight assists, ranks second in the nation in assists per game (0.89)
Forward Jacob Babalai leads the Pilots in goals (8) and points (20), and is tied for the team lead in game-winning goals (2) with forward Buba Fofanah
Babalai ranks sixth in the nation in goals-per game (0.89)
Goalie Kash Oladapo has a 1.16 GAA and two shutouts in six games
Nick-Carlin Voight is in his seventh season as Portland's head coach
Ben Simon, formerly Cal's High Performance Coordinator, is in his first year as an assistant coach for Portland

Scouting Pacific

The Tigers tied their last opponent, LMU, 1-1 on Oct. 7 in Stockton
Forward Derick Roque – who scored vs. the Lions – is Pacific's leading scorer (17 points) and goal-scorer (8)
Midfielder Samuel Villalta and forward Samuel Saiz Herraiz are tied for their team lead in assists (3 each)
Goalkeeper Samuel Moya has a 1.72 GAA and two shutouts in nine starts
Adam Reeves is in his fifth season as Pacific's head coach

Next Time
Cal stays on the road and returns to Pac-12 Conference play, taking on Washington on Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. in Seattle and facing Oregon State on Oct. 22 at 1 p.m. in Corvallis, Oregon.

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