2016 Men's Soccer Roster

6 Christian Thierjung

  • Position Forward/Midfielder
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 165
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Dove Canyon, Calif.
  • Last School(s) Santa Margarita Catholic HS

Biography

2016: Recorded a full 110 minutes in a 2-2 tie vs. Saint Mary’s on 8/26. He tallied five total shots and one goal, his first of the year... Started and played 82 minutes against Penn St. on 8/28. Recorded three total shots ... Played 90 minutes against Indiana 9/2 and finished with one shot ... Clocked 64 minutes on the field against Notre Dame 9/4 and tallied three shots, two on goal ... Had two shots and a goal in his start against Omaha on 9/16 … Led the Bears to a win against Harvard on 9/18, soring what is believed to be a school record five goals on 10 shots in 71 minutes of play … Recorded the game winning goal, his 8th of the year, against No. 25 Santa Barbara in 100 minutes of play on 9/24 ... Started and played a full 90 minutes against Stanford on 10/2 ... Attempted three shots on 10/9 against No. 16 Washington, in 90 minutes of play ... Played a full 90 minutes for the Bears on 10/13 against No. 17 UCLA, attempting two shots in the game ... Started for the Bears on 10/16 against No. 25 San Diego State attempting four shots in 87 minutes ... Scored his 9th goal of the season on 10/20 against no. 24 UCLA, attempting four total shots in 82 minutes of play … Started for the Bears on 10/23 against No. 17 San Diego State taking two shots in 90 minutes ... Tallied one assist and three shots for the Bears on 10/27 against No. 16 Washington in a full 100 minutes of play … Played 81 minutes and attempted two shots on 10/30 against Oregon State ... Recorded one shot in concluding game against No. 8 Stanford on 11/11 in 98 minutes of play.

2015: Started all 17 games his junior season and posted a team-high nine goals with four assists ... Tallied first and second assists of the year on 9/4 vs. VCU, assisting on Nick Lima's 41st minute strike and Paul Salcedo's 54th minute goal ... Scored first goal of the season on 9/6 vs. Northeastern in the 28th minute, while also tallying third assist in two games on Samuel Ebstein's 17th minute goal ... Scored second goal of the year on 9/18 vs. Davidson in the eighth minute, opening up the scoring for the Bears ... Scored third and fourth goals of the year on 9/20 vs. USF, scoring the pair within three minutes of each other....Scored within the first minute, the 26th minute and the game winning goal in the 105th double overtime minute on 10/23 vs. San Diego St...Tallied one assist in the 4-3 defeat of UCLA on 10/25...Named NSCAA and Pac-12 Player of the week ... Started and played all 90 minutes against Washington 10/30, scoring his eighth goal of the year in the 88th minute … Tallied 84 minutes against Oregon State 9/1, scoring his ninth goal of the season on four total shots … Appeared in all 90 minutes against Stanford 9/12 recording two shots.

2014: Named to Pac-12 All-Academic First Team ... All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention ... Scored seven goals and posted two assists in 19 matches as a sophomore … Scored his first goal of the season in the 36th minute on 8/29 @ #22 North Carolina … Added his second goal in as many games with his 27th minute @ #11 Wake Forest on 8/31 ... Scored a brace in his first career start on 9/19 vs. #11 Delaware, scoring in the second and fifth minutes and also tallied an assist... Scored the opening goal in the 27th minute at Santa Clara on 9/26 in the Bears' 4-0 win ... Scored the golden goal in the 99th minute in Cal's 3-2 overtime win over #2 UCLA on 10/10 ... Assisted on Stefano Bonomo's 21st minute goal on 10/12 vs. San Diego State ... Tallied his seventh goal of the season in the 24th minute @ SDSU on 10/30. NCAA Tournament: Started in matches against SIUE on 11/16 and UCLA on 11/30.

2013: Appeared in 20 matches, all as a substitute during his freshman season … Scored two goals for the Bears, both of which were gamewinners … Made his collegiate debut vs. #3 Georgetown on 8/30 as a substitute, playing 29 minutes in the 2-0 victory … Played 49 minutes in the overtime win on 9/1 over #2 Maryland … Scored the first goal of his collegiate career with 19 seconds remaining to win the match @ USF on 9/5 … Logged 43 minutes in the draw @ Penn State on 9/13 … Appeared for 22 minutes in the victory on 9/20 vs. Colgate … Played 11 minutes as a substitute vs. College of Charleston on 9/22 … Logged 25 minutes in the overtime win on 9/27 vs. Santa Clara … Played 22 minutes in his Pac-12 debut vs. Oregon State on 10/3 … DNP vs. #3 Washington on 10/6 … Scored the gamewinning goal on 10/10 @ SDSU in the 80th minute … Logged 54 minutes in the overtime win @ #6 UCLA on 10/13 … Appeared for 40 minutes vs. Stanford in the 1-0 win on 10/20 … Played 38 minutes on 10/25 in the loss vs. USD … Logged 32 minutes off the bench in the 3-2 win vs. SDSU on 11/1 … Played 33 minutes in the 2-1 loss on 11/3 vs. #3 UCLA … Appeared as a substitute and played 23 minutes in the 3-0 win over Oregon State on 11/8 … Logged 27 minutes in the overtime loss on 11/10 @ #3 Washington … Played 50 minutes as a substitute on 11/13 @ Stanford to conclude the regular season … NCAA Tournament: Logged 30 minutes vs. Bradley in his first career NCAA Tournament fixture on 11/24 … Played 14 minutes in the round of 16 victory on 12/1 vs. #18 Coastal Carolina … Logged 29 minutes in the quarterfinal loss vs. #4 Maryland on 12/7.  

High School/Club: Scored a total of 57 goals, including 22 in 2013, in three years in the USSF Development Academy … Scored two goals vs. Tottenham Hotspur in the 2012 Milk Cup in Ireland … Top Drawer Soccer Rankings: No. 62 nationally; No. 14 in Southern California; No. 30 midfielder … College Soccer News rating: No. 85 nationally … ESPNHS 150 rating: No. 44 … U.S. Soccer Development Academy player from 2010-13 … Played with fellow Bear Matt Chasman for the Strikers FC Academy …As a freshman, was a starter and a top goal scorer for the Santa Margarita Catholic HS varsity team.

Personal: Undeclared major but hopes to enroll in law school one day.

Year        GP         GS         Shots      Goals      Assists   Points    
2013 20 19 2
2014 19 15 31 7 2 16
2015 17 17 46 9 4 22
2016 17 17 48 9 1 19
Total 73 49 132 27 7 61

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2013Freshman

    Forward/Midfielder
    5'11" 165 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2014Sophomore

    Forward/Midfielder
    5'11" 165 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2015Junior

    Forward/Midfielder
    5'11" 165 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2016Senior

    Forward/Midfielder
    5'11" 165 lbs
    6