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
Pac-10 Champions
Titan Invitational Champions
ConferencePac-10 Conference
2002 record18–3–3 (8–2–0 Pac-10)
Head coach
2002 Pacific-10 Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 UCLA ‡ 8 –2 –018 –3 –3
No. 15 California + 6 –3 –114 –6 –2
No. 2 Stanford + 5 –3 –217 –4 –3
Oregon State 4 –6 –013 –8 –0
Washington 3 –7 –06 –10 –3
Fresno State 2 –7 –15 –11 –4
Rankings from NSCAA

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  USA Zach Wells
2 FW  USA Tim Pierce
3 MF  USA Ryan Futagaki
4 DF  USA Jordan Harvey
5 DF  MEX Aaron López
7 FW  USA Ty Maurin
8 MF  USA Chadd Davis
9 FW  USA Matt Taylor
10 MF  USA Jimmy Frazelle
11 MF  USA Adolfo Gregorio
12 DF  USA Leonard Griffin
13  USA Chapin Kreuter
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  USA Mike Enfield
15 DF  USA Ahmed Khalil
16 DF  USA Luke Mehring
17 DF  USA Scot Thompson
18 MF  USA Nate Pena
19  USA Ryan Valdez
20 MF  USA Phillip Harr
21 FW  USA Evan Corey
23 MF  USA Tony Lawson
25  USA Dru Hoshimiya
27 GK  USA John Carson
28  USA Kurt Schmid

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 29', 31'
Hopson  45'
McKee  60'		 Report Frazelle  48'
Pierce 78', 90'
Walls  88'		 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 23'  45'
Gregorio 70', 79'
Lopez 73'
Pierce 76'		 Report Johnson 60' Stadium: Titan Stadium
Attendance: 874
Referee: Cameron Fattahi
September 1, 2002 2 FIU 0–1 (a.e.t.) No. 13 UCLA Fullerton, CA
Asorey  10'
Boswell  57'		 Report Futagaki  46'
Pierce  73'
Frazelle  100' 		Stadium: Titan Stadium
Attendance: 619
Referee: Heros Baghoumian
September 6, 2002 3 Cal State Fullerton 1–3 No. 8 UCLA Fullerton, CA
Dischner  4'
Reynolds  30'
Orellana 48'
Mihata  50'
Catinas  51'		 Report Futagaki 22'
Taylor 31'
Harvey  45'
Frazelle 66'		 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 23'  43'
Pierce 60'
Taylor 63'		 Report Wunderle 55'
Reeves  69'		 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 1', 55', 61'
Taylor 29', 70'
Futagaki 74'
McKinley 80'		 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 88' Report Pierce 60' 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  35'
Lopez  62'
Gregorio  73'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: Not reported
Referee: Alex Ivanhenko
October 13, 2002 9 UCLA No. 16 2–1 Fresno State Los Angeles, CA
Harvey  13'
Gregorio  41'
Mehring 51'
Frazelle 82'		 Report LeRoy 38'
Moran  51'		 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  21'
Thompson  68'
Frazelle  92' 		Report Twellman  23' Stadium: Drake Stadium
Attendance: 1,243
Referee: Reggie Rutty
October 20, 2002 11 UCLA No. 10 2–1 California Los Angeles, CA
Lopez 21'
Taylor 44'
Griffin  51'
Frazelle  55'		 Report Acosta 40' Stadium: Drake Stadium
Attendance: 602
Referee: Levon Baladjanian
October 25, 2002 12 Oregon State 0–3 No. 5 UCLA Corvallis, OR
Gordon  54' Report Pierce 44', 52'
McKinley 74'		 Attendance: 441
Referee: Bobby Martinez
October 27, 2002 13 Washington 0–1 No. 5 UCLA Seattle, WA
Birklid  23' Report Griffin  30'
Mehring 39'		 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 62' Report Wiesner 24'
Hobbs  79'
Klaas  108' 		Stadium: Drake Stadium
Attendance: 435
Referee: Richard Heron
November 3, 2002 15 UCLA No. 2 2–0 Oregon State Los Angeles, CA
Gregorio 4'
Taylor 66'		 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  66'
Hickman  102' 		Report Lawson  29'
Fitzgerald  29'  102'
Hoshimiya  40'
Corey  95'
Pierce  102'		 Stadium: Edwards Stadium
Attendance: 235
Referee: Des O'Sullivan
November 10, 2002 17 Stanford No. 19 0–1 No. 5 UCLA Stanford, CA
Janusz  7'
Graham  32'		 Report Gregorio  19'
Thompson  64'
McKinley 77'
Griffin  81'
Hoshimiya  87'		 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 49' Report Kolovos 19'
Kodani  67'		 Stadium: Drake Stadium
Attendance: 628
Referee: Des O'Sullivan
November 17, 2002 19 Fresno State 1–3 No. 9 UCLA Fresno, CA
Low 50'
Vega  51'  73'		 Pierce 21', 31'
Davis  27'
Futagaki  58'
Taylor 83'		 Stadium: Ratcliffe Stadium
Attendance: 4,313
Referee: Ryan Hall

NCAA Tournament
Main article: 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

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 14'
Griffin  36'
Lopez 41'
Gregorio 50', 83'		 Report Novak 18'
Brewer  44'
Kovar 70'		 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 20'
McKinley 28'
Taylor 51'		 Report Acosta 81', 83' 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  25' 86'
Gregorio 26' (pen.)
Pierce 52', 57'  59'
Taylor 77', 81', 88'		 Report Walters 4'
Sickman  26'
Treschuk  82'		 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  43'
Goodson  58'
Ibrahim 81'		 Report Thompson  26'
Futagaki  59'
Taylor 75'
Gregorio 82'		 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  31'
Lopez 89'		 Report Graham  25' Stadium: Gerald J. Ford Stadium
Attendance: 8,498
Referee: Brian Hall

References
  1. "Men's Soccer Wins National Championship". UCLA Bruins. Associated Press. December 15, 2002. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  2. Trecker, Jamie (February 1, 2002). "PLUS: SOCCER; Canadian Goalie Comes Up Short". The New York Times. NYTimes.com. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
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