The Cal Poly men’s soccer team is training for the 2013 season and plans to utilize a new style of play, quality incoming players and more training to push past recent records and qualify for the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2008.
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Look back: Men’s soccer team competes in playoffs at Cal State Northridge
Stephan Teodosescu steodosescu@mustangdaily.net If there is one thing nearly every Cal Poly fan, player and attendee inside Alex G. Spanos Stadium had in common on Saturday night it was the familiar feeling of adrenaline, excitement and awe all rolled into one single emotion throughout the game — one generated by more than 11,000 screaming fans […]
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Men’s soccer drops 3-2 loss to Sacramento State
Stephan Teodosescu steodosescu@mustangdaily.net The Cal Poly men’s soccer team couldn’t make it two come-from-behind victories in as many weeks, as the Mustangs dropped their latest match, a 3-2 decision to Sacramento State inside Alex G. Spanos Stadium on Saturday night. A goal by Hornets junior midfielder Gabe Silveira three minutes from time broke a 2-2 […]
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Pridham’s heroics lead men’s soccer
Stephan Teodosescu steodosescu@mustangdaily.net Mackenzie Pridham has had a flair for the dramatic this season. He’s produced four game-winning goals in 15 games. He’s scored six goals in the opening seven games of Big West Conference play. He’s even placed himself on track to be the third player in Cal Poly men’s soccer Division I history […]
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Men’s soccer turns up golden in Santa Barbara
Stephan Teodosescu steodosescu@mustangdaily.net For 88 minutes on Friday night, the Cal Poly men’s soccer team looked like it would be dealt yet another road loss to rival UC Santa Barbara. But then, lightning struck — twice. Down by one in the 89th minute, the Mustangs got the tying goal with 66 seconds left in the […]
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Men’s soccer splits weekend, women’s soccer team sweeps
Mustang Daily Staff Report sports@mustangdaily.net The Cal Poly men’s soccer team earned a weekend split after defeating Cal State Fullerton 2-0 on Friday night and losing to No. 24 UC Riverside 3-2 in overtime on Sunday. A two-goal performance by junior forward Mackenzie Pridham was all that Cal Poly needed in its Big West Conference […]
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Mustangs fall to UCLA, snap five-game win streak
Stephan Teodosescu steodosescu@mustangdaily.net The Cal Poly men’s soccer team couldn’t make it six wins in a row, as the Mustangs dropped a 1-0 loss to No.12 ranked UCLA (5-1-2) on Sunday afternoon in Alex G. Spanos Stadium. After defeating Harvard in come-from-behind fashion on Friday night, the Mustangs tried to extend their winning streak to […]
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Mustangs extend winning streak, defeat Harvard 2-1
They may be young, but they’re winning The Cal Poly men’s soccer team (5-2-0) won its fifth consecutive match on Friday night with a 2-1 victory over the Harvard Crimson in Alex G. Spanos Stadium. “They’re a quality team,” seventh-year head coach Paul Holocher said. “This was a big game to have here.” The two […]
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Men's soccer debuts FC Barcelona-like attack
In its final five matches of the 2011 campaign, the Cal Poly men’s soccer team struggled going 0-4-1 while scoring only one goal during the stretch. The streak punctuated a taxing season for a program that has established itself as a perennial contender for the Big West title in the past half-decade. But after posting […]
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Sounders snag Feighner in MLS Draft
Wes Feighner, a kinesiology senior, sat in his Exercise Physiology class Tuesday when he received a barrage of text messages from family and friends. Instantly, he knew it could only mean one thing: a Major League Soccer (MLS) squad wanted him. “My first thought was, ‘Do I still need to keep taking notes?’” he said. […]
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Ride the bus for a Mustang/Gaucho brawl
It was late on a chilly, rainy Friday afternoon when the buses to Santa Barbara fired up their engines, but that didn’t stop Cal Poly students from taking the hour-and-a-half bus ride to Harder Stadium. All to show support for the men’s soccer team in its final game of the season. As the bus neared the […]