By the age of four, Ariel Lassiter knew he wanted to grow up to be just like his dad. And as the son of a renowned professional soccer player, it seems fitting that the future Cal Poly winger’s first soccer experience was when the coaches of the Tampa Bay Mutiny told him he needed to leave the locker room.
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Men’s soccer kicks off conference play with split weekend
Entering Sunday’s matchup against Cal State Fullerton, the Cal Poly men’s soccer team (8-4-0, 1-1-0 Big West) led all 198 Division I teams in total goals scored with 32. It’s the first time in head coach Paul Holocher’s regime that his team has accumulated such a lofty scoring record.
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Men’s soccer splits weekend series
The Mustangs’ five-game win streak was snapped by the Denver Pioneers in a second-half surge, leading to a 2-1 loss for Cal Poly on Sunday night in Denver.
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Men’s soccer looks to extend winning streak
Before the men’s soccer home match against UC Santa Barbara this past season, head coach Paul Holocher pulled his team aside and told the young athletes that they needed to compete on the soccer field as if they were ninjas.
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What 2 watch 4: Fall’s biggest games
Mustang Daily File Photo Fall is filled with several big games, including some of the biggest rivalries. “All the other games are just as important, but that rivalry adds a little more to that game,” men’s soccer senior forward Mackenzie Pridham. Stephan Teodosescu As classes begin in the fall, so does a new year in […]
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Four in a row: Men’s soccer beats Yale 3-2 in come-from-behind fashion
The Cal Poly men’s soccer team made it four wins in a row Sunday afternoon when senior forward Mackenzie Pridham scored a 99th minute game-winning goal to beat Yale 3-2 in overtime.
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Men’s soccer drops USF, 2-0
With Week of Welcome in full swing, the students packed Alex G. Spanos Stadium Friday night to witness the atmosphere that has become a staple of Cal Poly men’s soccer games in recent years.
And with San Francisco in town for the fourth of a five-game homestand, the fresh faces on campus were treated to a 2-0 decisive victory by the home side.
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Soccer preps for new season
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 […]