Having already been eliminated from playoff contention and playing in its final game of the 2011 season, the Cal Poly men’s soccer team (6-8-3, 3-5-1 BWC) dropped a 2-0 decision Friday to No. 17 UC Santa Barbara at Harder Stadium. In the final five matches of the season, the Mustangs managed to score just one goal, […]
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I hate losing
Winning and losing. It is the great dichotomy of sports. One without the other makes a game essentially worthless. Last week I blogged about winning, my elation evident in the aftermath of the Cardinals World Series victory. But the theme of Week 7, at least in my book, was the exact opposite, losing. For Cal […]
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Soccer falls to UCI, fails to make playoffs
The Cal Poly men’s soccer team (6-8-3, 3-5-1) was eliminated from contention for the 2011 Big West Conference Tournament after falling to No. 9 UC Irvine 1-0 Tuesday night in its home finale at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. The team, which has never missed qualifying for the conference tournament in its three years of existence, […]
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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: Biggest rivalry in college soccer returns to Spanos Stadium
Five years ago, a Friday night soccer match could hardly be considered the biggest sporting event of the year. But when the Gauchos come to town tonight, a full house will watch the men’s soccer team take the field at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. With an average attendance of 7,360 fans per match over the […]
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Montgomery back from books with 'High I.Q.'
At 5-foot-6, he doesn’t look like a prototypical offensive weapon. But watch No. 30 patrol the outer flanks of a soccer pitch, and you’ll notice his agility and unique ability to dodge opposing defenders with seamless ease. Two years removed from the game by his own choice, Kyle Montgomery has returned and picked up right where […]
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A new era of athletics?
In my blog last week I was a bit foolish. I threw down the gauntlet. I made a statement that said the Mustang Daily would provide the best coverage of the soccer match against UC Santa Barbara on Friday night. I may have been naive about challenging the likes of The Tribune and KSBY with […]
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Elation envelops Spanos on Friday
Editor’s Column Eric Tucker doesn’t know it, but he was Cal Poly soccer on Friday night. Tucker doesn’t play for the Mustangs. He has never donned a striped green jersey. But he was there milling around a crowd of 8,000 students midfield, after the Mustangs defeated UC Santa Barbara on Friday night nonetheless. Unlike the […]
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Mustang soccer drops second Big West match
An early goal by Cal State Northridge (6-5-1, 3-1-0) inside of seven minutes and a second in the 65th minute downed Cal Poly men’s soccer (5-5-2, 2-2-0), as the Mustangs suffered their second Big West Conference loss at Alex G. Spanos Stadium Tuesday night. Despite out-shooting the Matadors 17-12, Cal Poly was unable to find […]
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Goal in 84th minute downs Mustangs
An 84th minute strike by UC Davis forward Matt Wiesenfarth proved to be the deciding factor as Cal Poly men’s soccer (4-4-2, 1-1-0 Big West) dropped a 1-0 decision to the Aggies on Wednesday night at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. Six minutes from full time Wiesenfarth gave UC Davis the lead, a breakdown in defense […]
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Men’s soccer back in national spotlight
In its last game of the 2010 season, the Cal Poly men’s soccer team was poised to upset UC Santa Barbara in the Big West semifinals with a 1-0 lead with less than eight minutes remaining.
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A dream comes true for Burgos
Many players come through Cal Poly men’s soccer program with dreams of playing after college and taking their game to the professional level.