Cal Poly Men’s Soccer upset No. 13 UC Santa Barbara, 2-0, in the highest-attended NCAA soccer match of the year on Saturday, Sept. 28, at Mustang Memorial Field. The Mustangs (3-3-3) shut out the Gauchos (6-2-1) in front of the largest crowd in the NCAA this year, claiming their first Blue-Green rivalry victory since 2018. […]
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‘As a player, this is our National Championship’: A deep dive into the biggest rivalry in college soccer
Under the bright Saturday night lights in October of 2015, with the cheers of 11,075 fans echoing around Mustang Memorial Field, Kody Wasaka takes the field for the most anticipated sporting event on the Central Coast. A tense atmosphere and electric energy hangs over the stadium, a feeling Wasaka always remembered in the build-ups to […]
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Domination: Mustangs victorious in Blue-Green Rivalry
The Mustangs scored four goals against the Gauchos in the latest edition of the Blue-Green Rivalry.
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Men’s soccer reignites Blue-Green rivalry
Despite several scoring opportunities inside the box from both teams, the latest edition of the Blue-Green Rivalry ended in a nil-nil draw between Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara (5-5-4, 3-1-2) Saturday night. The double-overtime match filled Harder Stadium with a massive crowd of 10,293 spectators, the largest in NCAA men’s soccer this season and […]
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The real Wolfgang Gartner and origins of Cal Poly soccer
“He was a 50-year-old guy with a 19-year-old mentality,” former midfielder Michael Nelson said. “That was his mentality, he thought he was one of the players.”
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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 […]