2002 UCLA Bruins men's soccer team

2002 UCLA Bruins men's soccer
National Champions
Pac-10 Champions Titan Invitational Champions
NCAA Tournament, W 1–0 vs. Stanford
Conference	Pac-10 Conference
Record	18–3–3 (8–2–0 Pac-10)
Head coach	Tom Fitzgerald (1st season)
Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

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]

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]

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

Numbers in superscript text represent the team's NSCAA ranking.

Saint Louis ^{No. 11} v ^{No. 13} UCLA

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

UCLA ^{No. 13} v Boston University

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

FIU v ^{No. 13} UCLA

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

Cal State Fullerton v ^{No. 8} UCLA

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

UCLA ^{No. 8} v ^{No. 21} San Diego

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

UCLA ^{No. 14} v San Diego State

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

Rutgers ^{No. 13} v ^{No. 17} UCLA

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

St. John's ^{No. 6} v ^{No. 17} UCLA

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

UCLA ^{No. 16} v Fresno State

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

UCLA ^{No. 16} v ^{No. 1} Stanford

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

UCLA ^{No. 10} v California

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

Oregon State v ^{No. 5} UCLA

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

Washington v ^{No. 5} UCLA

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

UCLA ^{No. 2} v Washington

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

UCLA ^{No. 2} v Oregon State

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

California ^{No. 9} v ^{No. 5} UCLA

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

Stanford ^{No. 19} v ^{No. 5} UCLA

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

UCLA ^{No. 9} v San Francisco

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

Fresno State v ^{No. 9} UCLA

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

No. (#) Rankings from NSCAA Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

UCLA ^{No. 4 (3)} v ^{No. 21} Loyola Marymount

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

UCLA ^{No. 4 (3)} v ^{No. 23} California

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

UCLA ^{No. 4 (3)} v ^{No. 15} Penn State

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

Maryland ^{No. 2 (2)} v ^{No. 4 (3)} UCLA

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

UCLA ^{No. 4 (3)} v ^{No. 12} Stanford

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

• UCLA 2002 Schedule and Results