Since 2002, either Cal or UCLA has come home with the Pac-12 men’s soccer title. This Sunday, the two teams meet for the first time this season in a game that could be a real indicator of the eventual league outcome. The Pac-12 conference is heating up as the No.1 Read More…
The Bears hit the road this week in a bid to extend their Pac-12 success. An unbeaten Cal men’s soccer team (7-0-2, 1-0-1 Pac-12) continues its Pac-12 story with its first conference away game, against San Diego State (3-5-0, 0-1-0 Pac-12), on Thursday. San Diego has yet to record a Read More…
Justin Taillole stared into his head coach’s eyes, trying to process what he heard. In the room was a round table and a few chairs. To Taillole’s right sat Cal coach Kevin Grimes. Across the table, goalkeeper coach Henry Foulk looked on. The Cal keeper tried to stay composed, meeting Read More…
A contest was promised, and a contest was delivered. It was a much anticipated head-to-head: No. 1 Cal men’s soccer team(7-0-2, 1-0-1 Pac-12) vs. No. 3 Washington (7-0-3, 1-0-1 Pac-12). The game proved to be just as competitive as the stats suggest — a clash of titans that was ultimately Read More…
Zero to hero. Over the weekend, Cal achieved something it had never achieved it all of its 107-year history, a No.1 ranking in three major polls. The achievement is even more impressive considering that last year, the squad failed to make the rankings at all. “It’s a great honor for Read More…
The Cal men’s soccer team (5-0-1) recorded a comfortable win against Charleston (1-5-0) on Sunday. The match looked secure for the Bears from kickoff to final whistle, and although this was expected, the result was still important as Cal maintained its unbeaten record.
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This weekend’s game between Cal (3-0-1) and Colgate (1-5-0) doesn’t have much for storylines, and the college soccer world expects the Bears to roll through the Raiders. This can be described only as a trap game, and head coach Kevin Grimes knows it. Read More…
With three minutes remaining in regulation, it was chaos in front of the Penn State net. In the 88th minute, Cal junior midfielder Connor Hallisey put a shot on net, but the Penn State defense cleared the ball off the goal line. Six seconds later, the scramble in the six-yard Read More…
In a battle between the Cal men’s and women’s soccer teams, the men win. At least on paper. At least right now. The men are ranked among the top five teams in the nation. The women are not. The men beat two top-five teams already this season. The women did not. Read More…
The sweat and the grind dominating the long summer days left the Cal men’s soccer team feeling more fit than ever before. Heading into offseason workouts, it was the team’s goal to forget the memory of the disappointing 2012 season, in which the Bears finished fourth in the Pac-12 and Read More…