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When this season began, no one expected that the Cal men’s soccer team would fail to even reach the postseason. But that’s the reality the Bears are faced with after it was announced Monday that they failed to score a bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship.
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Just one week ago, the Cal men’s soccer team was reeling like a middle-aged man on a fishing trip. The Bears sat at the bottom of the Pac-12 and hadn’t won any of their last six games. Now they have won two in a row and find themselves right back
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By the time Cal goalkeeper Alex Mangels dove toward a loose ball in the 28th minute, it was already too late. Seconds earlier, Bruin forward Abu Danladi had snatched possession from the Bears and sent the ball rolling languidly in the direction of the goalpost. To both teams’ disbelief, it
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San Diego State forward Rene Reyes steps up to the line to take his penalty kick. His team is trying to hold on to its 1-0 lead in the 70th minute, while Cal has been attacking relentlessly for the last 25 minutes and appears to be on the brink of
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Cal junior forward Christian Thierjung collects the pass at midfield. His first touch gets him past the defense and into open field. It’s only the 12th minute but the tension in the air is palpable. Thierjung streaks downfield, the orange on his shoes mixing with the orange on the ball
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As the final seconds slipped off the clock, Cal goalkeeper Alex Mangels launched a desperate attempt. Soaring across Goldman Field, Mangels’ pass wanted to find the feet of a blue-jerseyed player who could pull off a miracle in the conference opener of the Cal men’s soccer season against No. 3
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Cal junior defender Nick Lima runs to a loose ball and gathers it, with two Santa Clara defenders in between him and the penalty box. But Lima isn’t concerned as he calmly dribbles past both of them and looks up. He sees a teammate, sophomore midfielder Aravind Sivakumar, unmarked at
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When Cal midfielder Jose Carrera-Garcia chipped a 54th-minute pass over Davidson’s defense Friday, he found himself in a familiar situation under the late-afternoon shadows at Edwards Stadium. Carrera-Garcia’s dish found forward Paul Salcedo, whose pass ended up at the feet of defender Joshua Morton for an easy close-range finish. Carrera-Garcia’s
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All it took was a moment of space for Cal midfielder Jose Carrera-Garcia to spot the opportunity. After receiving a successful dish from sophomore forward Paul Salcedo just outside the box, Carrera-Garcia sent an airborne pass looping over the heads of the Aggies’ men’s soccer team toward teammate Shinya Kadono.
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The Cal men’s soccer team may not have scored early, but it did score often in its two games this weekend, both of which the Bears won with ease. Cal (2-1-0), which played VCU on Friday and Northeastern on Sunday, beat the teams by a combined score of 6-1. The
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