The end could not come fast enough for the San Diego State men’s soccer team. Playing host to No. 15 UCLA (10-4-6, 7-1-2 in Pac-10 play), SDSU (6-9-3, 3-4-3) was embarrassed by a bigger and faster Bruins team. With a 6-1 loss, the Aztecs’ mediocre season came to an end on Saturday afternoon.
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Saturday should be about as intense a game as you’ll see from the San Diego State men’s soccer team.
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Aztecs cruise to victory behind the sophomore midfielder's three goals
Sophomore Raymundo Reza pulled a little something special out of his bag of tricks on Sunday. Playing in a non-conference match against the visiting Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners, the San Diego State men’s soccer team star recorded his first-career hat trick, as SDSU rolled to a 4-0 victory on a windy Sunday afternoon. The Aztecs have won three games in a row and are unbeaten in the past four.
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SDSU takes on CSU Bakersfield coming off two Pac-10 wins
With just two games to go in a season lost to injuries and inconsistencies, the San Diego State men’s soccer team won’t be playing for a title or a tournament birth the rest of the season. Instead, SDSU will turn its attention to playing for perhaps an athlete’s greatest motivational tool: pride.
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In the rain on Sunday at the Sports Deck, the Aztecs get a crucial Pac-10 win
When midfielder Jamel Wallace blasted a shot past California goalkeeper Stefan Frei, scoring his third goal of the season, he made his celebration count on the rain-soaked field.
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Lev Kirshner thought his squad had defined an all-time low last year when the San Diego State men’s soccer team won just one of its final eight games.
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To say the San Diego State men’s soccer team hasn’t had great success in the Pacific Northwest would be a vast understatement.
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Michael Rocha's journey to SDSU has been filled with plenty of setbacks
Michael Rocha knows a thing or two about hard work. After all, it’s his effort and never-say-die attitude that landed the sophomore on the San Diego State men’s soccer team in the first place.
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This weekend added insult to injury for the San Diego State men’s soccer team. With SDSU missing some of its key players, the Aztecs dropped their Pac-10 home-opening games against Oregon State and No. 23 Washington by identical 2-1 counts on Friday and Sunday, respectively. The losses drop SDSU from second to fourth place in the competitive conference.
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Oregon State and Washington bring Pac-10 tests
Matt Hall knows this situation all too well. With the San Diego State men’s soccer team playing well in the midst of Pac-10 play, watching goalkeeper Brad Byrns go down again with an injury this past weekend against California must have evoked feelings of last year for the goalkeeper coach. The team was in first place in the Pac-10 last season when Byrns broke his elbow. The team was fractured from the loss of its backline leader and never recovered.
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After struggling through pre-conference schedule, SDSU is on a hot-streak
It was a scenario that senior goalkeeper Jorge Rosales knew all too well. On Sunday, sophomore starting goalkeeper Brad Byrns left the game because of an injury and it was up to Rosales to keep his team in the game.
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Inter Milan’s legendary midfielder Patrick Vieira plays the game of soccer with such intensity and passion that he has become one of the most respected athletes in the world. The French captain gives his all in every game he plays and has 40 career goals to boot. For these reasons, San Diego State men’s soccer team defender Jamel Wallace emulates Vieira in every aspect of his game.
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The San Diego State men’s soccer team’s late collapse last year and this season’s slow start have both been well documented. But no player can tell the story better than goalkeeper Brad Byrns.
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It’s been one year since Brad Byrns suffered a fractured elbow and was forced to sit out the remainder of his freshman year. But on Sunday afternoon at UCLA, Byrns returned and made his presence felt.
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Bruins host Aztecs to kick-off Pac-10 play
Morgan Maestas doesn't need anyone to tell him about the national championship factory that is UCLA. "It's like a legacy - everyone knows UCLA," Maestas said. "Even if you're not an athlete you know what UCLA's about. Everyone knows them. No matter who you are when you play UCLA you're there for a reason." The redshirt freshman goalkeeper and the rest of the San Diego State men's soccer team will try to make a bold statement this weekend when they travel north to take on the Bruins.
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According to the scoreboard, San Diego State lost the game. But if you ask the SDSU players and coaches, the day was far from a failure. The Aztec men's soccer team fell to No. 18 Dartmouth 1-0 in New Hampshire on Sunday afternoon, but it might have been the best overall game the team put together all season.
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