Men's Soccer Updates

By Athletic Communications on September 28, 2010 4:37 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Check out the picture below of the Sounders head coach Sigi Schmid at the men's soccer game vs. UC Davis last Sunday.

Polls and Rankings

The Huskies moved up in several polls this week after being unbeaten in their last seven games. In the Soccer America Top 25, the Huskies were 21^st last week but are now 14^th, the highest ranked Pac-10 team. In the soccertimes.com poll, UW is 26^th, just out of the top 25 but receiving 28 points. In the Hendrickcars.com/NSCAA poll, the Huskies make their first appearance of the season ranking No. 23. In the College Soccer News Top 30 National Poll, UW is 28.

The newest Pac-10 and NCAA team and individual rankings are out with several Huskies being ranked in multiple categories.

In the Pac-10 rankings, the Huskies are tied with San Diego State with a 6-1-1 record. UW leads the conference in shots (125), goals allowed (4), goals against average (0.49), shutouts (5) and home attendance average (824). The Huskies rank in the top four in the conference in goals (14), assists (12), points (40), goals per game (14) and corners (41).

Individual within the conference in shots: No. 2 Brent Richards, No. 3 Matt Van Houten and No. 5 Daniel Gray. In points: No. 2 Richards and No. 8 Gray. In goals: No. 3 Richards, No. 7 Gray and No. 10 Casey McCool and Zach Portillos. In shots per games, No. 2 Richards, No. 3 Van Houten and No. 5 Gray. In points per game: No. 5 Richards and No. 8 Gray. In goals per game: No. 5 Richards and No. 7 Gray. In assists: No. 3 Richards and No. 7 McCool, Van Houten and Gray. In game-winning goals: No. 1 Richards and No. 2 Portillos. In assists per game: No. 6 Richards. In goals against average: No. 1 Stephen Fung and No. 2 Spencer Richey. In saves: No. 6 Fung and No. 7 Richey. In shutouts: No. 5 Richey and Fung. In save percentage: No. 1 Fung and No. 5 Richey. In saves per game: No. 5 Fung and No. 7 Richey. In shutouts per game: No. 1 Richey and No. 4 Fung.

In the NCAA team rankings, UW is 13^th in goals against average, seventh in shutout percentage and 17^th in won-lost-tied percentage.

In the NCAA individual rankings, in total points: No. 29 Richards. In goals against average: No. 7 Fung. In save percentage: No. 10 Fung.

Alumni Game

Before the final game of the Husky Fever Classic on Sept. 26 vs. UC Davis, 21 former Husky Alumni played in the annual Alumni game held at the Dempsey Indoor. Current assist coach Brandon Prideaux (former Alum) was the official. Below is a list of some of the guys that were in the game and the ones that stayed and were honored at halftime of the men's game.

Rob Lampman, Steve Englebrick, Kevin McNett, Ben Somoza, Rafe Ohtake, Bill May, Mark Hogenhout, Sean Giudice, Billy Sleeth, Kai Carroll, Charles Cordell, Joe Gradilla, Morgan McCoy, Stefan Cobb, Jurg Bonnofsky and Mark Cairns.