Double overtime draw marks the ninth extra-time game of the year for SDSU
Overtime tests a team like nothing else: exhausting its physical limit and pushing its mental game as far as possible. The players of the San Diego State men’s soccer team know that as well as anyone.
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Humble doesn’t even begin to describe Raymundo Reza. The San Diego State men’s soccer junior forward has accepted recognition but doesn’t think twice about it or even take credit. It’s all about the team for him.
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Sunday was a rarity and a game Raymundo Reza will add to his collection of outstanding performances. The junior forward did something he has only done twice in his career and one other time this season for the San Diego State men’s soccer team: tally two goals in a single game. Reza’s two goals would set the tone and end for the game, as SDSU (6-4-4) would shut down No. 11 California getting its second victory against the Bears in one week on the road.
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Cardenas, Wallace and McManus lead SDSU to Palo Alto to face Stanford
One forward, one midfielder and one defender: Three separate responsibilities, talents and styles all add up to one heart. The heart of the San Diego State men’s soccer team has had three faces this season, senior tri-captains Matt McManus, Jamel Wallace and Nick Cardenas.
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The scene was all too familiar: a one-goal lead stolen away in the final minutes of regulation, forcing overtime against a nationally ranked team because of a controversial call.
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Playing a nationally ranked team is hard enough. Playing without 15 points and senior leadership makes the task even tougher.
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Sunday was a typical match between the San Diego State men’s soccer team and No. 2 UCLA. It had four goals, seven cards handed out and several heated tempers. After it was all said and done the field was filled with sweat, blood and frustration. The knock-down, drag-out slugfest went for 110 minutes and ended in an unforgiving 2-2 tie.
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Aztecs take on Pac-10 rival UCLA in pivotal home game on Sunday
The San Diego State men’s soccer team will play 19 games this season. None, however, will be quite like those against UCLA. The intensity, the heated rivalry, the animosity mixed with respect sums up what playing the Bruins feels like.
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Aztecs fall 2-1 to OSU and lose for first time since Sept. 6
Defeat leaves a sour taste, one the San Diego State men’s soccer team hadn’t tasted in six games within a span of 28 days. SDSU (3-3-3) was left with the this taste on Sunday as No. 37 Oregon State handed the Aztecs their third loss of the season, 2-1, in overtime.
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The San Diego State men’s soccer team has a five game unbeaten streak at home. But now, SDSU will hit the road for the first time this season when it takes on Washington and Oregon State this weekend.
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The score alone cannot sum up the past weekend for the San Diego State men’s soccer team; the story is in three separate styles of celebration. It’s the “Ray Ray,” the “Stanky Leg” and the one with the team that exhibits just how far SDSU (3-2-2) has come so far this season. The first celebration during a 4-2 win came 22 minutes into Friday’s game against No. 6 UC Santa Barbara at the SDSU Sports Deck. Junior forward Raymundo Reza finished off a silky pass from classmate forward Khadim Diouf, allowing the Aztecs to draw first blood.
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The most important thing about being a team captain is excelling in leadership, both on and off the field. One of the senior tri-captains for the San Diego State men’s soccer team has been forced to focus more on the off-the-field part this year.
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Forty-eight minutes into his third collegiate game for the San Diego State men’s soccer team, Devon Sandoval knew everything was going to be just fine. The freshman forward could feel nothing but relief and joy as he witnessed the ball wrinkle the twine in the back of the net.
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After starting the season off 0-2-1, SDSU goes for two in a row
It only took 400 minutes, 69 shots, 16 saves and six goals for the San Diego State men’s soccer team to reach its first win of the season. Now that SDSU (1-2-1) has achieved that first benchmark this year, the Aztecs are working to keep the desire to win every game like it’s the first.
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Senior seals victory with penalty shot in second overtime
Evan Toft would not be denied on Sunday. The senior midfielder knew how much the San Diego State men’s soccer team needed a win. He knew that it didn’t matter how long the game went, as long as SDSU (1-2-1) came out on top.
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One thing that has been consistent in the first two games for the San Diego State men’s soccer team is the lack of focus for the entire game.
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SDSU's offense struggles again, falls to crosstown rival Toreros at home
A year ago, the San Diego State men’s soccer team netted eight goals in its first two games. Through its first two games of the 2009 season, SDSU (0-2-0) has only been able to tally a single goal — a simple explanation of why the Aztecs have slipped to a winless record.
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Despite solid start, SDSU falls 2-1 to an underdog LMU squad
The San Diego State men’s soccer team let its game against Loyola Marymount on Tuesday slip away.
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High expectations, put simply, are what the San Diego State men’s soccer team has for the 2009 season. Last year was a letdown for SDSU; it finished with a sub-.500 record and ended up third in the Pac-10 standings. But the numbers are spelling out a different story for the Aztecs.
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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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