Cal Hosts Pacific To Close Preseason

Christian Gomez and the Bears host the Tigers in their preseason finale.

MSOC8/17/2022 12:17 PM | By: Cal Athletics

BERKELEY – The California men’s soccer team ends the 2022 preseason on Friday at 1 p.m., when the Golden Bears host Pacific on Goldman Field at Edwards Stadium. The Pac-12 Networks is broadcasting the game, which will mark the home debut for Leonard Griffin as Cal’s head coach.

Cal will not charge admission to Friday’s exhibition game.

 

Fans can follow live scores for Friday’s game here and can follow Twitter updates for the Bears at @CalMSoc.

 

The Bears have a 2-0 preseason record after winning twice on the road – routing UC Riverside, 4-0, on Aug. 12 and edging Cal State Bakersfield, 1-0, on Aug. 14. Nate Carrasco scored two goals, including the winner, against the Highlanders last Friday, while Jake Himelstein netted his second goal of the trip against the Roadrunners on Sunday.

 

Nonso Adimabua Named Player To Watch

New Bear Nonso Adimabua earned national distinction on Tuesday when the United Soccer Coaches named him to its list of 30 forwards to watch this season.

 

Adimabua, a junior transfer from San Francisco, played his freshman year at USF under first-year Cal head coach Leonard Griffin. In the 2021 spring regular-season, Adimabua was named the WCC Freshman of the Year and named to the All-WCC first team after leading USF in points (11), goals (3) and assists (5).

 

In the fall of 2021, the Asaba, Nigeria, product led USF in points (11) and goals (5) and again earned All-WCC first-team status. Also in his sophomore season, Adimabua was named to the United Soccer Coaches West Region second team after he tied for third in shots on goal (17) in the WCC and finished fifth in shots (38), tied for fifth in goals and ninth in points in the conference.

Bears Fell To Tigers In 2021

In the two teams’ most recent meeting, Cal fell to Pacific, 2-1, on Sept. 9, 2021, at PayPal Park in San Jose.

 

Wyatt Meyer gave Cal a 1-0 lead in the fourth minute, when he took a pass from Evan Davila and fired. His shot took a deflection off a Tiger and snuck past goalkeeper Eric Cotton for the goal.

 

But Pacific got goals from Emory Rapaport in the 13th minute and from Ryan Her in the 17th minute to beat the Bears.

 

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