Wyatt Meyer (28), Tate Dolan (3) and the Bears start the season in Fullerton.
BERKELEY – First-year head coach Leonard Griffin leads the California men’s soccer team into the season opener at Cal State Fullerton on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The Golden Bears then host Villanova on Sunday at 1 p.m. on Goldman Field at Edwards Stadium.
The game in Fullerton will air on ESPN+. Fans can also follow live scores for Thursday’s game here. Sunday’s game vs. the Wildcats will air on the Pac-12 Networks (on both the national Pac-12 Network and local Pac-12 Bay Area) with live stats available here. As always, fans can follow Twitter updates for the Bears at @CalMSoc
The Bears finished preseason with a 3-0 record, capped off by a 2-1 victory over Pacific on Aug. 19 in Berkeley. Cal previously routed UC Riverside, 4-0, on Aug. 12 and beat Cal State Bakersfield, 1-0, on Aug. 14 in preseason action on the road.
Bears Beat Tigers
Evan Davila and Nonso Adimabua led a comeback win for Cal in its preseason finale last Friday, as the Golden Bears defeated Pacific, 2-1, at Edwards Stadium.
All the scoring took place over a five-minute span in the second half, starting with Pacific’s 54th minute goal from Samuel Saiz.
In the 57th minute, Adimabua gathered a pass from Juan Martinez and slotted the ball by goalkeeper Eric Cotton from 15 yards out for the equalizer. At 58:15, Davila fired past Cotton from the flank to give the Bears a lead they would never relinquish.
Nonso Adimabua Named Player To Watch
New Bear Nonso Adimabua earned national distinction on Aug. 16 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 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…
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