Bruins Open Four-Game Road Trip at Rutgers

UCLA (8-5-1, 3-3-1 P12) at Rutgers (8-3-5, 4-2-2 B1G)
Date/Time: Saturday, Oct. 29 – 9:00 a.m. (PT)
Location: Piscataway, N.J. (Yurcak Field)
TV/Stream: Big Ten Network
Live Stats

UCLA OPENS ROAD TRIP AT RUTGERS

The UCLA men’s soccer team opens up a regular-season-ending four-game road trip this week, heading to the east coast to face Rutgers on Saturday, Oct. 29 at 9:00 a.m. The game will be televised and streamed on the Big Ten Network (subscription required), and fans can also follow along with live stats on uclalivestats.com and Twitter updates via @UCLAMSoccer.

QUICK HITS

• UCLA is 8-5-1 overall on the year, and is third in the Pac-12 table with 10 points (3-3-1)
• The Bruins are playing at Rutgers for the first time since 2002
• 12 different players have recorded a point so far for UCLA, including eight separate goalscorers
• UCLA’s seven shutouts on the season are tied for No. 12 in the country
• The Bruins have allowed one goal or fewer in nine consecutive games, conceding just four goals total in that span
• UCLA is 7-0 this season when scoring first, and 1-5 when conceding first
• In all competitions, the Bruins are averaging just 3.5 shots on goal against 
• 2021: 11-7-1, reached second round of NCAA Tournament, +8 goal differential (all best since 2015)

IN THE POLLS
UCLA received votes in the College Soccer News national poll, and was tabbed No. 4 in the United Soccer Coaches Far West Region poll 

• UCLA had been nationally ranked every week up until Oct. 11, and has received votes in three CSN polls since then
• The Bruins debuted at No. 20 in the preseason polls and moved up as high as No. 4
• The Bruins’ No. 4 ranking earlier this season was the program’s highest since Sept. 1, 2015 (No. 1)
• UCLA was ranked No. 4 in this week’s United Soccer Coaches Far West Region poll, behind only Washington, Stanford, and UCSB

THE WEEK IN REVIEW
UCLA split a pair of home games last week, downing California 1-0 on Thursday night before falling to Stanford by the same scoreline on Sunday. Cal played most of the match with 10 men after being assessed a red card in the 32nd minute, and the Bruins took advantage less than 10 minutes later as Jose Contell knocked in the game-winning goal off a Tommy Silva cross. Cal had just two shots after going a man down, both last-ditch efforts in the final 10…