Stanford Hosts Cal State Fullerton – Stanford Cardinal

No. 13 Stanford vs. Cal State Fullerton

Thursday, August 29 • 7:00 p.m. PT | ACCNX

UP NEXT » Stanford returns to action against Cal State Fullerton on Thursday evening at Cagan Stadium. Fullerton enters the game at 0-2, dropping its first two games of the season against Marshall and Xavier. The Cardinal owns a 7-4-3 record (.607) against Fullerton since 1975. The latest matchup between the Cardinal and the Titans was a 1-1 draw on The Farm in 2006.

CARD DROPS DEFENSIVE BATTLE » Stanford fell to Denver on Sunday opened the season with a 2-1 win over San Jose State. Will Reilly scored the first goal of the season, scoring a rebound off a saved penalty and Zach Bohane scored the game-winner to secure the victory. The win was also Jeremy Gunn’s 150th in charge of Stanford and his first win in his 13th season on The Farm.

SEASON OPENING WIN » The Cardinal opened the season with a 2-1 win over San Jose State. Will Reilly scored the first goal of the season, scoring a rebound off a saved penalty and Zach Bohane scored the game-winner to secure the victory. The win was also Jeremy Gunn’s 150th in charge of Stanford and his first win in his 13th season on The Farm.

INAUGURAL ACC SEASON » Stanford kicks off it’s inaugural ACC season this year, completing its move from the Pac-12. The ACC will feature 15 men’s soccer programs, nine more conference opponents than the Cardinal had in its previous conference. Stanford will compete for ACC supremacy against Boston College, California, Clemson, Duke, Louisville, NC State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, SMU, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest. The new-look ACC features 15 men’s soccer programs this season with the addition of California, SMU and three-time national champion Stanford. Eleven of the ACC’s 15 programs competed in the NCAA Tournament last year.

STANFORD IN THE RANKINGS  » The Cardinal moved to No. 13 in this week’ United Soccer Coaches rankings and to No. 6 in the TopDrawerSoccer rankings. To open the season, Stanford was picked as the No. 5 team in the country by United Soccer Coaches and No. 4 by TDS. Stanford finished the 2023 season with the same ranking. The Cardinal returns the majority of its 2023 NCAA Tournament quarterfinal squad that went 11-4-5 and took down the tournament’s No. 1 seed, Marshall.

TOPDRAWER SOCCER PRESEASON BEST XI  » Zach Bohane was named the No. 1 player in the TopDrawerSoccer Preseason 100, and was also named to the TDS…