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Detroit vs. Cal State Fullerton
Friday, Sept. 12, 2014 | 4:30 PM
Johann Field • Las Vegas, Nev.

No. 14 UMBC vs. Cal State Fullerton
Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014 | 4:00 PM
Johann Field • Las Vegas, Nev.

THIS WEEK
Cal State Fullerton returns to the road this weekend, playing in the UNLV Nike Invitational in Las Vegas, Nev.
On Friday, Fullerton will play Detroit at 4:30 p.m., and will face a tough test in 14th-ranked UMBC on Sunday at 4:00 p.m.

QUICK HITS
• Cal State Fullerton head coach George Kuntz is in his first year with the Titans after spending 19 years at UC Irvine.
• Three of Fullerton's first four matches have entered overtime, and the Titans hold a 0-1-2 record in those games.
• No. 14 UMBC will mark Fullerton's first ranked opponent of the year, although Northwestern is receiving votes in the NSCAA top-25 poll.
• In his return to Titan Stadium, former Titan and All-American Eddie Soto led San Francisco to a 2-1 victory over Cal State Fullerton last Friday. Soto is in his first year as head coach of the Dons.

PROMOTIONS & TICKETS
Cal State Fullerton students receive free admission to Titan home games with their Titan I.D. card. 
The Titans return home on Friday, Sept. 19, to host Santa Clara with a rally buff giveaway. 
CSF Students in attendance will receive rally buffs while supplies last.
Additional ticket information can be found by clicking HERE.

OPPONENTS & HISTORY
Detroit | 4:30 PM
Friday, Sept. 12 | Johann Field
Detroit enters Friday's opening game at the UNLV Nike Invitational with a record of 1-2-0. Detroit opened its season with a 2-1 overtime victory at Western Michigan, but the Titans have been shut out and outscored 4-0 in their last two matches, suffering losses to Northern Kentucky and Dayton. 
Head-to-Head: Cal State Fullerton and Detroit have met once before, with Fullerton producing a 1-0 victory on Sept. 2, 2007.
Last Time Out: Amir Shafii headed in a corner kick from Michael Farfan 1:25 into the match and that proved the day's only score as Cal State Fullerton held on to beat Detroit-Mercy, 1-0 on Sept. 2, 2007 at Titan Stadium.

No. 14 UMBC | 4:00 PM
Sunday, Sept. 14 | Johann Field
University of Maryland, Baltimore County is ranked 14th in the country in this week's National Soccer Coaches Association of America top-25 poll. The Retrievers (3-0-1) have outscored opponents 9-2 in their first four games.
Kay Banjo (2 goals, 3 assists) Mamadou Kansaye (2 goals, 2 assists) and Geaton Caltabiano (2 goals) lead the UMBC offense while goalkeeper Phil Breno sports a 0.47 goals against average.
Last week, UMBC played currently 12th-ranked Maryland to a scoreless draw on Friday before defeating Appalachian State, 3-1, last Sunday.
The Retrievers have won three America East titles in the last four years, and tied Connecticut, 2-2, in the second round of the 2013 NCAA Tournament, but did not advance on penalty kicks.

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STATS
• Cal State Fullerton leads the Big West Conference averaging 16 fouls per game, and the Titans rank second in the league with 10 yellow cards issued.
• The Titans are one of only two teams in the Big West - the other Sacramento State - that have not recorded a win this season, however, Fullerton leads the league with two shutouts: San Diego (Sept. 1) and Northwestern (Sept. 7).
• Junior goalkeeper Jeff Salt's 20 saves rank second in the Big West...Salt's .800 save percentage also ranks second in the league...the native of Fontana, Calif., averages 5.0 saves per game which ranks third in the Big West. 

WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Cal State Fullerton has been whistled for three fouls resulting in penalty kicks for opponents this season. Junior goalkeeper Jeff Salt has stopped 2-of-3 opponent PK attempts. The transfer from CSUSB made his first stop at San Diego on Sept. 1, and last Friday against San Francisco, made a stuff in the 24th minute as the game was tied 1-1. However, in the 72nd minute, Colin Okirie was issued a red card for a foul in the box, and USF's Miguel Aguilar was able to strike the game winner past Salt.

CHARGE IT
Many cards have already been issued in the first two weeks of play as Cal State Fullerton has drawn 10 yellow cards and three red cards, while Titan opponents have totaled 11 yellow cards and one red card.

FIRST-TIME TITANS
Nine student-athletes have made their respective Cal State Fullerton debuts this year: Alex Heilmann, Myles Lark, Josh Garcia, Robert Coronado, Gabriel Quintero, Jeff Salt, Nigel Patterson, Diego Sanchez,  and Mitchell Bell.

PRESEASON PREDICTIONS
Cal State Fullerton senior Ian Ramos was selected to the Big West Preseason All-Conference Team as chosen by the league's coaches, it was announced on Aug. 21, 2014.
A native of Highland, Utah, Ramos is a two-time all-Big West honoree earning honorable mention accolades in 2013 after picking up first team honors in 2012.
During his junior year, Ramos appeared in 18 matches, making 15 starts and finished the season as the Titans' leading scorer with four goals and three assists.
As just a sophomore in 2012, Ramos developed into one of the Titans' premier offensive threats, netting six goals (second on the team) and dishing out a team-leading six assists. His 18 total points were tied for the most on the team and tied for the fifth most in the Big West.
UC Santa Barbara was picked to finish first in the North Division with eight first place votes, while CSUN was picked to finish first in the South Division with six first-place votes.
Cal State Fullerton was selected to finish last in the South Division.

NUMBERS GAME
• The Titans have 17 returning letterwinners and nine returning starters from last year's team, and have added 14 newcomers. Of the newcomers, five are transfers, three come from the junior college ranks and six are freshmen.
• Fullerton scored 23 goals and added 22 assists for 68 points in 2013, and six of the team's top scorers return in Ian Ramos (4 goals, 3 assists), Garrett Losee (3 goals, 1 assist), Amara Soumah (3 goals), Marc Fenelus (2 goals, 2 assists), Spencer Johnson (1 goal, 1 assist) and Alex Cannas (2 goals, 1 assists). In fact, the Titans return 97 percent of their scoring from a season ago.

KUNTZ ERA BEGINS
George Kuntz, a 26-year head coaching veteran, was appointed the eighth men's soccer head coach in Cal State Fullerton history, Athletic Director Jim Donovan announced on Dec. 16, 2013.
Kuntz joined Cal State Fullerton after serving 19 years as the men's head soccer coach at UC Irvine, turning the Anteaters into a perennial soccer power that have made four NCAA Tournament appearances in the last six years, winning four Big West Tournament championships (2008, 2009,2011, 2013) and three regular season titles (2008, 2010, 2011).Kuntz, a collegiate head coach no entering his 27th year was named the NSCAA/Adidas Far West Region Coach of the Year in (2006 and 2008) and has seen a number of players jump to the next level including 12 in Major League Soccer (MLS) and three on various U.S. National Teams.
His career record is 319-218-65, ranking second in Big West history with 141 victories as a member of the Big West Conference. In addition, his 62 Big West wins ranks third all-time.

INTERNATIONAL DUTY
Marc Fenelus competed in the 2014 Caribbean Cup for  the Turks and Caicos Islands national team. Turks and Caicos suffered a 1-0 loss to Aruba and a 6-0 loss to French Guiana before the team's final match. In the 31st minute in a match against British Virgin Islands, Fenelus scored the team's first goal since 2008 as the team went on to a 2-0 victory.

NINE SECONDS OF CHAOS
There were 53 seconds of chaos at Titan Stadium on Oct. 19, 2013. Leading, 1-0, from the 36th minute when Garrett Losee had scored, until the 84:53 mark over UC Irvine, the Titans gave up a goal to the Anteaters, knotting the score. But on the ensuing kick off, Marc Fenelus streaked down the field and scored nine seconds later, moving the Titans ahead, 2-1. It took Irvine 46 more seconds to re-tie the score as hardly the fans, the teams or the stat crew could regroup to acknowledge what had happened. The teams played two periods of overtime to a draw before everyone could breathe.
Later study concluded that the pair of goals within 9 seconds of one another ranked seventh on the NCAA all-time list and was the first time two goals had been scored in under 10 seconds since 2007.

HALL OF FAME
The most prolific scorer in the history of the men's soccer program, forward Mike Fox remains the "gold standard" when it comes to the Cal State Fullerton record books, embarking on an 11-year professional career following a standout four seasons with the Titans. He was inducted into the Cal State Fullerton Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 11, 2013.
Although records are incomplete from his freshman season in 1979, Fox is Fullerton's all-time leader in points with 119 and is the school record holder with 46 goals during a collegiate career that lasted until 1982. He holds three of the top 10 single-season scoring performances in school history, including a 40-point campaign as a senior in 1982 en route to second-team All-America honors on a career-high 17 goals -- a total that ranks tied for second in a season -- and six assists.
Fox also ranks second on the all-time list with 26 assists, including a single-season record of 13 assists as a sophomore in 1980 that still stands today.