Fullerton Returns to Titan Stadium

Fullerton Returns to Titan Stadium

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San Francisco at Cal State Fullerton
Friday, Sept. 5, 2014 | 7:00 PM
Titan Stadium • Fullerton, Calif.

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Cal State Fullerton vs. Northwestern
Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014 | 12:00 PM
Meredith Field at Harder Stadium • Santa Barbara, Calif.

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THIS WEEK
Cal State Fullerton plays its 2014 home opener at 7 p.m., Friday, at Titan Stadium as the Titans host San Francisco. The Titans will then travel to Santa Barbara to play a neutral site affair with Northwestern at noon on Sunday. The Wildcats are currently receiving votes in the this week's National Soccer Coaches Association of America top-25 poll. Sunday's game at Harder Stadium on the campus of UC Santa Barbara will be free of charge.

PROMOTIONS & TICKETS
Cal State Fullerton students receive free admission to Titan home games with their Titan I.D. card. 
Additional ticket information can be found by clicking HERE.

OPPONENTS & HISTORY
San Francisco | 7:00 PM
Friday, Sept. 5 | Titan Stadium
San Francisco (1-1-0) opened its season with a 2-1 victory over then 21st-ranked Wisconsin as Davi Ramos and Danny Kirkland provided the scores in Madison, Wis. Last Sunday, the Dons suffered a 1-0 loss to Illinois-Chicago at Flames Field.
Titan Connections: Friday's game will also be a homecoming for first-year San Francisco head coach and former Cal State Fullerton All-American Eddie Soto.
During his time at Fullerton, Soto was a two-time All-American selection (1992 and '93) and ranks as the No. 2 scorer in Titans history totaling 96 points and 38 goals. He also still holds the school's single season record for goals in a season with 18, set in 1994. Soto also was an assistant coach from 2001-03 at Fullerton.
Head-to-Head: The 1975 season is the first year Cal State Fullerton has record of playing USF. Since that time, the Titans and Dons have played 17 times, with USF holding an 11-4-2 advantage. 
Last Time Out: On Sept. 11, 2011, Cal State Fullerton recorded a 2-0 victory over USF in Las Vegas.

Northwestern | 12:00 PM
Sunday, Sept. 7
Meredith Field at Harder Stadium
Northwestern is currently receiving votes in this week's NSCAA top-25 poll after opening the year with a 2-0 record. Last week, the Wildcats defeated Quinnipac (2-0) and Hofstra (3-0) at home. Joey Calistri led NU with three goals, while Tyler Miller totaled two saves and produced two shutouts in goal. 
This will mark the first meeting between Northwestern and Cal State Fullerton.

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THE RETURN OF EDDIE SOTO
Cal State Fullerton All-American Eddie Soto is currently in his first-year as head coach at the University of San Francisco. Soto will return to Titan Stadium on Friday with the Dons as Fullerton hosts USF in its home opener. Soto finished his career with 38 goals and 20 assists playing for Fullerton from 1992-94. During the that time, Fullerton totaled a record of 42-20-2 making the program's deepest run in the NCAA Tournament – a Final Four finish in 1993 and following that with a trip to the quarterfinals in 1994.

FIRST LOOK
Cal State Fullerton opened the 2014 season on the road, dropping a 3-2 decision to Illinois-Chicago in overtime before playing to a scoreless draw at San Diego on Monday.
Starting goalkeeper Jeff Salt totaled 12 saves over the weekend, while Amara Soumah was responsible for a goal set up by Marc Fenelus and Alex Heilmann.
Salt, a native of Fontana, Calif stopped a penalty kick on Monday at USD.

CHARGE IT
A lot of cards have already been issued in the first week of play as Cal State Fullerton was issued six yellow cards and two red cards, while Titan opponents also totaled six yellow cards.

FIRST-TIME TITANS
Six student-athletes made their respective Cal State Fullerton debuts last weekend: Alex Heilmann, Myles Lark, Josh Garcia, Robert Coronado, Gabriel Quintero and Jeff Salt.

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.

 

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