Friday, October 18
Piscataway, NJ
4 p.m. PT
UCLA
at
Rutgers
No. 19 Bruins at Rutgers Friday Night
October 16, 2024 | Men's Soccer
No. 19 UCLA (5-3-4, 2-2-2 Big Ten) at Rutgers (4-7-2, 1-4-1 Big Ten)
Date: Friday, Oct. 18, 2024 – 4 p.m. PT
Location: Piscataway, N.J. (Yurcak Field)
Broadcast: B1G+
Live Stats: uclalivestats.com
UCLA Plays at Rutgers on Friday Night
The No. 19 UCLA men's soccer hits the road for the final time in the regular season on Friday to take on Rutgers to begin the first of two road games. The Bruins will take on Rutgers on Friday at 4 p.m. PT before playing at No. 7 Maryland on Monday night.
Tough Slate to Start
UCLA has opened the season with eight of their first 12 games coming against teams ranked in the top 25 at the time of the game. In those games UCLA is 4-1-3, and have picked up wins over No. 11 LMU, No. 8 Portland, No. 14 Northwestern, and most recently No. 2 Ohio State, and have drawn with No. 18 James Madison, No. 3 Denver, and No. 16 Michigan.
Against top-10 opposition since 1998, the Bruins are 35-45-14. Prior to this season, UCLA's last win against a team ranked two or higher in the United Soccer Coaches poll was on November 8, 2021, when No. 22 UCLA beat No. 1 Oregon State 3-2. Current Bruins Jose Contell and Pietro Grassi started in that game. In their last six games against top-two opposition, UCLA is 3-3-0.
In the last two seasons under sixth-year head coach Ryan Jorden the Bruins against top 25 teams are 6-1-4 (.727 winning percentage).
Back in the Rankings
UCLA returns to the top 25 in the latest edition of the United Soccer Coaches top 25 poll. The Bruins check in at No. 19 after knocking off No. 2 Ohio State on Friday night, 2-1. This is the first time the Bruins have been ranked since the week four poll, and is UCLA's fourth week ranked in 2024.
Stout Defense
UCLA had not conceded a goal until the fourth game of the season to begin the 2024 season. Over the course of six games, the Bruins have limited No. 11 LMU, No. 18 JMU, No. 8 Portland, Cal State Fullerton, No. 3 Denver, No. 14 Northwestern, and No. 8 Wisconsin to a combined seven goals, while keepers Sam Joseph and Wyatt Nelson have recorded a combined five clean sheets.
Bruins in the B1G Rankings
B1G Win over the Buckeyes
UCLA earned their second result of the season over at top three team nationally on Friday night when the Bruins beat No. 2 Ohio State, 2-1. Jose Contell and Edrey Caceres provided the goals for the Bruins in the win. After Ohio State struck first, the 53rd minute, the Bruins answered with two goals in just over a minute at the 69:05 mark by Caceres and at the 70:28 mark by Contell. Wyatt Nelson secured the win for the Bruins with a huge save off a corner kick in the 83rd minute to preserve the 2-1 win.
B1G Time Results
UCLA earned their first conference win as a member of the Big Ten Conference on Sept. 13, when the Bruins beat No. 14 Northwestern on the road to begin Big Ten play. The matchup was UCLA's fifth against ranked opposition at that point in the season, and pushed UCLA to 3-0-2 at the time against ranked teams in 2024.
B1G Award Winners
Jose Contell and Wyatt Nelson were named Big Ten Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week and Goalkeeper of the Week, the conference announced on Tuesday.
Contell led the Bruins to a 2-1 win over No. 2 Ohio State on Friday night at Wallis Annenberg Stadium. The redshirt senior from Valencia, Spain tallied the game-winning goal for the Bruins in the 71st minute of the game, putting UCLA up 2-1 with his third goal of the season.
Sophomore Wyatt Nelson played the full 90 minutes in goal and helped lead the Bruins to a 2-1 win over No. 2 Ohio State on Friday night at Wallis Annenberg Stadium. The Seattle, Washington native made three crucial stops for the Bruins, including a point-blank save in the 83rd minute off a corner to keep UCLA in front in the game.
Closing in on 150 Career Wins
UCLA head coach Ryan Jorden enters the game at Rutgers two wins shy of 150 career wins as a head coach. Jorden has racked up a career record of 148-110-33 (.565 winning percentage). As the head coach at UCLA Jorden is 46-37-16, won the final Pac-12 title in 2023, and has qualified for the postseason in three of five seasons.
Making an Impact
Freshman Artem Vovk came off the bench for the Bruins last Friday at Penn State and tallied his second career goal. The Sacramento, California product put the Bruins up 2-0 in the 53rd minute on Friday, and earned himself Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Week honors in the process. The award was the first of his career for Vovk.
Goals Galore
UCLA beat Westmont 5-1 on Tuesday evening, with five different Bruins finding the scoresheet, and a total of 11 different Bruins recorded at least a point on Tuesday. In the win three different Bruins tallied their first career goals as Jacob Diaz, Artem Vovk, and Sam Scott all found the scoresheet for the first time. Seven players tallied an assist with Wilkerson, Grassi, Diaz, Greenlee, Naef, Foster and Senden all dishing out at least one assist. Nikolai Rojel's goal in the 21st minute which put the Bruins 1-0 up, moves him to three on the season, tied with Edrey Caceres for the most on the team this season.
The last time the Bruins scored five or more goals in a game was on September 2, 2022 in a 5-2 win over Liberty.
There's A First For Everything
In UCLA's 2-0 win over No. 8 Portland, three Bruins tallied their first collegiate points. Graduate forward Sveinn Hauksson tallied his first career assist, while freshman Shakir Nixon and Tamir Ratoviz both scored their first collegiate goals, and provided their first collegiate assists.
The same thing happened to Nikolai Rojel on Thursday against Cal State Fullerton. The transfer tallied his first career goal as a Bruin with a well-taken goal from just outside the box, pulling the Bruins within a goal at the time. Additionally, for UCLA, freshman Allan Legaspi, sophomore Jacob Diaz, and sophomore Sam Scott all made their collegiate debuts.
B1G Players of the Week
UCLA junior goalkeeper Sam Joseph and freshman defender Shakir Nixon have been named the Big Ten Men's Soccer Goalkeeper of the Week and Defensive Player of the Week (Aug. 27 - Sept. 3), becoming the first Bruin men's soccer players ever to win a weekly award in the Big Ten Conference.
Sam Joseph (San Diego, Calif.) earns his first career conference accolades for his display in goal for the Bruins in the 2-0 win over No. 8 Portland. The junior earned his second start of the campaign and produced three top-notch saves to secure the clean sheet. Playing all 90 minutes for the second time this season, Joseph recorded his second consecutive shutout, after also not conceding a goal in UCLA's 2-0 win over No. 11 LMU to open the season.
Shakir Nixon (Cerritos, Calif.) tallied his first three collegiate points on Friday night over 52 minutes of action off the bench, helping No. 10 UCLA take down No. 8 Portland 2-0. The freshman scored the second goal for the Bruins in the win over the Pilots in the 76th minute of the match, putting UCLA up 2-0. Nixon also recorded the first assist of his collegiate career on the Bruins' first goal, setting up fellow freshman Tamir Ratoviz in the 54th minute, which put UCLA up at the time 1-0.
Bruin Debuts
Eight Bruins made either their collegiate debut or UCLA debut in the season opener against No. 11 LMU. Freshman Shakir Nixon and Tamir Ratoviz, and international graduate student Sveinn Hauksson all made their NCAA debuts. Additionally, Caceres, Nico Cavallo, Oshea Foster, Nikolai Rojel, and Youri Senden all made their UCLA debuts.
UCLA Draws With No. 16 Michigan
UCLA men's soccer continued Big Ten play with a 3-3 draw with No. 16 Michigan. The Wolverines went ahead 1-0 before the Bruins tallied two twice, off an own goal and an Olimpico from Edrey Caceres off a corner to take a 2-1 lead. Michigan responded with a goal in the 31st minute to retie the game at 2-2 before Sveinn Hauksson scored his first career collegiate goal to put UCLA up 3-2 going into halftime. Michigan added a late equalizer in the 81st minute to tie things up, and the game ended 3-3. The three goals scored by the Bruins were there most in a game so far this season.
UCLA Opens Big Ten Play with 1-0 Win over No. 14 Northwestern
UCLA men's soccer began Big Ten play with a 1-0 win over No. 14 Northwestern on Friday night in Chicago. Jose Contell scored the lone goal of the match, converting a penalty kick in the 9th minute. UCLA kept their fifth clean sheet in six games to begin the year and keeper Sam Joseph kept his fourth clean sheet in his fourth start, Joseph has yet to give up a goal in 360 minutes of action. The Bruins improved to 3-0-2 and remain undefeated in games against ranked opponents in 2024.
UCLA Draws With No. 3 Denver
The No. 6 UCLA men's soccer team earned their fourth shutout in five games to begin the season, drawing 0-0 with No. 3 Denver on Monday night at Wallis Annenberg Stadium. Allan Legaspi and Shakir Nixon both earned their first career starts on Monday, while Sam Joseph recorded his third shutout in his third start of the year. With the result, UCLA moves to 6-2-2 in their last 10 games, when both teams are ranked inside the top 10.
UCLA Beats No. 8 Portland
The Bruins earned their third consecutive result against a ranked opponent on Friday night, taking down No. 8 Portland 2-0 at Wallis Annenberg Stadium. Freshman Tamir Ratoviz and Shakir Nixon provided the goals for the Bruins. Ratoviz tallied his first collegiate goal and opened the scoring in the 54th minute from a headed-down cross by Graduate Sveinn Hauksson and Nixon. Both Hauksson and Nixon recorded their first career collegiate assists as a result of Ratoviz's goal. Nixon scored in the 76th minute from on top of the penalty box which and floated over the Portland goalkeeper to put the Bruins up 2-0. After scoring a goal earlier in the night Ratoviz also assisted Nixon on the goal.
Bruins Draw With No. 18 JMU
UCLA kept a second consecutive clean sheet against a top-25 opponent on Sunday night, tying 0-0 with No. 18 James Madison University at Wallis Annenberg Stadium. Statistically, for UCLA Edrey Caceres, Sveinn Hauksson, and Andre Ochoa all tallied two shots, while sophomore goalkeeper Wyatt Nelson produced three saves. To begin the year the Bruins have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal to begin the season. Nelson also produced the fourth clean sheet of his career in his first start for UCLA in 2024
Opening Night Win over No. 11 LMU
UCLA opened the 2024 season with a win over No. 11 LMU on Thursday night. Edrey Caceres provided both the goals for the Bruins, scoring two beautifully taken free kicks from just outside the 18 yard box. UCLA found the opening goal in the 27th minute. After a handball just outside the 18 yard box on LMU, Caceres stood over the ball to take the ensuing free kick. Caceres lined up the shot and lifted the ball over the LMU wall, past the outstretched arms of the keeper, and put the Bruins up 1-0. As for the second goal, just five seconds before the end of the first half, the Bruins had a free kick in almost the same spot where Caceres scored from the first time. It was almost a déjà vu moment as Caceres placed his second free kick of the game perfectly, directing it over the LMU wall, past the diving keeper, and into the back of the net, making it 2-0 UCLA going into halftime, and that's how the game would finish.
Contell, Greenlee, Ochoa Selected to Big Ten Preseason Players to Watch List
UCLA Picked Third in Big Ten Preseason Coaches Poll
UCLA was tabbed to finish third in a preseason poll of the Big Ten coaches.
1. Indiana (unanimous)
2. Penn State
3. UCLA
4. Washington
5. Michigan State
6. Ohio State
7. Maryland
8. Northwestern
9. Rutgers
10. Michigan
11. Wisconsin
New Blood
The Bruins brought in 10 newcomers to augment the roster for the 2024 season:
Date: Friday, Oct. 18, 2024 – 4 p.m. PT
Location: Piscataway, N.J. (Yurcak Field)
Broadcast: B1G+
Live Stats: uclalivestats.com
UCLA Plays at Rutgers on Friday Night
The No. 19 UCLA men's soccer hits the road for the final time in the regular season on Friday to take on Rutgers to begin the first of two road games. The Bruins will take on Rutgers on Friday at 4 p.m. PT before playing at No. 7 Maryland on Monday night.
Tough Slate to Start
UCLA has opened the season with eight of their first 12 games coming against teams ranked in the top 25 at the time of the game. In those games UCLA is 4-1-3, and have picked up wins over No. 11 LMU, No. 8 Portland, No. 14 Northwestern, and most recently No. 2 Ohio State, and have drawn with No. 18 James Madison, No. 3 Denver, and No. 16 Michigan.
Against top-10 opposition since 1998, the Bruins are 35-45-14. Prior to this season, UCLA's last win against a team ranked two or higher in the United Soccer Coaches poll was on November 8, 2021, when No. 22 UCLA beat No. 1 Oregon State 3-2. Current Bruins Jose Contell and Pietro Grassi started in that game. In their last six games against top-two opposition, UCLA is 3-3-0.
In the last two seasons under sixth-year head coach Ryan Jorden the Bruins against top 25 teams are 6-1-4 (.727 winning percentage).
Back in the Rankings
UCLA returns to the top 25 in the latest edition of the United Soccer Coaches top 25 poll. The Bruins check in at No. 19 after knocking off No. 2 Ohio State on Friday night, 2-1. This is the first time the Bruins have been ranked since the week four poll, and is UCLA's fourth week ranked in 2024.
Stout Defense
UCLA had not conceded a goal until the fourth game of the season to begin the 2024 season. Over the course of six games, the Bruins have limited No. 11 LMU, No. 18 JMU, No. 8 Portland, Cal State Fullerton, No. 3 Denver, No. 14 Northwestern, and No. 8 Wisconsin to a combined seven goals, while keepers Sam Joseph and Wyatt Nelson have recorded a combined five clean sheets.
Bruins in the B1G Rankings
- Team shutout percentage: 2nd - .455
- Sam Joseph - Shutouts - T-2nd – 4
- Jose Contell - Game Winning Goals - T-2nd – 2
- Philip Naef - Assists - T-5th – 4
B1G Win over the Buckeyes
UCLA earned their second result of the season over at top three team nationally on Friday night when the Bruins beat No. 2 Ohio State, 2-1. Jose Contell and Edrey Caceres provided the goals for the Bruins in the win. After Ohio State struck first, the 53rd minute, the Bruins answered with two goals in just over a minute at the 69:05 mark by Caceres and at the 70:28 mark by Contell. Wyatt Nelson secured the win for the Bruins with a huge save off a corner kick in the 83rd minute to preserve the 2-1 win.
B1G Time Results
UCLA earned their first conference win as a member of the Big Ten Conference on Sept. 13, when the Bruins beat No. 14 Northwestern on the road to begin Big Ten play. The matchup was UCLA's fifth against ranked opposition at that point in the season, and pushed UCLA to 3-0-2 at the time against ranked teams in 2024.
B1G Award Winners
Jose Contell and Wyatt Nelson were named Big Ten Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week and Goalkeeper of the Week, the conference announced on Tuesday.
Contell led the Bruins to a 2-1 win over No. 2 Ohio State on Friday night at Wallis Annenberg Stadium. The redshirt senior from Valencia, Spain tallied the game-winning goal for the Bruins in the 71st minute of the game, putting UCLA up 2-1 with his third goal of the season.
Sophomore Wyatt Nelson played the full 90 minutes in goal and helped lead the Bruins to a 2-1 win over No. 2 Ohio State on Friday night at Wallis Annenberg Stadium. The Seattle, Washington native made three crucial stops for the Bruins, including a point-blank save in the 83rd minute off a corner to keep UCLA in front in the game.
Closing in on 150 Career Wins
UCLA head coach Ryan Jorden enters the game at Rutgers two wins shy of 150 career wins as a head coach. Jorden has racked up a career record of 148-110-33 (.565 winning percentage). As the head coach at UCLA Jorden is 46-37-16, won the final Pac-12 title in 2023, and has qualified for the postseason in three of five seasons.
Making an Impact
Freshman Artem Vovk came off the bench for the Bruins last Friday at Penn State and tallied his second career goal. The Sacramento, California product put the Bruins up 2-0 in the 53rd minute on Friday, and earned himself Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Week honors in the process. The award was the first of his career for Vovk.
Goals Galore
UCLA beat Westmont 5-1 on Tuesday evening, with five different Bruins finding the scoresheet, and a total of 11 different Bruins recorded at least a point on Tuesday. In the win three different Bruins tallied their first career goals as Jacob Diaz, Artem Vovk, and Sam Scott all found the scoresheet for the first time. Seven players tallied an assist with Wilkerson, Grassi, Diaz, Greenlee, Naef, Foster and Senden all dishing out at least one assist. Nikolai Rojel's goal in the 21st minute which put the Bruins 1-0 up, moves him to three on the season, tied with Edrey Caceres for the most on the team this season.
The last time the Bruins scored five or more goals in a game was on September 2, 2022 in a 5-2 win over Liberty.
There's A First For Everything
In UCLA's 2-0 win over No. 8 Portland, three Bruins tallied their first collegiate points. Graduate forward Sveinn Hauksson tallied his first career assist, while freshman Shakir Nixon and Tamir Ratoviz both scored their first collegiate goals, and provided their first collegiate assists.
The same thing happened to Nikolai Rojel on Thursday against Cal State Fullerton. The transfer tallied his first career goal as a Bruin with a well-taken goal from just outside the box, pulling the Bruins within a goal at the time. Additionally, for UCLA, freshman Allan Legaspi, sophomore Jacob Diaz, and sophomore Sam Scott all made their collegiate debuts.
B1G Players of the Week
UCLA junior goalkeeper Sam Joseph and freshman defender Shakir Nixon have been named the Big Ten Men's Soccer Goalkeeper of the Week and Defensive Player of the Week (Aug. 27 - Sept. 3), becoming the first Bruin men's soccer players ever to win a weekly award in the Big Ten Conference.
Sam Joseph (San Diego, Calif.) earns his first career conference accolades for his display in goal for the Bruins in the 2-0 win over No. 8 Portland. The junior earned his second start of the campaign and produced three top-notch saves to secure the clean sheet. Playing all 90 minutes for the second time this season, Joseph recorded his second consecutive shutout, after also not conceding a goal in UCLA's 2-0 win over No. 11 LMU to open the season.
Shakir Nixon (Cerritos, Calif.) tallied his first three collegiate points on Friday night over 52 minutes of action off the bench, helping No. 10 UCLA take down No. 8 Portland 2-0. The freshman scored the second goal for the Bruins in the win over the Pilots in the 76th minute of the match, putting UCLA up 2-0. Nixon also recorded the first assist of his collegiate career on the Bruins' first goal, setting up fellow freshman Tamir Ratoviz in the 54th minute, which put UCLA up at the time 1-0.
Bruin Debuts
Eight Bruins made either their collegiate debut or UCLA debut in the season opener against No. 11 LMU. Freshman Shakir Nixon and Tamir Ratoviz, and international graduate student Sveinn Hauksson all made their NCAA debuts. Additionally, Caceres, Nico Cavallo, Oshea Foster, Nikolai Rojel, and Youri Senden all made their UCLA debuts.
UCLA Draws With No. 16 Michigan
UCLA men's soccer continued Big Ten play with a 3-3 draw with No. 16 Michigan. The Wolverines went ahead 1-0 before the Bruins tallied two twice, off an own goal and an Olimpico from Edrey Caceres off a corner to take a 2-1 lead. Michigan responded with a goal in the 31st minute to retie the game at 2-2 before Sveinn Hauksson scored his first career collegiate goal to put UCLA up 3-2 going into halftime. Michigan added a late equalizer in the 81st minute to tie things up, and the game ended 3-3. The three goals scored by the Bruins were there most in a game so far this season.
UCLA Opens Big Ten Play with 1-0 Win over No. 14 Northwestern
UCLA men's soccer began Big Ten play with a 1-0 win over No. 14 Northwestern on Friday night in Chicago. Jose Contell scored the lone goal of the match, converting a penalty kick in the 9th minute. UCLA kept their fifth clean sheet in six games to begin the year and keeper Sam Joseph kept his fourth clean sheet in his fourth start, Joseph has yet to give up a goal in 360 minutes of action. The Bruins improved to 3-0-2 and remain undefeated in games against ranked opponents in 2024.
UCLA Draws With No. 3 Denver
The No. 6 UCLA men's soccer team earned their fourth shutout in five games to begin the season, drawing 0-0 with No. 3 Denver on Monday night at Wallis Annenberg Stadium. Allan Legaspi and Shakir Nixon both earned their first career starts on Monday, while Sam Joseph recorded his third shutout in his third start of the year. With the result, UCLA moves to 6-2-2 in their last 10 games, when both teams are ranked inside the top 10.
UCLA Beats No. 8 Portland
The Bruins earned their third consecutive result against a ranked opponent on Friday night, taking down No. 8 Portland 2-0 at Wallis Annenberg Stadium. Freshman Tamir Ratoviz and Shakir Nixon provided the goals for the Bruins. Ratoviz tallied his first collegiate goal and opened the scoring in the 54th minute from a headed-down cross by Graduate Sveinn Hauksson and Nixon. Both Hauksson and Nixon recorded their first career collegiate assists as a result of Ratoviz's goal. Nixon scored in the 76th minute from on top of the penalty box which and floated over the Portland goalkeeper to put the Bruins up 2-0. After scoring a goal earlier in the night Ratoviz also assisted Nixon on the goal.
Bruins Draw With No. 18 JMU
UCLA kept a second consecutive clean sheet against a top-25 opponent on Sunday night, tying 0-0 with No. 18 James Madison University at Wallis Annenberg Stadium. Statistically, for UCLA Edrey Caceres, Sveinn Hauksson, and Andre Ochoa all tallied two shots, while sophomore goalkeeper Wyatt Nelson produced three saves. To begin the year the Bruins have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal to begin the season. Nelson also produced the fourth clean sheet of his career in his first start for UCLA in 2024
Opening Night Win over No. 11 LMU
UCLA opened the 2024 season with a win over No. 11 LMU on Thursday night. Edrey Caceres provided both the goals for the Bruins, scoring two beautifully taken free kicks from just outside the 18 yard box. UCLA found the opening goal in the 27th minute. After a handball just outside the 18 yard box on LMU, Caceres stood over the ball to take the ensuing free kick. Caceres lined up the shot and lifted the ball over the LMU wall, past the outstretched arms of the keeper, and put the Bruins up 1-0. As for the second goal, just five seconds before the end of the first half, the Bruins had a free kick in almost the same spot where Caceres scored from the first time. It was almost a déjà vu moment as Caceres placed his second free kick of the game perfectly, directing it over the LMU wall, past the diving keeper, and into the back of the net, making it 2-0 UCLA going into halftime, and that's how the game would finish.
Contell, Greenlee, Ochoa Selected to Big Ten Preseason Players to Watch List
- Jose Contell enters his fifth season in Westwood in 2024. The redshirt senior has been a consistent contributor for the Bruins during his three years in the lineup, netting at least 12 points in all three seasons. The Valencia, Spain, native scored a career-high five goals in 2021 and has tallied six assist seasons twice, in 2021 and 2023. At the conclusion of the 2023 season, Contell was named to the All-Far West Region Second Team and was a 2023 Pac-12 Second Team selection.
- Pablo Greenlee also enters his fifth season at UCLA. The Hollywood, California native has played 40 times for the Bruins over four seasons, making 14 starts. During the 2023 season, in which the Bruins earned the Pac-12 title, Greenlee made 11 appearances, with 10 starts.
- Andre Ochoa embarks on his third season at UCLA, having transferred from San Diego State after his sophomore season. The senior from Anaheim, California, started all 18 of UCLA's games in 2023, and earned third-team all-Far West region honors and Pac-12 honorable mention accolades after tallying 15 points (4G, 7A) on the season. For his career in Westwood, Ochoa has seven goals and 11 assists over 39 appearances (36 starts).
UCLA Picked Third in Big Ten Preseason Coaches Poll
UCLA was tabbed to finish third in a preseason poll of the Big Ten coaches.
1. Indiana (unanimous)
2. Penn State
3. UCLA
4. Washington
5. Michigan State
6. Ohio State
7. Maryland
8. Northwestern
9. Rutgers
10. Michigan
11. Wisconsin
New Blood
The Bruins brought in 10 newcomers to augment the roster for the 2024 season:
- Lucca Adams, GK (LA Galaxy Academy) - Led the U-17 LA Galaxy team to the MLS Next National Championship
- Edrey Caceres, MF (Marquette) – All-Big East Second Team selection in 2021, 2022, 2023
- Nico Cavallo, D (Davidson) – All-Region selection in 2021, 2022, 2023
- Sveinn Hauksson, MF/F (University of Iceland) – Hauksson comes to UCLA having played for club KA Akureyri in the Icelandic Premier League
- Allan Legaspi, D (LA Galaxy Academy) - Captained the U-17 LA Galaxy team that won the MLS Next U-17 championship this past season
- Shakir Nixon, D (LAFC Academy) - Part of the US U-17 National Team pool in preparation for the 2023 U-17 World Cup. Has made multiple appearances for LAFC2 in MLS Next competition
- Tamir Ratoviz, MF (LAFC Academy) - Central midfielder for the LAFC U-17 team who has played regularly for his MLS NextPro team. Has been called into both the US U-17 National Team as well as the Israeli U-17 National Team.
- Nikolai Rojel, F (Wofford) - SoCon Player of the Year (2023), All-Southern Conference First Team (2022, 2023), SoCon Freshman of the Year (2022)
- Youri Senden, D (Drexel) - Spent three seasons at Drexel, earned All-CAA honors, three times, including defender of the year and first-team All-CAA honors as a senior in 2023.
- Artem Vovk, F (Elk Grove Sporting) - Named to the TopDrawerSoccer Best 11 at U-19 at the Elite Academy Level. Scored over 100 goals and added over 30 assists during his time at the club level.
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