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PORTLAND PILOTS (4-4-1, 2-0-0 WCC)
at SAN DIEGO TOREROS (3-6-0, 1-1-0 WCC)
Date: Friday, October 5, 2012
Location: San Diego, Calif.
Kick-off: 7:00 p.m.
Pitch: Torero Stadium (5,792)
Live Video/Stats (free): USDToreros.com
 
POR vs. USD
Overall Series: 15-16-5
Here: 8-7-2
There: 6-8-2
Neutral: 1-1-1
Last: POR 2, @USD 1 (Nov. 6, 2011)
 
PORTLAND PILOTS (4-4-1, 2-0-0 WCC)
at LOYOLA MARYMOUNT LIONS (2-6-2, 0-1-1 WCC)
Date: Sunday, October 7, 2012
Location: Los Angeles, Calif.
Kick-off: 3:00 p.m.
Pitch: Sullivan Field (2,000)
Live Audio/Stats (free): LMULions.com
 
POR vs. LMU
Overall Series:  20-10-2
Here: 10-4-2
There: 10-6-0
Neutral: 0-0-0
Last: POR 3, LMU 1 (Nov. 4, 2011)
 
THIS WEEK
• The Pilots face their first West Coast Conference road trip of 2012 as they head to Southern California to face the San Diego Toreros and Loyola Marymount Lions.
• Portland will first play the Toreros in San Diego at 7 p.m. on Friday night; UP will then travel to Los Angeles for a 3 p.m. game against the Lions on Sunday.
• Portland’s all-time series with USD has been fairly even throughout the years, and the two teams have gone 4-4-2 against each other dating back to 2007.
• The Pilots claim a sizable advantage in the all-time series against LMU, but the Lions have won four out of the last five meetings.
 
LAST WEEK
• The Pilots opened 2-0 in league play after posting home wins over Gonzaga and San Francisco.
• On Wednesday night, Ricardo Carrillo scored 37 seconds into the match against the Bulldogs before the Pilots cruised to a 4-1 win; Carrillo had two goals and two assists during the win.
• Carrillo’s quick goal is tied for the third fastest in UP program history.
• Against the Dons on Friday, Keith Grubisich’s goal in the 31st minute was the difference as the Pilots registered a 1-0 win; junior goalkeeper Justin Baarts made six saves en route to his second shutout of the year and fifth of his career.
 
ABOUT THE PILOTS...
• Ricardo Carrillo’s goal 37 seconds into the match against Gonzaga last Wednesday night is tied for the third fastest in program history.
• Portland’s game against the Evansville Purple Aces in Evansville, Ind., on Sept. 7 was cancelled due to thunder and lightning storms.
• Steven Evans has been named the WCC’s Player of the Week twice this season, and he was named the league’s player of the month for August.
• Evans was voted to the 2012 Preseason All-WCC Team, and the Pilots were picked to finish third in a preseason poll of the league’s seven head coaches.
• The Pilots returned 16 letterwinners and eight starters from a team that just missed the playoffs last fall with an 11-7-2 overall record (6-5-1 WCC).
• Five of UP’s six freshmen are from the Portland metropolitan area.
• Portland has been to two College Cups (1988 & 1995) and has reached the NCAA Postseason 14 times.
 
OFFENSIVE OUTBURST
• Steven Evans has been scoring goals at an impressive clip, and against Seattle on Sept. 21 he became the first UP men’s soccer player to register a hat trick in nine years.
• Evans, who scored all three goals during the first half at Seattle, is the first Pilot to notch a hat trick since Alejandro Salazar found the back of the net three times against San Diego on Nov. 2, 2003.
• Evans is also among the national and WCC leaders, currently ranking sixth in the country in goals per game (0.89) and total goals (8); he’s also 10th nationally in points per game (1.89) and is 13th in total points (17).
• He’s tops in the conference in points, points per game, goals and goals per game.
 
AMONGST THE LEADERS
• As a team, the Pilots are also putting up some decent offensive stats and they rank at or near the top of the WCC in a handful of categories.
• Portland is tops in the WCC in points (46), goals (16), goals per game (1.78) and assists (14), while ranking second in shots (131).
• Ricardo Carrillo and Jaime Velasco are tied for the league lead in assists with three.
 
FORMING A HABIT
• So far this season, the WCC has handed out six individual awards, and Steven Evans has claimed three of them.
• Evans has been named the conference player of the week twice and was named the WCC’s Player of the Month for August after scoring a league-best four goals during the month, helping the Pilots to a 2-1-0 record.
• Evans was also named the league’s player of the week on Sept. 3, and he grabbed the league’s first player of the week award of the season on Aug. 27.
 
A RARE RAIN OUT
• The Pilots ran into some inclement weather recently when they travelled to Evansville, Ind., for the Purple Aces Classic.
• On Friday, Sept. 7, thunder, lightning and a heavy downpour bought Portland’s match with Evansville to a halt after 23 minutes of action.
• The game was finally cancelled after a lengthy delay.
• According to NCAA rules, the game does not count, and all of the stats to that point are nullified.
 
THE COUNTRY’S #1 FANS
• The Pilots have ranked in the top 15 in home attendance nationally in 13 of the past 17 years, including posting the nation’s top attendance in 1996.
• Last season, Portland was 24th in the country with total attendance of 8,894 and a per game average of 1,111.
• The Pilots have posted an all-time record of 128-48-19 (.705) at the friendly confines.
 
PILOTS IN THE MLS
• The Portland Timbers selected defender Ryan Kawulok with the eighth pick of Major League Soccer’s 2012 Supplemental Draft in January.
• Kawulok, who started all 82 games during his four-year UP career and received conference honors all four years, is one of six Portland alums currently on an MLS roster, joining Logan Emory (Toronto FC), Heath Pearce & Luis Robles (New York Red Bulls), Connor Casey (Colorado Rapids) and Collen Warner (Montreal).
• Robles made his MLs debut last week during a game against Emory and Toronto FC.
 
NATIONAL EXPOSURE
• The Pilots are slated for one national television appearance this season, which will happen when they travel to Santa Clara for a WCC match on Oct. 26.
• Fox Soccer Channel (Ch. 800 on Comcast Digital Cable in the Portland Metro Area) is set to broadcast the 7:00 p.m. match live.
 
GAMECENTRAL IS BACK & BETTER THAN EVER
• UP’s popular GameCentral is back and better than ever, and it’s available for every home game this season.
• GameCentral is a free portal via PortlandPilots.com that offers live video, live audio and live stats all on the same page; you can also access GameCentral directly by visiting PilotsVideo.com.
• The internet broadcast rivals that of any college program in the country and it features a three-camera production, instant replays and on-screen graphics.
• You can also access UP’s GameCentral via your Smartphone.