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PORTLAND PILOTS (4-10-4, 0-5-1 WCC)
at GONZAGA BULLDOGS (4-12-1, 2-3-1 WCC)
Date: Saturday, November 15, 2014
Location: Spokane, Wash.
Kick-off: 1:00 p.m.
Pitch: Luger Field
Live Video: TheW.tv
Live Stats: GoZags.com
 
POR vs. GON
Overall Series: 24-11-6
Here: 13-5-2
There: 10-6-4
Neutral: 1-0-0
Last: @POR 1, GON 0 (Oct. 12, 2014)
 
THIS WEEK
• The Pilots conclude the 2014 campaign this weekend with a trip to Spokane, Wash., to face the Gonzaga Bulldogs in a West Coast Conference match-up at Luger Field on Saturday.
• Kickoff between the two northwest rivals is set for 1 p.m.
• This is the second meeting this season with the Bulldogs as the Pilots claimed a 1-0 win in a non-conference game at Merlo Field on Oct. 12; Michael Escobar scored the game's only goal in the 39th minute.
 
LAST WEEK
• The Pilots dropped a 2-1 decision at Pacific last Friday before succumbing to Saint Mary's 3-1 at Merlo Field on Sunday.
• In Stockton, Michael Escobar crushed a ball into the left corner of the net in the 81st minute, but Pacific tallied the game-winner only two minutes later.
• On Sunday, the Pilots fell behind the Gaels 2-0 before Thomas Peterson pulled one back with a goal in the 71st minute; Saint Mary's would add another goal en route to the win.
 
ABOUT THE PILOTS...
• The Pilots had a recent stretch of scoring 11 goals in three games, all wins, which included five goals in back-to-back wins at Saint Mary's (Oct. 3) and at home vs. Pacific (Oct. 5).
• Those 10 goals are the most during consecutive games since Portland totaled 12 goals in back-to-back wins in 2001.
• The five goals scored at Saint Mary's are also the most scored by the Pilots on the road since also scoring five during a win at Washington during the 2004 NCAA Playoffs.
• Freshman Brandon Zambrano was named the WCC's Player of the Week (Oct. 6) after registering a hat trick during a 5-1 win at Saint Mary's on Oct. 3, while also adding two assists during the weekend.
• Hugo Rhoads and the Pilots received national attention on Friday, Sept. 12 after Rhoads scored a thunderous goal against Duquesne; visit this link to see Rhoads featured on SportsCenter's Top 10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOx2lQFKHG0.
• Rhoads and Michael Escobar were both named to the Oregon State Hensor/Zaher Classic All-Tournament Team (Sept. 12-14).
• Rhoads was also named the Defensive MVP at the 2014 Nike Portland Invitational, which took place at Merlo Field the weekend of Aug. 29-31; Rhoads and the Pilots blanked UCF at the Invite before playing Evansville to a 1-1 draw.
• A program record crowd of 4,194, which included a then-record 2,205 students, watched the Pilots defeat Linfield 4-0 behind a pair of goals from freshman Erik Edwardson.
• The Pilots were receiving votes in NSCAA Poll earlier this season.
• Eddie Sanchez was named to the WCC Preseason All-Conference Team, while the Pilots were picked to finish third in a vote by the league's head coaches; Sanchez was the 2013 WCC Freshman of the Year, landed on Soccer America's All-Freshman First Team and he was named to the All-WCC First Team.
• Portland has been to two College Cups (1988 & 1995) and has reached the NCAA Postseason 14 times.
• Head coach Bill Irwin notched career win No. 100 on Oct. 11 last season when the Pilots defeated San Diego 2-1 at Merlo Field; Irwin is in his 12th year at the helm of the UP men's soccer program and his 28th year overall on the Portland staff.
• Assistant coach Rob Baarts is in his 11th year on the Portland bench, while assistant coach Brandon McNeil is in his seventh year on the staff; both Baarts (1987-90) and McNeil (1998-2001) played at UP.