Thursday, October 25
Corvallis, OR
3:00 PM
Oregon State
vs
San Diego State
Beavers Return To Lorenz For Final Regular-Season Home Matches
October 23, 2018 | Men's Soccer
Oregon State to face San Diego State Thursday, UCLA Sunday
THE GAME: The Oregon State men's soccer team returns home this week for its final two home games of the regular season. The Beavers will host San Diego State on Thursday, before taking on UCLA on Sunday
FOLLOW ALONG: Both of this week's games will air live on Pac-12 Networks with Rich Burk and Krista Blunk on the call Thursday and Burk and Christopher Sullivan on the call Sunday. Live stats will be available for both games on OSUBeavers.com. You can follow every Oregon State men's soccer game live on Twitter, @BeaverMSoccer.
TICKETS: Oregon State is selling tickets for men's and women's soccer this season. Single game tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for children/seniors. As a ticketed event, Oregon State soccer is now subject to the athletic department's Clear Bag Policy.
Senior Day:
- Oregon State will honor seniors Davis Chimento, Hassani Dotson, Nathan Braaten, Don Tchilao and Ryan Vincent in a pregame ceremony on Sunday.
- The first 100 students in attendance will receive a free senior day t-shirt.
Quick Hitters:
- Alex Cover was named Pac-12 Player of the Week after scoring his first career goal on Sunday, an overtime game-winner vs. California. The freshman was also named to the Top Drawer Soccer and - College Soccer News National Team of the Week.
- With eight wins this season, Oregon State has already matched highest win total since 2015
- The Beavers are currently 30th in the RPI.
- Oregon State enters Thursday's match in second place in the Pac-12.
- Senior Nathan Braaten was named one of 30 candidates for the men's soccer Senior CLASS Award on Sept. 19. Braaten has proven to be a standout in the classroom throughout his career, earning - Academic All-America Second Team recognition last season. The finance major has also earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors twice in his career, as well as a pair of Pac-12 All-Academic First Team nods.
- Oregon State is 48th in the nation in shots per game with 13.5.
- The Beavers have out-shot 11 of their 15 opponents this season.
- The Beavers' 2018 squad features 14 international players, by far the highest total in the Pac-12. UCLA sits second with seven international players, followed by San Diego State with four.
- Oregon State won the Northwest Cup during its spring exhibition season, earning wins over Portland and Gonzaga at Portland's Merlo Field.
Dandy Don:
- Senior Don Tchilao is fourth in the Pac-12 points with 15, and is tied for seventh in the conference in goals with five.
- Tchilao is tied for the NCAA lead in penalty kicks taken and converted.
- The forward has converted three of the 12 penalty kicks taken by Pac-12 teams this year.
- Tchilao earned Pac-12 Player of the Week honors on Sept. 4.
- Tchilao was named to the All-Pac-12 Preseason Team
- Tchilao also made the All-Pac-12 Second Team last season
- Tchilao leads all Oregon State players with 13 career goals, including five already this season. Overall, the forward has played in 62 career matches.
Bench Boss:
- 2018 marks the first season for head coach Terry Boss, who joins the Beavers after spending the prior four seasons as an assistant coach/associate head coach at Virginia.
- Boss is a native of Philomath, Ore., a town of 4,584 people located approximately five miles west of Lorenz Field.
- Boss played professionally as a goalkeeper for seven seasons, including four seasons in Major League Soccer with the New York Red Bulls and Seattle Sounders FC.
- The goalkeeper also saw time with the Puerto Rican national team, earning seven caps.
- Terry's brother Kevin Boss spent six seasons as a tight end in the NFL, winning a Super Bowl with the New York Giants in the 2007 season.
In the Pac:
- Gloire Amanda is tied for second in the conference with seven goals this season.
- Sofiane Djeffal is tied for the conference lead with six assists on the year.
- Adrian Fernandez leads the Pac-12 lead with 51 saves this season.
- Oregon State is the only team in the conference to one have played one goalkeeper this season.
- Four OSU players sit in the top-11 in the Pac-12 in shots per game. Amanda is second with 48, followed by Tchilao in third (43), Djeffal in seventh with 31. Eric Diaz is tied for 11th (28).
New Faces:
- Oregon State's 2018 roster features 21 newcomers, including 15 freshmen.
- Thirteen of the Beavers' newcomers hail from outside of the United States, with that group representing six different countries: Canada, England, Spain, Nigeria, France and Germany.
The Staff:
- Oregon State's coaching staff features three coaches who have won an NCAA national title. Boss was an assistant coach on Virginia's 2014 championship team. OSU assistant coach Ryan Zinkhan was a forward on that 2014 Virginia squad, while Beaver associate head coach BJ Craig won the 2013 title as part of Notre Dame's coaching staff.
- Craig spent 10 years on the Notre Dame coaching staff, putting together a record of 122-55-35 during that time.
- Zinkhan played in 78 career games for Virginia, including a pair of runs to the Final Four of the College Cup.
- Clint Long was a goalkeeper at Oregon State, before transfering to CSU Stanislaus, where he earned several conference and national awards.
Dam Worth It
- Nathan Braaten was intrumental in starting the Dam Worth It program at Oregon State. The program, which was spearheaded by Braaten along with former OSU gymnast Taylor Ricci, was designed for student-athletes in order to decrease the stigma surrounding mental health through education and awareness.
- Dam Worth It won the Giant Steps Award for Civic Leaders. The Giant Steps Awards are given out annually by the Institute for Sport and Social Justice.
- Braaten and Ricci also received Oregon State's Waldo-Cummings Award, which is the most prestigious honor bestowed by the University's Faculty Senate Student Recognition and Awards Committee.
Vs. San Diego State:
- Oregon State is 16-11-3 all-time against San Diego State and 9-3-2 in home matches.
- Don Tchilao has scored four times vs. San Diego State in his career.
- Joe Hafferty and Hassani Dotson have also found the net vs. the Aztecs.
Vs. UCLA:
- Oregon State is 5-34-3 all-time vs. UCLA, and has with all five wins coming in Corvallis.
- The Beavers' last win over the Bruins came at Lorenz Field in 2015.
In the Pros:
Below is a list of former Beavers currently playing professionally:
- Alan Gordon - Chicago Fire (MLS)
- Khiry Shelton - Sporting KC (MLS)
- Matt Bersano - San Jose Earthquakes (MLS)
- David Norman Jr. - Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS)
- Will Seymore - FC Cincinnati (USL)
- Jordan Jones - Rio Grande Valley FC Toros (USL)
- Emery Welshman - FC Cincinnati (USL)
FOLLOW ALONG: Both of this week's games will air live on Pac-12 Networks with Rich Burk and Krista Blunk on the call Thursday and Burk and Christopher Sullivan on the call Sunday. Live stats will be available for both games on OSUBeavers.com. You can follow every Oregon State men's soccer game live on Twitter, @BeaverMSoccer.
TICKETS: Oregon State is selling tickets for men's and women's soccer this season. Single game tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for children/seniors. As a ticketed event, Oregon State soccer is now subject to the athletic department's Clear Bag Policy.
Senior Day:
- Oregon State will honor seniors Davis Chimento, Hassani Dotson, Nathan Braaten, Don Tchilao and Ryan Vincent in a pregame ceremony on Sunday.
- The first 100 students in attendance will receive a free senior day t-shirt.
Quick Hitters:
- Alex Cover was named Pac-12 Player of the Week after scoring his first career goal on Sunday, an overtime game-winner vs. California. The freshman was also named to the Top Drawer Soccer and - College Soccer News National Team of the Week.
- With eight wins this season, Oregon State has already matched highest win total since 2015
- The Beavers are currently 30th in the RPI.
- Oregon State enters Thursday's match in second place in the Pac-12.
- Senior Nathan Braaten was named one of 30 candidates for the men's soccer Senior CLASS Award on Sept. 19. Braaten has proven to be a standout in the classroom throughout his career, earning - Academic All-America Second Team recognition last season. The finance major has also earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors twice in his career, as well as a pair of Pac-12 All-Academic First Team nods.
- Oregon State is 48th in the nation in shots per game with 13.5.
- The Beavers have out-shot 11 of their 15 opponents this season.
- The Beavers' 2018 squad features 14 international players, by far the highest total in the Pac-12. UCLA sits second with seven international players, followed by San Diego State with four.
- Oregon State won the Northwest Cup during its spring exhibition season, earning wins over Portland and Gonzaga at Portland's Merlo Field.
Dandy Don:
- Senior Don Tchilao is fourth in the Pac-12 points with 15, and is tied for seventh in the conference in goals with five.
- Tchilao is tied for the NCAA lead in penalty kicks taken and converted.
- The forward has converted three of the 12 penalty kicks taken by Pac-12 teams this year.
- Tchilao earned Pac-12 Player of the Week honors on Sept. 4.
- Tchilao was named to the All-Pac-12 Preseason Team
- Tchilao also made the All-Pac-12 Second Team last season
- Tchilao leads all Oregon State players with 13 career goals, including five already this season. Overall, the forward has played in 62 career matches.
Bench Boss:
- 2018 marks the first season for head coach Terry Boss, who joins the Beavers after spending the prior four seasons as an assistant coach/associate head coach at Virginia.
- Boss is a native of Philomath, Ore., a town of 4,584 people located approximately five miles west of Lorenz Field.
- Boss played professionally as a goalkeeper for seven seasons, including four seasons in Major League Soccer with the New York Red Bulls and Seattle Sounders FC.
- The goalkeeper also saw time with the Puerto Rican national team, earning seven caps.
- Terry's brother Kevin Boss spent six seasons as a tight end in the NFL, winning a Super Bowl with the New York Giants in the 2007 season.
In the Pac:
- Gloire Amanda is tied for second in the conference with seven goals this season.
- Sofiane Djeffal is tied for the conference lead with six assists on the year.
- Adrian Fernandez leads the Pac-12 lead with 51 saves this season.
- Oregon State is the only team in the conference to one have played one goalkeeper this season.
- Four OSU players sit in the top-11 in the Pac-12 in shots per game. Amanda is second with 48, followed by Tchilao in third (43), Djeffal in seventh with 31. Eric Diaz is tied for 11th (28).
New Faces:
- Oregon State's 2018 roster features 21 newcomers, including 15 freshmen.
- Thirteen of the Beavers' newcomers hail from outside of the United States, with that group representing six different countries: Canada, England, Spain, Nigeria, France and Germany.
The Staff:
- Oregon State's coaching staff features three coaches who have won an NCAA national title. Boss was an assistant coach on Virginia's 2014 championship team. OSU assistant coach Ryan Zinkhan was a forward on that 2014 Virginia squad, while Beaver associate head coach BJ Craig won the 2013 title as part of Notre Dame's coaching staff.
- Craig spent 10 years on the Notre Dame coaching staff, putting together a record of 122-55-35 during that time.
- Zinkhan played in 78 career games for Virginia, including a pair of runs to the Final Four of the College Cup.
- Clint Long was a goalkeeper at Oregon State, before transfering to CSU Stanislaus, where he earned several conference and national awards.
Dam Worth It
- Nathan Braaten was intrumental in starting the Dam Worth It program at Oregon State. The program, which was spearheaded by Braaten along with former OSU gymnast Taylor Ricci, was designed for student-athletes in order to decrease the stigma surrounding mental health through education and awareness.
- Dam Worth It won the Giant Steps Award for Civic Leaders. The Giant Steps Awards are given out annually by the Institute for Sport and Social Justice.
- Braaten and Ricci also received Oregon State's Waldo-Cummings Award, which is the most prestigious honor bestowed by the University's Faculty Senate Student Recognition and Awards Committee.
Vs. San Diego State:
- Oregon State is 16-11-3 all-time against San Diego State and 9-3-2 in home matches.
- Don Tchilao has scored four times vs. San Diego State in his career.
- Joe Hafferty and Hassani Dotson have also found the net vs. the Aztecs.
Vs. UCLA:
- Oregon State is 5-34-3 all-time vs. UCLA, and has with all five wins coming in Corvallis.
- The Beavers' last win over the Bruins came at Lorenz Field in 2015.
In the Pros:
Below is a list of former Beavers currently playing professionally:
- Alan Gordon - Chicago Fire (MLS)
- Khiry Shelton - Sporting KC (MLS)
- Matt Bersano - San Jose Earthquakes (MLS)
- David Norman Jr. - Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS)
- Will Seymore - FC Cincinnati (USL)
- Jordan Jones - Rio Grande Valley FC Toros (USL)
- Emery Welshman - FC Cincinnati (USL)
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