Beavers Remain at Home to Face American

THE GAME: The Oregon State men's soccer team carries a five-match unbeaten streak into Friday's matchup with American. The match is slated to begin at 7 p.m.

FOLLOW ALONG: Live stats will be available at OSUBeavers.com, and 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. Season tickets are available for $50 for adults and $30 for youth/seniors. 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.

Quick Hitters:
- Kolade Salaudeen was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week this week, after earning a spot on the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week the prior week.
- Eric Diaz was tabbed as a Top Drawer Team of the Week Honorable Mention this week.
- Oregon State is unbeaten in its last five matches, the longest such streak by an OSU team since 2015.
- Should the Beavers extend their streak to six unbeaten matches on Friday, that would mark the longest stretch by an OSU team in a single-season since Oregon State went 10-straight without a loss in 2005. OSU did produce seven-straight unbeaten matches in stretches that spanned the end of 2008 into the start of 2009 and the end of 2009 extending into 2010.
- Oregon State is 19th in the nation in shots per game with 15.7.
- The Beavers are 21st in the nation in corner kicks per game, taking an average of 6.7 per contest.
- 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.
- Senior Nathan Braaten has proven to be a force in the classroom, 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.
- Adrian Fernandez is 24th in the nation with two shutouts on the season.

Dandy Don:
- Senior Don Tchilao is tied for fourth in the Pac-12 in points with eight and fifth in the conference in goals with three.
- The forward has converted two of the three 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 11 career goals, including three already this season. Overall, the forward has played in 56 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:
- Oregon State leads all Pac-12 teams in shots taken this season with 94, 17 ahead of second-place Washington.
- Three Beavers sit in the top six in the conference in shots taken, with Gloire Amanda leading the Pac-12 with 31. Don Tchilao is second with 20, while Eric Diaz is tied for fourth with 16.

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.

The Schedule:
- Six of Oregon State's eight nonconference matches will be home games, including the first three contests of the year.
- The Beavers' eight nonconference opponents represent seven different conferences (ACC, Big West, Big East, Big 10, WAC, Patriot League, WCC).
- Eight of Oregon State's games this year will come against opponents who are currently either ranked or receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches' Poll.

Vs. American:
- Oregon State is 0-1-0 all-time against American with their lone matchup coming last season in Spokane, Wash.
- The Beavers dominated the shot-count in that match 21-4, but American took the win with an 86-minute goal.

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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Players Mentioned

Gloire Amanda

Nathan Braaten

Eric Diaz

Adrian Fernandez

Jordan Jones

Kolade Salaudeen

Don Tchilao