Beavers Head Up I-5 to Take on Portland

THE GAME: The Oregon State men's soccer team will wrap up nonconference play Friday evening, when it heads up I-5 to take on in-state rival Portland at Merlo Field. The game is slated to start at 7 p.m.

FOLLOW ALONG: A live stream and live stats will be provided by Portland, with links available at 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. 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:
- Senior Nathan Braaten was named one of 30 candidates for the men's soccer Senior CLASS Award this week. 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.
- The Beavers are receiving votes in this week's College Soccer News rankings
- Oregon State is unbeaten in its last six matches, the longest such single-season streak by an OSU team 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 eighth in the nation in shots per game with 16.0.
- The Beavers are 14th 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.

Dandy Don:
- Senior Don Tchilao is tied for second in the Pac-12 in points with nine and fifth in the conference in goals with three.
- The forward has converted two of the four 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 112, 19 ahead of second-place California.
- Three Beavers sit in the top six in the conference in shots taken, with Gloire Amanda leading the Pac-12 with 28. Don Tchilao is fourth with 22, while Eric Diaz is sixth with 19.

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).

Vs. Portland:
- Oregon State is 4-17-0 all-time against Portland, and has never beaten the Pilots at Merlo Field.
- The Beavers' last win over Portland came in 2014 at Lorenz Field.

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)

Players Mentioned

Gloire Amanda

Nathan Braaten

Eric Diaz

Jordan Jones

Don Tchilao

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