Oregon State Heads to Bay Area for Pair of Pac-12 Matchups

THE GAME: The Oregon State men's soccer team hits the road this week for a pair of matchups against Pac-12 foes. The Beavers will take on California Thursday at noon, before facing Stanford on Sunday.

FOLLOW ALONG: Both of this week's matches will be carried live on Pac-12 Networks with Troy Clardy and Kelly Gray on the call. Live stats for this week's game will be available at OSUBeavers.com. You can follow every Oregon State men's soccer game live on Twitter, @BeaverMSoccer.

TICKETS: Tickets will be available for all home OSU matches, ranging from $4-6.

Quick Hitters:
- Oregon State's match with UC Davis, which was scheduled for last Sunday was postponed indefinitely due to weather. Details on a potential reschedule will be made public when available.
- Sofiane Djeffal earned Pac-12 Player of the Week honors last Tuesday (Sept. 24), and was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week for that week.
- Eight different Oregon State players have scored this season, with Djeffal and Joel Walker leading the way with three goals apiece.
- The Beavers are 11th in the nation in assists per game with 2.4
- Adrian Crespo is fourth in the nation with six assists, and Djeffal is 13th with five.
- Oregon State is sixth in the nation with 7.4 corner kicks per contest.
- Five Beavers have played every minute this season: Djeffal, Diaz, Alex Cover, Joe Hafferty and Adrian Fernandez.
- This week's matches will mark just the second and third road games of the season for the Beavers.
- OSU does not have a scheduled home game in the month of October.
- Sophomores Djeffal and Gloire Amanda were both named to the All-Pac-12 Preseason Team this year.
- The Beavers were picked to finish third in the Pac-12 Coaches Poll, receiving one first-place vote.
- Oregon State has more international players (16) than American players (15) on this year's sqaud. The team features players hailing from five different nations (plus the US). The Beavers feature six players from Spain, as three each from England, Canada and France.

The Matchups:
- Oregon State has won its last three meetings with California, tied for the Beavers' longest winning streak in series history.
- OSU has won four of the last five meetings, including two of the last three in Berkeley.
- Gloire Amanda, Sofiane Djeffal and Alex Cover are the current Beavers with goals against Cal.
- Oregon State beat Stanford last season for the first time since 2011, and earned a road point in the series for the first time since 2008.
- Amanda scored twice against the Cardinal last season, the only current Beaver to find the net against Stanford.

Fortress Lorenz:
- Oregon State was 9-1-2 at home last season.
- The Beavers have won five-straight Pac-12 home games.

Last Season:
- Oregon State tallied the eighth 11-win season in program history.
- The Beavers won an NCAA Tournament game for the second time in program history, beating SMU at Lorenz Field.
- OSU's six Pac-12 wins marked the second-highest conference win total in team history. The Oregon State record for wins in a conference season came in 2003, when the Beavers went 7-3-0 to finish second in the Pac-10.
- The Beavers finished second in the Pac-12, matching the program's best ever finish in the Pac-12/10.
- Head coach Terry Boss was named Pac-12 Coach of the Year.
- Sofiane Djeffal earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Year honors
- Don Tchilao and Djeffal made the Pac-12 First Team, Hassani Dotson and Gloire Amanda made the second team, Eric Diaz and Joe Hafferty were Honorable Mentions.

Bench Boss:
- Head Coach Terry Boss spent extensive time on the USA coaching staff during the NCAA offseason. Boss first join the national team for January Camp, and continued to work with the squad through a number of friendlies, before helping the US earn silver at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in June.
- 2019 marks the second season for Boss, who joined 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.

New Faces:
- Oregon State's 2019 roster features 12 newcomers, including ninefreshmen.
- That total pales in comparison to last year's team, which featured 21 newcomers.

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
- Former Beaver 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.
- Oregon State goalkeeper Evan Munn has now taken over a leadership role with the program.

SuperDrafted:
- Hassani Dotson and Don Tchilao were both selected in the second round of the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, making Oregon State one of six NCAA teams to have two players taken in the top 36 picks.
- The Beavers have had 11 player taken in the MLS Draft all-time, headlined by No. 1 overall pick in 2010 Danny Mwanga and No. 2 overall pick in 2015 Khiry Shelton.

Oregon State Heads to Bay Area for Pair of Pac-12 Matchups

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Players Mentioned

Gloire Amanda

Nathan Braaten

Alex Cover

Adrian Crespo

Eric Diaz

Sofiane Djeffal

Hassani Dotson

Adrian Fernandez

Joe Hafferty

Evan Munn

Don Tchilao

Joel Walker