Beavers Head to Bay Area to take on California

THE GAME: The No. 4 Oregon State men's soccer team will hit the road this weekend for a matchup with California. The game will be played on Sunday at 7 p.m.

FOLLOW ALONG: Live stats for Sunday's match will be available at OSUBeavers.com and every match this season can be followed on Twitter at @BeaverMSoccer.

2021 SEASON: The Pac-12 delayed the start of the soccer season to February due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Oregon State is scheduled to play 13 matches in the campaign, including 10 conference games.

Quick Hitters:
- The Beavers come in at No. 3 in this week's United Soccer Coaches' rankings. Oregon State checks in at No. 6 in this week's Top Drawer Soccer National Ranking.
- The Beavers are off to a 7-2 start and are 4-2 in Pac-12 play
- Oregon State has the third-best goal differential in the nation at +18,
- As of Thursday, Gloire Amanda is the NCAA leader in total goals with 11 and total points with 28.
- Oregon State's 5-0 win over San Diego State on Saturday marked the team's first five-goal win over a conference opponent since OSU beat Mountain Pacific Sports Federation foe UC Santa Barbara 6-0 on Oct. 11, 1998.
- OSU has out-scored its opponents 25-7 on the season
- The Beavers are allowing just 0.91 goals per contest
- Oregon State has conceded just three goals in seven home matches this season
- Joel Walker was tabbed as a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award
- Gloire Amanda and Mouhameth Thiam are tied for the Pac-12 lead with six assists apiece
- The Beavers were selected to finish third in the Pac-12 Preseason Coaches' Poll, receiving two first-place votes
- Sofiane Djeffal was named to the Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Bext XI First Team. Djeffal, Joel Walker and Joe Hafferty were all among Top Drawer Soccer's 100 Players to Watch.
- Oregon State returns 16 of its 24 goals and 24 of its 31 assists from last season.
- Oregon State has 13 international players on the squad this season, compared to 14 domestic players.
- Terry Boss has the best winning percentage of any coach in Oregon State history.

Gloire-ous Start:
- Gloire Amanda has scored 11 goals in nine games, giving him the third-highest goals per-game averaged in the nation.
- Is already among the top-10 in Oregon State history for: career goals, single-season goals, career game-winning goals, and single-season game-winning goals.

The Matchup:
- Oregon State is 17-30-5 all-time against California, but the Beavers have won two-straight against the Golden Bears, including a 4-0 victory at Lorenz Field earlier this season
- Sofiane Djeffal, Gloire Amanda, Joel Walker and Tyrone Mondi all found the net in the Beavers' win over Cal earlier this month

Fortress Lorenz:
- Oregon State is 21-5-3 at home since the start of the 2018 season - Terry Boss' first season as head coach.

Stars, Stripes and Dotson:
- Oregon State alum Hassani Dotson is currently competing with the United States U-23 squad for Olympic Qualifying. Dotson scored a pair of goals on Sunday against the Dominican Republic.

SuperDrafted:
- Joe Hafferty as selected with 37th overall pick in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft. Hafferty was selected in the second round by Inter Miami, but was later traded to the Seattle Sounders.
- The Beavers have had 11 players 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.

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Players Mentioned

Gloire Amanda

Sofiane Djeffal

Hassani Dotson

Joe Hafferty

Tyrone Mondi

Mouhameth Thiam

Joel Walker