Beavers To End Season at Washington

Kicking Off: The Oregon State men's soccer team (6-8-3, 2-6-2 Pac-12) will close out its 2016 season on Thursday, as it heads to Seattle for a matchup with No. 14/10 Washington (13-5-0, 7-3-0). The match will begin at 6 p.m.

Follow Along: Thursday's game will air live on Pac-12 Oregon and Pac-12 Washington. Ann Schatz and Chris Sullivan will have the call. Live stats will be available on the men's soccer schedule page of OSUBeavers.com, and twitter updates are available at @BeaverMSoccer.

Series Histories: Oregon State is 12-29-3 all-time against Washington, with their last win in Seattle coming in the final regular season match of 2014. The Huskies took a 2-1 double-overtime win when the teams met in Corvallis on Oct. 14. Don Tchilao scored Oregon State's goal in that match.

Strike Force: The Oregon State forward combination of Timmy Mueller and Jordan Jones has already combined to score a total of 45 goals in their two-plus seasons with the Beavers. Overall, Jones and Mueller's career numbers are remarkably similar. Jones currently holds a narrow lead with 51 points on 23 goals and five assists, while Mueller has 50 points on 22 goals and six assists. After a substantial scoring drought during the middle of the season, both strikers got back on track last week, combining to score four goals against San Diego State and UCLA.

Keeping Up With the Jones: Jones made a national splash with his game-winning goal against San Diego State last Thursday. The acrobatic finish was one of the goals of the year in college soccer, and was featured on ESPN's SportsCenter's Top-10 plays. Head coach Steve Simmons said of the strike: "I've seen a lot of great goals at Lorenz Field, but that was absolutely one of the best."

Fighting Until the End: Oregon State has outscored its opponents 16-13 in the second half and overtime this season. The Beavers also outscored opponents in the final 45+ minutes last year, by a narrow 12-11 margin.

Arbo Goes Out in Style: Senior Matt Arbogast scored the second goal of his Oregon State career against San Diego State on Thursday. The only prior goal of Arbogast's career came against UCLA during his freshman season. Overall, the senior's two goals came 1,105 days apart.

You Can Call Him Evan: Oregon State sophomore Evan Sungvornrajasabh has the longest non-hyphenated last name of any player in the Pac-12, checking in at 16 letters.

Spreading It Around: Ten different Oregon State players have found the net this season, up from five in 2015. David Norman Jr., Jesse Garcia, Jaime Miralles, Hassani Dotson and Nathan Braaten have all scored their first Oregon State goal this year.

Youth Movement: Of the 20 players to see the field for Oregon State this season, only three of them are seniors. So far, the Beavers have played seven sophomores and seven juniors, to go along with a quartet of freshmen. All three OSU seniors (Arbogast, Striar and Small) started in Sunday's Senior Day match, although Small's inclusion in the staring lineup was ceremonial, as he was unavailable for action due to injury.

In Memory: Oregon State is playing this season in the memory of student-athlete John Chambers, who passed away on July 8. Chambers appeared in four matches for the Beavers during his freshman season (2015).

What's New: With Frazer Poulter's debut vs. Stanford, seven players have made their Oregon State debuts this season (Norman Jr., Garcia, Miralles, Diaz, Strenov, Chimento, Poulter), with Norman, Garcia, Miralles, Garcia, Strenov and Poulter all earning a spot in the starting lineup for at least one game. Overall, newcomers accounted for five of the Beavers' 22 goals, and 16 of their 31 assists.

All Over The Map: The 2016 Oregon State roster features players from eight different states and three foreign countries. Here's the breakdown:
- Oregon - 8 (Chimento, Garcia, Segovia, Arbogast, Ballenger, Striar, Vincent, Diaz)
- California - 5 (Sarmiento, Jones, Brill, Sungvornrajasabh, Michael)
- Texas - 3 (Dickey, Small, Waugaman)
- Colorado - 3 (Tweeton, Braaten, Hurtado)
- Canada - 3 (Wirth, Poulter, Norman Jr.)
- Washington - 2 (Markey, Dotson)
- Denmark - 1 (Strenov)
- Idaho - 1 (Mueller)
- Spain - 1 (Miralles)

Transfer Market: Oregon State has had success with transfers over the last few seasons, and this year was no exception. Incoming transfers Jaime Miralles and Jesse Garcia both played big roles for the Beavers, with Garcia scoring three goals and notching one assist, while Miralles has tallied one goal and four helpers.

Beavers in the Pros: Oregon State has produced a number of outstanding professional players in recent seasons. Danny Mwanga was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 MLS Draft, before Khiry Shelton was selected second overall in 2016. Here is a list of current Beavers in the pros:
- Khiry Shelton - New York City FC
- Alan Gordon - LA Galaxy
- Emery Welshman - Real Salt Lake
- Robbie Findley - Rayo OKC (NASL)
- Danny Mwanga - Ottawa Fury (NASL)
- Will Seymore - Whitecaps FC 2 (USL Pro)
- Matt Bersano - Seattle Sounders FC 2 (USL)
- Tyler Back - Rovaniemen Palloseura (Finnish Veikkausliiga)
- Mikhail Doholis - Kitsap Pumas (PDL)

Simmons Continues Tradition: Oregon State head coach Steve Simmons enters his eighth season with the Beavers this year as just the third head coach of OSU since the program was founded in 1988. Simmons led the Beavers to their first NCAA Tournament victory in 2014, and has produced three MLS SuperDraft picks during his time as OSU's top man. Prior to Simmons, Jimmy Conway was OSU head coach from 1988-1998 (11 seasons) and Dana Taylor was the team's skipper from 1999-2008 (10 seasons). Simmons served as Taylor's associate head coach in 2002, the team's first ever NCAA Tournament campaign.

Stoddard Steps Up: Oregon State assistant Ben Stoddard earned a promotion this offseason, as he was named Associate Head Coach by head coach Steve Simmons. Stoddard is in his third season with the Beavers, after spending two seasons as a graduate assistant at Indiana Wesleyan. This summer, Stoddard was selected to be part of the NSCAA's 30 Under 30 Program, which is designed for a special group of young coaches who want to lead the way in developing soccer players and enhancing the game.

Players Mentioned

Matt Arbogast

Nathan Braaten

John Chambers

Hassani Dotson

Jesse Garcia

Jordan Jones

Jaime Miralles

Timmy Mueller

Frazer Poulter

Evan Sungvornrajasabh

Don Tchilao

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