Beavers Begin Backend of Pac-12 Schedule against No. 17 Golden Bears

GAME 14
Oregon State (4-9-0, 1-4-0 Pac-12) vs. [17/-] California (9-3-0, 4-1-0 Pac-12) | Thursday, October 19, 2017 | 3 p.m. PT | Paul Lorenz Field

Up Next
- The Beavers return to Corvallis to start the second half of the Pac-12 schedule with a match against [17/-] California
- The contest will take place on Thursday, October 19, with kickoff at 3 p.m. PT

Follow Along
- The contest against the Golden Bears will broadcast live on the Pac-12 Networks with Rich Burk and Cobi Jones on the call
- Live stats are available on the men's soccer schedule page on OSUBeavers.com
- Live Twitter updates will be available @BeaverMSoccer

Series Histories
- This will be the 47th meeting between Oregon State and Cal
- The Beavers are 12-29-5 all-time against the Golden Bears following the 2-0 loss on Oct. 12
- OSU suffered only its second loss in the last seven meetings between the teams dating back to 2014
- The Beavers are 5-9-3 against the Golden Bears with Steve Simmons as the bench boss

Simmons vs. the Pac-12
- This will be the ninth year Coach Simmons has taken on the Pac-12
- Simmons owns a 21-54-10 record against conference foes since 2009

Scouting Report
- The Golden Bears catapulted into the United Soccer Coaches' Poll at No. 17 following wins over Oregon State (2-0) and No. 19 Washington (2-1)
- Cal's 9-3 record comes with losses to West Virginia (1-0), Creighton (3-0) and Stanford (3-0)
- The Golden Bears have posted five shutouts in 2017 with sophomore Drake Callender in the net
- Callender leads the conference with 53 saves on an .828 save percentage for a 0.99 goals against average
- Senior Jose Carerra-Garcia leads Cal with 14 points on three goals and eight helpers
- Junior Shinya Kadono has found the back of the net more than any other Golden Bear as he has six goals on 22 shots with 11 coming on target
- Senior Paul Salcedo-Borrego is tied with Carerra-Garcia in goals scored with three
- Junior Samuel Ebstein and sophomore Simon Lekressner both own two goals as Ebstein has a pair of helpers to Lekressner's one
- Senior Ugo Rebecchini has four assists to aid the attack
- As a team, Cal has outshot opponents 141-132 with 1.42 goals per game
- The Golden Bears have 52 shots coming on goal while opponents have 72
- Opponents have put a stop to 35 of Cal's shots on target, while Callender and junior Noah Texter have teams up for 59
- Opponents have taken 64 corners while the Golden Bears have taken 52

Last Time Out
- The Beavers fell to the defending national champion Cardinal on Sunday, Oct. 15, at 1-0
- Oregon State played Stanford to an even 0-0 at half despite the hosts firing off 12 shots in the first half to OSU's three
- The Cardinal got a goal in the 65th minute off the head from Tomas Hilliard-Arce after Tanner Beason and Charlie Wehan fed the ball in from the sideline

Super Seniors
- The senior class of Jordan Jones, Jaime Miralles, Timmy Mueller, Jalen Markey and Sam Tweeton have combined for 318 career appearances on the pitch, including Miralles' time at Vermont
- Jones has 70 appearances for OSU, followed by 65 from Miralles (OSU and UVM), 63 for Mueller, 62 for Markey and 57 for Tweeton
- Mueller and Jones have contributed the most points, as Jones has 26 goals and six assists, while Mueller owns 23 goals and eight assists for 112 total points
- Markey is the resident ironman after accumulating 5,445 minutes in his 62 career appearances and has played a full 90+ minutes in 56 games over the course of his career at OSU

Fun Facts
- Seniors Jordan Jones and Timmy Mueller, along with freshman Joe Hafferty, are the only active Beavers whose first career goal came as game-winners
- Hafferty fired off the final goal in a 3-2 win over UC Riverside on Sept. 3
- Jones buried the first goal of a 2-0 win over UW-Milwaukee on Sept. 5, 2014, while Mueller made a splash with the second goal of a 3-1 win over Evansville on Aug. 29, 2014
- Gage Rogers became the first true freshman since 2014 to post a clean sheet in his first career start in the 2-0 win over [17/-] Pacific on Sept. 22
- Nolan Wirth was the last true freshman to accomplish the feat, doing so in a 1-0 win over UCF on Aug. 31, 2014 and needing only two saves
- Pablo Gatinois became the second Oregon State true freshman in 2017 to post a clean sheet in his first career start, the first time that has happened in a season during Simmons' tenure
- The decision over Pacific on Sept. 22 was the second win in 2017 over a ranked opponent prior to the start of the Pac-12 schedule
- OSU last defeated two ranked opponents before the start of conference play in 2004, besting No. 21 Rhode Island (3-0) and No. 25 St. Bonaventure (2-1, OT) during the campaign

Transfer Market
- Oregon State has had success with transfers over the last few seasons
- Miralles played a big role for the Beavers in 2016 as he tallied one goal and four helpers.
- Matthias Binder is a fresh transfer for 2017 as he made 35 appearances for UW-Milwaukee in two years and posted two goals and four assists in over 2,600 minutes
- Michael Swift is another new transfer, coming from Clemson where he made 17 appearances as a freshman for the Tigers in 2016

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
- The list of current Beavers in the pros:
    - Khiry Shelton - New York City FC (MLS)
    - Alan Gordon - Colorado Rapids (MLS)
    - Matt Bersano - San Jose Earthquakes (MLS)
    - Emery Welshman - Puerto Rico FC (NASL)
    - Will Seymore - Whitecaps FC 2 (USL Pro)
List of former Beavers in the pros and their most recent club:
    - Robbie Findley - Rayo OKC (NASL)
    - Danny Mwanga - Ottawa Fury (NASL)
    - Tyler Back - Rovaniemen Palloseura (Finnish Veikkausliiga)
    - Mikhail Doholis - Kitsap Pumas (PDL)

Beavers Begin Backend of Pac-12 Schedule against No. 17 Golden Bears

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Players Mentioned

Matthias Binder

Pablo Gatinois

Joe Hafferty

Jordan Jones

Jalen Markey

Jaime Miralles

Timmy Mueller

Gage Rogers

Michael Swift

Sam Tweeton