Saturday Soccer: No. 19 UCLA Upsets No. 1 Maryland & More
Friday College Scores
Maryland 0 UCLA 2
The season opener and we already get the "game of two halves" cliche from UCLA Coach Jorge Salcedo.
No. 11 Illinois 1 UCLA 2
Lauren Cheney and Sydney LeRoux get the goals for the 2-1-1 Bruins at the Illini Challenge Cup. Next: No. 6 Florida Sunday.
Cal State Northridge 1 Creighton 2
The Cal State Northridge women's soccer team fell to 2-3 after failing to hold onto the early lead. Next: the University of Vermont 1 p.m. Sunday at Matador Field.
USC 4 Cal State Fullerton 0
The Trojans (1-2) get their first win of the season in San Diego over the now 0-3 Cal State Fullerton, getting goals from four different players. Next: Ohio State 11 a.m. Sunday at USD's Torero Stadium.
Pepperdine 1 Houston 0
Senior Kelly Reilly's second goal of the season from the penalty spot was enough for the Waves to move to 3-1 over winless Houston.
No. 23 Kansas 3 Long Beach State 1
The 49ers fall to 1-2 after conceding three first half goals. Next: at No. 21 Missouri Sunday.
Lastly, here's a preview of today's U.S.-El Salvador WCQ. The game airs at 5 p.m. on ESPN Classic.
Are the U.S. players ready?
Tweeted Stuart Holden this morning: "Its gameday folks and @charliedavies9 is fired up to bang some goals and do thaaa stanky leg!! Check it out! Hahah"
Notable:
*Central defender Oguchi Onyewu is suspended for the game.
*The U.S. has just one loss ever to El Salvador and that was in 1992.
*A yellow card for any of nine U.S. players today will make them miss Wednesday's game against Trinidad & Tobago: Jozy Altidore, Carlos Bocanegra, Conor Casey, Steve Cherundolo, Ricardo Clark, Jay DeMerit, Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan, and Benny Feilhaber.
About 100 Percent Soccer
Sportswriter Nick Green has written the 100 Percent Soccer column since 2005 for the Daily News, Daily Breeze and other Los Angeles area newspapers. The blog of the same name began in 2007. A native of England, he began writing about soccer in the mid-1980s and in 2000 permanently exchanged a seat in the stands for one in the press box. He lives six miles from Carson's Home Depot Center, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas USA and the training headquarters for U.S. Soccer and is married to a long-suffering soccer widow. Join Nick on FaceBook and follow him on Twitter.
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