#3/2 Denver men’s soccer (3-0-3) successfully completed one of the most challenging road trips in program history. DU’s final match of a season-opening six-match road trip to start the season took them to Los Angeles on Monday night to face the #6 UCLA Bruins (2-1-2) at Wallis Annenberg Stadium. The teams played to a scoreless halftime tie and carried the blank slate through the final fourth-five minutes. Final score 0-0.
DU generated the only shot-on-goal in the first half and outshot the home team 3-2. Two harmless corners were the closest threat from the Bruins.
The second half was tightly contested with UCLA outshooting DU 4-1 with two shots on goal. The Bruins’ seven corners in the half were stifled by the Denver defense.
DU keeper Isaac Nehme, reigning Summit League Player of the Week, earned his second clean sheet of the season. Denver finally returns home to Pioneer Field to host Yale in their home opener. Kickoff is set for Saturday evening at 7pm. Tickets are still available to give this team an extremely warm welcome home and congratulate them in person for the unbeaten long road trip at denverpioneers.com.
I don’t think the vast majority of Pioneer fans realize the incredible difficulty of what DU soccer has just accomplished. Undefeated for six straight games on the road is hard enough, but going on the road and going undefeated against some of the nation’s best teams all in different time zones than Denver is extraordinary.
No other school has a schedule like DU does. Bravo.
Now lets hope the DU community gets behind this team!
I couldn’t agree more with this. Add in the fact that we’re talking playing some perennial greats in a sport with over 200 teams- simply awesome!
We definitely will attend a soccer game before the end of the season. Outstanding job!