First-year coach Ryan Jorden isn’t the only new Bruin in Westwood. Jorden and his team of assistant coaches were active in the recruiting season, bringing in 10 new players – either freshmen or transfers – to UCLA men’s soccer (4-4-1, 0-2-0 Pac-12) for the 2019 season. Read more...

Photo: Junior forward Marcony Pimentel transferred to UCLA from Pittsburgh after playing two seasons with the Panthers. Before entering collegiate action, Pimentel spent six years in Germany at the SC Freiburg Academy, making appearances for Germany’s U-17 national team. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)

The Bruins haven’t seen their local foe, the Highlanders, in four years. UCLA men’s soccer (3-4-1, 0-2 Pac-12) will take the pitch for its second consecutive home match Tuesday, facing off against UC Riverside (5-2-2, 0-0 Big West). Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior defender Matthew Powell said UCLA men’s soccer will need to take advantage of more opportunities that come the Bruins’ way against UC Riverside on Tuesday. Powell has recorded six shots on the season. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)

In the 48th minute of regulation, coach Ryan Jorden was screaming at referee Jorge Luna Hernandez. Junior forward Milan Iloski had been hit for the second time by an Anteater defender and collapsed on the pitch as he held his ankle in pain. Read more...

Photo: Junior forward Milan Iloski notched his eighth goal of the season for UCLA men’s soccer after taking advantage of a failed pass in UC Irvine’s penalty box. Iloski has accounted for eight of the Bruins’ 11 goals this season. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)

The Bruins will start their longest home stretch of the past four decades. UCLA men’s soccer (3-4-0, 0-2 Pac-12) is set to face off against UC Irvine (2-4-2, 0-0 Big West) to kick off an eight-game homestand. Read more...

Photo: Junior defender Ben Reveno spent two seasons with UC Irvine before transferring to UCLA at the start of the 2019 season. Reveno has started in the Bruins’ backline for each of UCLA’s first seven games and has logged one clean sheet on the year. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin senior staff)

The Bruins couldn’t find the back of the net all weekend. UCLA men’s soccer (3-4, 0-2 Pac-12) returned from the Pacific Northwest without scoring a goal against neither Oregon State (5-3, 2-0 Pac-12) on Thursday nor No. Read more...

Photo: Freshman forward Jefferson Alade heads the ball in his first season as a Bruin after spending time at the Vancouver WhiteCaps FC Residency program beginning in 2016. Alade has come off the bench in four of UCLA men’s soccer’s six games this season, accumulating 132 total minutes. (Niveda Tennety/Assistant Photo editor)