California Golden Bears Athletics
Sunday, September 17
San Francisco, CA
7:00 PM
California
4-2-0
3
at
2
San Francisco
1-7-0
| Team | 1 | 2 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAL | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| San Francisco | 2 | 0 | 2 |
In a career-best performance, Shinya Kadono posted a pair of goals to lift Cal to a 3-2 victory at USF.
Cal Tops USF in Shootout
9/17/2017 9:18 PM | Men's Soccer
BERKELEY – A late night in San Francisco became an all-around shootout on the pitch as California visited USF Sunday evening.
Within the opening 20 minutes of play, a combined four goals were scored but the Golden Bears (4-0-0) outlasted the Dons (1-7-0) on a game-winner in the 82nd minute from Shinya Kadono to triumph 3-2 at Negoesco Stadium.
Kadono recorded his first goal of the night in the 11th minute to extend the Bears lead to 2-1. But the Dons answered back with their second equalizer at the 18:18 mark, to knot things at 2-2.
Things remained tied up heading into intermission, but after the break Cal stayed aggressive to finish the night with five shots-on-goal and go undefeated through the weekend.
Cal jumped on the board almost immediately, with Jose Carrera-Garcia chipping in a penalty kick at the 48-second mark that USF's goalkeeper misread allowing the score.
The Dons responded with an equalizer in the fifth minute to counter and finished with eight shots-on-goal.
Goalkeeper Drake Callender picked up his fourth win of the season in the net and finished with six saves.
"We had to battle a very good USF team tonight, along with the fans and other elements," said head coach Kevin Grimes. "It was a really exciting match as we had contributions from many players. Shinya had some clutch finishes tonight and that was really special to see."
Kadono's career-best two-score performance tops the team with three goals, also a single-season career high. He also found the net in Cal's victory at Portland a week ago.
Cal's win extends the series to 12-2-1 and marks the 10th consecutive victory against the Dons.
The Bears host Santa Clara (0-7-0) on Friday at 4:30 p.m. (PT) in their final nonconference battle and third matchup against a West Coast Conference opponent.
For more information on Cal men's soccer follow the team @CalMSoc on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Within the opening 20 minutes of play, a combined four goals were scored but the Golden Bears (4-0-0) outlasted the Dons (1-7-0) on a game-winner in the 82nd minute from Shinya Kadono to triumph 3-2 at Negoesco Stadium.
Kadono recorded his first goal of the night in the 11th minute to extend the Bears lead to 2-1. But the Dons answered back with their second equalizer at the 18:18 mark, to knot things at 2-2.
Things remained tied up heading into intermission, but after the break Cal stayed aggressive to finish the night with five shots-on-goal and go undefeated through the weekend.
Cal jumped on the board almost immediately, with Jose Carrera-Garcia chipping in a penalty kick at the 48-second mark that USF's goalkeeper misread allowing the score.
The Dons responded with an equalizer in the fifth minute to counter and finished with eight shots-on-goal.
Goalkeeper Drake Callender picked up his fourth win of the season in the net and finished with six saves.
"We had to battle a very good USF team tonight, along with the fans and other elements," said head coach Kevin Grimes. "It was a really exciting match as we had contributions from many players. Shinya had some clutch finishes tonight and that was really special to see."
Kadono's career-best two-score performance tops the team with three goals, also a single-season career high. He also found the net in Cal's victory at Portland a week ago.
Cal's win extends the series to 12-2-1 and marks the 10th consecutive victory against the Dons.
The Bears host Santa Clara (0-7-0) on Friday at 4:30 p.m. (PT) in their final nonconference battle and third matchup against a West Coast Conference opponent.
For more information on Cal men's soccer follow the team @CalMSoc on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Players Mentioned
Team Stats
CAL
USF
Goals
3
2
Shots
7
12
Shots on Goal
5
8
Saves
6
2
Corners
0
6
Fouls
8
14
Scoring Plays
Carerra-Garcia, Jose (2)
CAL Carerra-Garcia, Jose PENALTY KICK GOAL, goal number 2 for season.
0:48
DIGIUSEPPE, Santiago (2)
Assisted By: KAMINSKI, Bryce
Header pass from #14, shot in from close
4:49
Kadono, Shinya (2)
Assisted By: Rebecchini, Ugo
#26 free kick settled down by #4, slots
10:59
KAMINSKI, Bryce (2)
Assisted By: BOWMAN, Sean
#9 with a low centering pass, #14 slips
18:18
Kadono, Shinya (3)
Assisted By: Lekressner, Simon
Left foot goal by #4 from eight yards ou
81:55
Game Leaders
Shots
2
SOG
2
Goals
2
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
1
Shots
0
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
1
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