Men's Soccer Starts on Road, Finishes with 5-Game Home Stand
July 30, 2003

Complete 2003 Men's Soccer Schedule

SEATTLE (July 30) - As is their tradition, the Seattle Pacific University men's soccer team will spend much of the first month on the road and finish with a lengthy home stand next fall.

Cliff McCrath, who enters his 34th season needing five wins to become the collegiate career leader in wins, could achieve that milepost as early as Sept. 11, but it won't be easy. The Falcons play their first six games on the road, including bouts with perennial powers Cal State Dominguez Hills Aug. 30 and Cal State Bakersfield Sept. 6.

SPU will open its home schedule on Interbay Stadium's new FieldTurf playing surface Sept. 19. The highlight of the nine-game home schedule is a Sept. 27 date with defending NCAA Division II champion Sonoma State. The regular season concludes with a five-game home stand during which the Falcons play all three of their Great Northwest Athletic Conference home games, plus a Senior Night encounter with UC Davis Nov. 7.

Seattle Pacific is bidding to return to the NCAA playoffs for the first time in three years, and McCrath expects to have the nucleus of his 11-6-2 team back, including all-GNAC picks Michael Brkich, Brent Egbert, Ross Vaillancourt, Nick Letts, Jeremy Yerkes and David Smith.