Aug. 3, 2011

The UCLA men's soccer team has earned the preseason No. 2 ranking by both College Soccer News and Goal.com. The Bruins, who ended the 2010 season with a 16-5-1 record and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals, return all 11 starters from last year, including All-American Kelyn Rowe (7g, 10a), top returning scorer Victor Chavez (10g, 5a) and all-conference goalkeeper Brian Rowe (8 shutouts).

UCLA will kick off the 2011 season at College Soccer News's No. 1, Louisville in a rematch of last season's NCAA quarterfinals, which the Cardinals won, 5-4. The Bruins will host two other College Soccer News Top 10 teams this year - No. 5 SMU (Sept. 25) and No. 9 UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 16). Additionally, UCLA will play No. 14 California and No. 19 LMU.

College Soccer News Preseason Top 30
1. Louisville
2. UCLA
3. North Carolina
4. Akron
5. SMU
6. Creighton
7. Connecticut
8. Maryland
9. UC Santa Barbara
10. Brown
11. Notre Dame
12. Virginia
13. Boston College
14. California
15. Indiana
16. Duke
17. Ohio State
18, Michigan State
19. Loyola Marymount University
20. Penn State
21. Michigan
22. West Virginia
23. Charlotte
24. Florida Gulf Coast University
25. Wake Forest
26. Old Dominion
27. Monmouth
28. University of Central Florida
29. Denver
30. Furman

Goal.com Preseason Top 25
1. Akron
2. UCLA
3. North Carolina
4. Louisville
5. SMU
6. Indiana
7. Notre Dame
8. Creighton
9. Georgetown
10. Maryland
11. Duke
12. Virginia
13. Connecticut
14. Florida Gulf Coast
15. Wake Forest
16. UC Santa Barbara
17. South Carolina
18. Michigan
19. Denver
20. Providence
21. Penn State
22. Central Florida
23. Penn
24. West Virginia
25. NC State