Sport: | soccer |
Year: | 2002 |
Team: | UCLA Bruins |
Conference: | Pac-10 Conference |
Short Conf: | Pac-10 |
Record: | 18–3–3 |
Conf Record: | 8–2–0 |
Head Coach: | Tom Fitzgerald |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Conf Champ: | Pac-10 Champions Titan Invitational Champions |
Tourney: | NCAA Tournament |
Tourney Result: | W 1–0 vs. Stanford |
Champion: | National Champions |
Prev Year: | 2001 |
Next Year: | 2003 |
The 2002 UCLA Bruins men's soccer team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2002 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Bruins won their fourth NCAA title this season, defeating Pac-10 rivals, Stanford, in the championship. To date, this is UCLA's most recent College Cup title. It was the 66th season the Bruins fielded a men's varsity soccer team, and their 11th season playing in the Pacific-10 Conference (now the Pac-12).[1]
The 2001 UCLA team was coached by Todd Saldana, who finished the 2001 season with a 12-7-4 overall record. Saldana was forced to resign by the university after it was discovered that he had yet to complete his undergraduate degree. Fitzgerald, a former coach of Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew was hired to coach the program in February 2002.[2]
Numbers in superscript text represent the team's NSCAA ranking.
See main article: 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.
No. (#) Rankings from NSCAA Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.