The California men's soccer team hosts top-ranked Stanford in the Big Clasico on Friday at Edwards Stadium to complete the regular season. Prior to the game, Cal will celebrate the careers of Marco Brougher, Sintayehu Clements, Thomas Grimes, Adrian Jacobs, Allan Juarez, Luka Lukic, Rohan McEligot, Alfredo Ortiz, Gaku Nishimura, Cameron Robie and Cam Wilkerson in its Senior Day ceremony.
 
Cal 5-7-2 (1-5-1 ACC) vs. No. 1 Stanford (12-1-2, 5-1-0 ACC)
When: Friday, Oct. 31, 2 p.m. PT
Where: Edwards Stadium, Berkeley, CA
Watch: ACCNX
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
 
Bears Rout Radford, Fall At Virginia Tech
Five different Golden Bears scored in their highest-scoring game of 2025 as Cal routed Radford 6-1 on Oct. 22 in Radford, Virginia. Midfielder Cam Wilkerson got the game-winning goal and forward Luka Lukic scored twice in Cal's second-to-last road game of the regular season. The six goals are the most the Bears have scored in a game this year, surpassing their total in a 3-2 win at Saint Mary's in the season opener. Along with Wilkerson and Lukic, Cal's goal scorers against the Highlanders were sophomore forward Malcolm Zalayet, freshman winger Callen Lewis and sophomore midfielder Junhwan Park, with the latter tallying his first goal as a Bear. Goalkeeper Connor Lambe did not record a save in the first half for the Bears, while Marco Brougher made three saves in the final 45 minutes.
 
Last Sunday, Cal lost at Virginia Tech 3-2 in Blacksburg, Virginia, with Malcolm Zalayet and Junhwan Park scoring for the Bears and Declan Quill netting a hat trick for the Hokies.
 
Last Time Vs. Stanford: Cal Beats No. 22 Cardinal 1-0
Defender Kevin Carmichael scored the game-winning goal and Marco Brougher made four saves to power Cal to a 1-0 victory over 22nd-ranked Stanford in the Big Clasico and regular-season finale on Nov. 1, 2024, on The Farm. A corner kick led to the 81st-minute goal, with Alfredo Ortiz's corner ending up with Carmichael on the far side of the box. The Cal co-captain passed the ball to Kieran Bracken Serra, and the freshman played a short pass back to Carmichael, who settled the ball and fired from the top of the box to beat goalkeeper Rowan Schnebly for the central defender's first goal of the season. Brougher faced just one Stanford shot the rest of the way, with the goalkeeper making a clutch save on Will Reilly's 22-yard effort at 88:37 to preserve the shutout.
 
Scouting the Bears

• There are seven common opponents for Cal and Stanford this season – Saint Mary's (Cal won 3-2; Stanford won 3-1), San Francisco (Cal lost 2-1; Stanford won 1-0), Boston College (Cal won 2-0; Stanford won 3-0), Syracuse (Cal lost 2-0; Stanford won 3-2), SMU (Cal lost 4-0; Stanford tied 0-0), Wake Forest (Cal lost 2-1; Stanford won 2-0) and Virginia Tech (Cal lost 3-2; Stanford won 3-1)
• Cal has a 15-39-12 record in the all-time series with Stanford
• Luka Lukic – a graduate transfer from UC Riverside – was named the ACC Offensive Player of the Week for the first week of the season after the forward scored three goals in his first two games as a Golden Bear, including a brace in a 3-2 win at Saint Mary's in the Aug. 21 season opener and the game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory at UCLA on Aug. 24
• The Belgrade, Serbia, native leads Cal in goals (7), points (15), shots (39) and shots on goal (20) and has one game-winning goal
• In the ACC, Lukic is tied for seventh in goals (7), is fifth in shots on goal per game (1.43) and is eighth in shots per game (2.79)
• Sophomore forward Malcolm Zalayet ranks second in goals (4) and points (10) at Cal and is tied for second in assists (2) with senior midfielder Gaku Nishimura
• In its match before Radford, Cal lost to Wake Forest 2-1 on Oct. 11 at home, with sophomore midfielder Kieran Bracken Serra scoring his first career goal
• Bracken Serra leads the Bears in assists (4) and ranks third in points (6)
• Cam Wilkerson – a UCLA transfer who netted the winning goals in the season-opening 3-2 win at Saint Mary's and against Radford – leads Cal with two GWGs, which ties him for seventh in the ACC
• Wilkerson is tied with senior defender Alfredo Ortiz and sophomore midfielder Junhwan Park for fourth in points (5), as each Bear has two goals and one assist
• Ortiz was one of 15 players named to the ACC Preseason Watch List this summer after ranking fourth in goals (3) and points (7) for the Bears in 2024
• Ortiz contributed one of Cal's biggest goals of 2024 in the ACC Championship opener last November in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, converting Cal's lone penalty kick of the season to give the Bears a 2-1 win over the host Tar Heels
• Graduate student goalkeeper Connor Lambe, who has started 11 games and played 12, has compiled a 2.11 goals-against average
• Senior goalkeeper Marco Brougher, who has started in three of five games played, has a 0.96 GAA and one shutout
• Sophomore goalie Zack Andoh has notched a 1.26 GAA after starting the second halves of five matches
• Freshman winger Callen Lewis is the son of former MLS and USMNT star Eddie Lewis, who played for the San Jose Clash (now Earthquakes) and Los Angeles Galaxy along with several English clubs (Fulham, Preston North End, Leeds United and Derby County) and tallied 82 caps for the United States
• Callen Lewis – who has four points from two goals to rank seventh in scoring at Cal – scored his first collegiate goal in the Sept. 19 match at Clemson
• While Cal just joined the ACC last season, a member of the current squad has had a longer tenure in the conference, as defender Sintayehu Clements – now a graduate student – wrapped up a four-year undergraduate career with Duke last season
• Clements played against some of his future teammates in last year's ACC Championship quarterfinals, in which Cal blanked No. 2 Duke 2-0 in Durham, North Carolina
• Leonard Griffin – who won the NCAA championship as a UCLA player in 2002 – was named the 2023 Pac-12 Coach of the Year last season and is in his fourth year as head coach of the Golden Bears
• A former professional player who was drafted No. 11 overall by the Chicago Fire in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft, Griffin made MLS stops in Portland, Oregon, in Columbus, Ohio, and in Los Angeles with the Galaxy
• The Cal staff includes assistant coaches Ricardo Gutierrez – who worked with Griffin in the latter's previous stops at Grand Canyon and USF – and Jacob Wilson, a Cal men's soccer alumnus
• Henry Foulk – another Golden Bear alum and assistant coach – is in his 25th year of mentoring the goalkeepers at his alma mater
• Foulk (Cal '84) is featured in the 2025 fall edition of the Cal Sports Quarterly for his work in producing numerous goalies who have matriculated to the professional ranks, including current pros Stefan Frei (Seattle Sounders FC, MLS), Drake Callender (Charlotte FC, MLS), David Bingham (Charlotte FC, MLS) and Jonathan Klinsmann (Cesena FC, Italy Serie B)

Scouting the Cardinal

• Stanford tied its last match 0-0 with SMU on Sunday, after beating San Francisco 1-0 on Oct. 22
• Midfielder Zach Bohane is second in scoring (13 points from 5 goals, 3 assists) and leads Stanford in game-winning goals (3), shots (53) and shots on goal (21)
• Midfielder Trevor Islam leads the Cardinal in goals (6) and points (15); he also has three assists and two game-winning goals
• Midfielder Joshua Partal paces Stanford in assists (6)
• Jeremy Gunn is in his 14th season as Stanford's head coach

Bears In The Pros
Cal has continued its tradition of producing talented alumni who move onto the professional ranks, with 15 erstwhile Golden Bears playing in the pros in the United States and abroad in 2025. Two Cal alums play in Europe in goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann (Cesena FC, Italian Serie B) – who was named to a pair of USMNT friendlies in September – and midfielder JJ Foe Nuphaus (Thisted FC, Denmark Second Division). The erstwhile Bears playing in MLS are goalkeeper David Bingham (Charlotte FC), goalkeeper Drake Callender (Charlotte FC), goalkeeper Stefan Frei (Seattle Sounders FC), defender Sam Junqua (Real Salt Lake), defender Nike Lima (San Jose Earthquakes) and defender Wyatt Meyer (Nashville SC).
 
Two former Cal teammates play in MLS NEXT Pro, with striker Nonso Adimabua on the roster for The Town FC and defender Kevin Carmichael with Huntsville City FC. Four former Bears play in the USL Championship in brothers Taylor and Evan Davila – both are midfielders with Louisville City FC – midfielder Jose Carrera Garcia (Forward Madison FC) and midfielder Jack Singer (Las Vegas Lights FC). Rounding out the list is forward Jonathan Estrada, who plays for Irvine Zeta FC in the NISA.
 
Next Time
Cal will play in the ACC Championship, with its opponent and site for the Nov. 5 first-round game to be determined.
 
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