by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, Aug 30, 2015

Darius Madison

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1. Freshmen will give UCLA returnees competition.

Malcom Jones

Jose Hernandez

Jackson Yueill,

Abu Danladi

Jorge Salcedo

2. Wait is worth it for UC Santa Barbara.

Tim Vom Steeg

Justin Vom Steeg

Sam Strong

Jeff Quezada

Kevin Feucht

Jordan Morris

Nick DePuy

Andrew Epstein

Men's Top 25 Matchups, Week 1:

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28



No. 17 UC Santa Barbara 1 (DePuy 42) No. 4 Stanford 0.

No. 6 Maryland 0 No. 9 Notre Dame 0.

No. 25 Old Dominion 0 No. 20 Coastal Carolina 2 (Camargo 17, Follensbee 54).

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29

No. 2 Virginia 1 (Corriveau 38) No. 15 Charlotte 0.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 30

No. 13 Indiana 0 No. 10 Notre Dame

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No. 25 Old Dominion 4 (Henriquez 18, 21, 48, Klosterhalfen 46) No. 19 Akron 1 (Macchione 76).

3. Darius Madison's transfer gives UMBC big boost.

Darius Madison

Joseph Pratt

Kennedy O'Shea

Riley Collins

Kyle Saunderson

Tyler Ward

Bill Kerr

The 2015 men's college season opened this weekend. No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 Virginia both prevailed with 1-0 decisions, while No. 3 Georgetown settled for a 0-0 tie at FGCU on Friday night. No. 4 Stanford fell at No. 17 UC Santa Barbara for its first loss to the Gauchos in 11 years., one of the stars of Virginia's 2014 championship team, had an immediate impact at his new team, UMBC.UCLA, No. 1 in the Soccer America Men's Preseason Top 25 , has its deepest team in years. Eight starters from the team that reached the 2014 Men's College Cup final are back, and three other players who played in the shootout loss to Virginia played in the 2015 season opener against New Mexico.But the Bruins' freshman class had an immediate impact as center backhad the winning goal in a 1-0 win over the Lobos Saturday in Westwood. The goal came in the 62nd minute on a play that began with a corner kick by. The Mexican-born Hernandez is a product of the Real Salt Lake's academy product in Casa Grande, Arizona, and was played two games for the USL Real Monarchs.who has spent time with the U.S. under-18 national team, teamed up with sophomore starfor a good opportunity in the first half.Seven freshmen got playing time as the Bruins passed their first test of the season. Next up: at Maryland Friday night. “Our overall performance was good," said Bruins coach, "and one that we can build on to get better for our next match against Maryland.”Last year, UC Santa Barbara fell to Stanford, 4-1, giving up three goals in the first 11 minutes in Palo Alto. The Gauchos weren't determined to let that happen again, focusing on the rematch for eight months. This time, No. 17 UCSB shut down the No. 4 Cardinal, earning a 1-0 victory before 3,312 fans that signals the Gauchos are ready to battle for West Coast supremacy."We took a lot of pride into tonight's game," said UCSB head coach. "Last year, we gave up three goals in 11 minutes and we've been playing that video for eight months waiting for this game. Stanford has been picked as a Final Four contender and they showed nothing to disprove that tonight. All in all, we learned a lot about our team tonight and the potential that we have. "Freshman keeper-- Tim's son who will be off this week to join the U.S. U-20s -- made a pair of tough saves early and was helped by a strong game from center backsand, and holding midfielderas U.S. internationalwas held to just one shot in 65 minutes of action., 2014 Big West Offensive Player of the Year, scored with a header past Stanford keeperin the waning minutes of the first half for the game's only goal.(Ueland 109)UMBC, the 2014 Cinderella Story of college soccer, suffered heavy graduation losses but got a last-minute boost as senior, who started on Virginia's 2014 national championship team, joined the Retrievers. The Washington Post reported that Madison was kicked off the Cavs' team "for team rules violations" but allowed to transfer and play immediately at UMBC.The Retrievers fell behind Fairfield, 2-0, in the season opener that drew 2,874 fans at Retriever Stadium. But they got goals fromandin the 69th and 87th minutes to earn a 2-2 tie. Madison set up O'Shea for the equalizer.Peter Caringi returned just three starters from last year's team that reached the College Cup. In the 2015 opener, UMBC started three freshmen (and) and a transfer () along the backline.