PROVO, Utah (Oct. 15, 2010) — The BYU Cougars finished fall exhibition play with a 5-0 win in the “University Parkway Collision” against Utah Valley, Friday night.  The Cougars end the fall season undefeated at 3-0.

“I like our guys to end on that kind of a note,” said BYU assistant coach, Chad Sackett.  “I really wish we would have had more (goals) because it could have been that way.  We needed more but I’ll take 5-0.”

BYU dominated the game, out shooting UVU, 28-0 and recorded seven corners to the Wolverines zero.  Ten of the Cougars shots were on goal, netting half.

“At first nothing went right,” said midfielder, Doug Clark.  “Eventually, it’s just a numbers game.  If you shoot 28 times, you’ll score five goals.”

The Cougars scored the eventual game-winner in the 39th minute when Jantzen Romney fed Doug Clark a ball in the box which Clark buried in the upper left “v”.

In the second half, Blake Tillotson put the Cougars up 2-0 on a header off the keeper’s hands from a ball launched at midfield by freshman, Ethan Meyer.

In the 63rd minute BYU built another solid attack where Doug Clark crossed an end line ball into the six-yard box to Janzten Romney for the Cougars third goal.

The fourth goal came in 71st with Blake Tillotson finished a Jantzen Romney offering.  Tyler Christiansen put a five spot on the board when he took an errant James Bindrup touch, and did a spin move while flipping the ball over the keeper’s hands for the final score of 5-0.

“I knew where the goal was but to be honest there was some luck involved there,” said Christiansen.  “I pride myself on being a defender who can score.  I’m two for two.  Two shots, two goals.  I don’t think I want to play forward because that would ruin my numbers.”

BYU held UVU to zero shots, a feet not often seen or accomplished.

“That was pretty good,” said senior, defender, Tyler Christiansen.  “I think they weren’t confident coming straight at us.”

The Cougars will scrimmage BYU-Idaho at 5 p.m. on Saturday, officially ending the fall season.  BYU will break until January when they’ll begin training in the mornings in preparation for the late February tryouts for the summer Premier Development League team.

“Our first game to this game, seeing that progression is what we want,” said Sackett.

“I feel like we have a style,” said Christiansen.  “I credit that a lot to our center mid’s who are very confident receiving the ball and moving forward with it.  That was something I feel really good about.”

Post Game Notes:
Scoring Summary
39′   BYU       Doug Clark (Jantzen Romney)
55′   BYU       Blake Tillotson (Ethan Meyer)
63′   BYU       Jantzen Romney (Doug Clark)
71′   BYU       Blake Tillotson (Jantzen Romney)
90+ BYU       Tyler Christiansen (Unassisted)

BYU Starters (Subs)
GK: Cory Cosgrave
D: Ethan Meyer, Tyler Christiansen, James Bindrup, Junior Lartey
M: Kip Critchlow, Doug Clark, Toni Niccoli
F: Janzten Romney, Blake Tillotson, BJ Pugmire

Cards
76′    BYU   Jantzen Romney

Final Stats
Stat                   UVU             BYU
Shots                  0                   28
SOG                    0                  10
Fouls                 11                   4
Corners             0                    7
Saves                 5                    0
Offsides            1                     4
Cards                0                     1

Chris Watkins wasn’t at the game because he is with the #8 BYU women’s soccer team as an assistant coach in New Mexico for Saturday’s game between BYU and New Mexico.

Listen to audio interviews with Chad Sackett, Tyler Christiansen, and Doug Clark.

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PROVO, Utah (Sept. 15, 2010) — The BYU men’s soccer team and Calle held its fourth annual street tournament, Saturday September 11.

“It was really awesome,” said tournament organizer, Tyler Christiansen.  “It went better than we expected.  It was a great display of soccer and we completed the objective of raising funds for the team.”

The BYU men’s soccer team hoped to create excitement about the upcoming fall season as well as raise $1,000 to cover equipment and operation costs for the fall roster.

Seventy people made up 15 teams of 4v4 in a round-robin tourney.  Each team paid $60 to participate and played in four games followed by a knockout playoff. The games were played in the parking lot of the Indoor Practice Facility featuring duck taped boundary lines and aluminum trash cans for goals.  It began at 9 a.m. and ended at 12:30 p.m.  Calle provided shirts, bracelets, and keychains for the event.

Junior forward, Blake Tillotson and Cory Cosgrave’s team defended their 2009 championship with an overtime victory against freshman, Ethan Meyer’s squad.

“Winning the tournament is always fun but it’s nice to have bragging rights over the other guys on the team,” said Tillotson.  “It’s about going out there and having fun.  There’s a lot of good players out there.”

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Blake Tillotson and several members of the team will be at Franklin Elementary School (50 South 600 West in Provo) this Saturday from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. for a soccer clinic.  They’ll give away mini-soccer balls and tickets to the U-21 Mexican National Team game.  They expect 50 or more kids, ages 8-18 to attend.

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BJ Pugmire will be featured on “Nexos”, a television program on BYU TV International (Spanish) on June 26th at 3 p.m.  If you don’t get the channel, go to their website to watch online for free, live or on demand up to two weeks after the show.  The interview was all in Spanish and is a preview of the season for the team.Tweet