COREY FINALLY IN LIMELIGHT HIS FIRST GOALS GIVE UCLA WIN UCLA 2, FLORIDA INT. 0.Byline: Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Staff Writer All of his career, Evan Corey has found himself in the shadows. In high school, at 600-student L.A. Baptist High of North Hills, he played only a year and a half of varsity soccer because of injury and because he wanted to concentrate on club soccer. And in his first two seasons at top-ranked UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX (20-1-1), Corey had no goals and only two assists in 22 games as he struggled with nagging injuries. But in Sunday's third-round NCAA Tournament NCAA Tournament can mean: Men's Sports
The win puts the defending national champions into the final eight. The Bruins will host eighth-seeded Indiana on Saturday at 7 p.m. ``I think I've been an underachiever since I've come here,'' Corey said. ``I haven't gotten into a real rhythm, but these two goals today should get my confidence up a lot. ``I don't usually get very many shots when I'm in the game. I usually like to try and set other people up, but I'm starting to realize that I need to look for my own shot more.'' If he's as efficient with his shots in the future as he was on Sunday (two shots, two goals), UCLA coach Tom Fitzgerald Tom Fitzgerald can refer to:
``He's had a disappointing two seasons here because of nagging injuries, but what you saw today was the result of a lot of hard work from him, and the contribution was amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. ,'' Fitzgerald said. Corey's first goal came 51 seconds into the second half off an assist from Adolfo Gregorio Adolfo Gregorio (born September 1 1982 in Turlock, California, USA) is an American soccer midfielder, who played for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer. Gregorio was part of the original 1999 class at the Bradenton Academy, where as part of the Under-17 United States . UCLA had struggled in the first half with Florida International's aggressive, physical style of play that kept the Bruins from getting into a rhythm offensively. It also resulted in injuries to UCLA's Aaron Lopez, who left the game in the ninth minute with an injured left knee, and senior Dru Hoshimiya, who hurt his left knee in the 60th minute. Neither player returned to the game and will be re-evaluated today. ``That was more physical than we've played in a long time,'' said UCLA striker Matt Taylor See also the disambiguation page, Matthew Taylor, for others with this name Matt Taylor (born October 17, 1981 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American soccer player, who currently plays striker for the Portland Timbers of the USL First Division. , who assisted on Corey's second goal in the 85th minute. ``I think they tried to physically impose on us in the first half and it threw us off a little bit. But it was only a matter of time before we found our game and got into a rhythm.'' The loss ends a tumultuous year for 14th-ranked Florida International, which lives up to its name with eight international players on the roster. Before the season, the school announced the men's soccer team would fold. But a week later, after public outcry, the program was re-instated. ``The great thing about this team is that everybody stayed together when they dropped the program,'' FIU's Bobby Boswell Bobby Boswell (born March 15, 1983 in Austin, Texas) is an American soccer defender, who currently plays for D.C. United of Major League Soccer. Boswell grew up in Tampa, Florida and played college soccer at Florida International University but was not drafted by an MLS club said. ``We just worried about playing and what we had control over and nothing off the field that we couldn't control.'' Ramona Shelburne, (818) 713-3617 ramona.shelburne(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Adolfo Gregorio of UCLA outleaps Florida International's Jared Rose during UCLA's 2-0 victory in NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association third-round play Sunday. Julio Cortez/Daily News |
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