Florida Gators

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A challenging week awaits the Gator soccer team on its trip to Los Angeles to face a pair of top-five opponents.
 
Thursday, Aug. 29 at No. 5 Southern California
Streaming Video: Pac-12 Network
TV: Pac-12 Network
Radio: ESPN 98.1 FM 850 AM with action called by Kyle Crooks
Stadium: Banc of California Stadium (22,000)
Tickets: $20 adult
Live Stats
 
Sunday, Sept. 1 at No. 4 UCLA
Streaming Video: Pac-12 Network
TV: Pac-12 Network
Radio: ESPN 98.1 FM 850 AM with action called by Kyle Crooks
Stadium: Wallis Annenberg Stadium
Tickets: $10 Adults / $5 Youth
Live Stats
 
Florida in 2019 Opening Weekend of Play
Deanne Rose scoring twice, providing the golden goal in the 95th minute. Sophomore Cassidy Lindley also hit a 35-yard strike – the longest of her soccer career.
 
Sunday in Tampa, the Gators faced both a ranked opponent and a record crowd. Florida shut out preseason No. 18 South Florida 2-0 in front a women's program record Corbett Stadium crowd of 2,011. The Gators scored twice in just over a five-minute span in the second half – with Rose playing a part in each goal. She moved the ball down the left side and sent the ball across the front of the goal where Kit Loferski tapped it in at the far post. Then in the 57th minute, Rose received the ball just inside the Bulls half and then headed toward goal. She beat her defender to place the ball in left of the USF goalkeeper. Susi Espinoza set her collegiate-high with eight saves at USF.
 
Deanne Rose Claims Pair of Weekly Honors
After her three-goal weekend, Rose picked up the first Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Week honor and was tabbed as TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Week.
 
World Cup Players
During this trip to Los Angeles, the Gators face three players who represented their nation in 2019 FIFA World Cup play.
 

Australia
Teagan Micah	GK	UCLA	Senior
Canada
Jessie Fleming	MF	UCLA	Senior
Jamaica
Olufolasade Adamolekun	F/MF-	Southern California	Freshman

 
Florida's Deanne Rose was part of Canada's World Cup roster. There are 13 players across 2019 NCAA Division I teams who were part of their nation's World Cup teams.
 
Last Time Gators-Trojans Met:
This is the second consecutive year these two programs have met. Last year at UF's Donald R. Dizney Stadium, then No. 7 USC scored three second-half goals to shut out the Gators 3-0. Two of those Trojan goal scorers – junior Savannah DeMelo and sophomore Penelope Hocking – return to the USC roster this season. 
 
Last Time Gators-Bruins Met:
Florida and then No. 2 UCLA played to a scoreless overtime tie when the two programs met in 2018 play at Dizney Stadium. The Bruins took a 17-5 advantage in shots. It was Florida's first shutout of 2018. Then senior goalkeeper Kaylan Marckese turned in a career-high eight saves.