{"id":468621,"date":"2026-09-19T02:57:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T02:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/468621\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T02:57:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T02:57:58","slug":"cal-poly-mens-soccer-suffers-first-home-loss-of-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/468621\/","title":{"rendered":"Cal Poly Men&#8217;s Soccer Suffers First Home Loss of Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cal Poly Men\u2019s Soccer picked up its first home loss of the season Wednesday night, falling 3-2 to CSU Bakersfield at Mustang Memorial Field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mustang defense delivered an uncharacteristic performance, conceding three goals for the first time since Sept. 1, 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think we just [had] individual errors, some things that we had prepped on and we just didn\u2019t execute well in the game,\u201d Head Coach <a href=\"https:\/\/gopoly.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/coaches\/oige-kennedy\/1275\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/gopoly.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/coaches\/oige-kennedy\/1275\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oige Kennedy<\/a> said. \u201cVery frustrating to give up that many goals at home when we\u2019ve been so good defensively as a program in the last couple of years.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Roadrunners (2-2-2) capitalized on those defensive mistakes, forcing the Mustangs (3-2-3) to play from behind. Cal Poly fought hard to keep the game within reach, but the Roadrunners were able to respond and maintain control of their lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Mustangs struggled defensively, they earned two penalty kicks on the other end, both of which were converted by senior midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/gopoly.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/colin-pearce\/11016\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colin Pearce<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pearce attributed his confidence from the penalty spot to his preparation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI know that I\u2019ve done all the work and that I\u2019m only 12 yards out, so just calm myself down, get my heart rate down, and pick my spot and go for it,\u201d Pearce said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two goals brought Pearce\u2019s season total to three, while his three assists give him a team-leading nine points on the year. Still, the Mustangs were unable to find the equalizer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think it just wasn\u2019t our day in front of goal, and that\u2019s what happens in soccer,\u201d Pearce said. \u201cYou could play as good as you want, and if the ball doesn\u2019t drop, it doesn\u2019t drop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The numbers reflected the Mustangs\u2019 ability to create opportunities, as they held the advantage in both shots and corner kicks over the Roadrunners. However, outside of the two penalty kicks, they were unable to convert their opportunities into goals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a tough loss, the Mustangs have nine days between matches to recover and focus on the issues exposed against the Roadrunners.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mustangs now prepare for arguably their most anticipated match of the season, as they host UC Santa Barbara in the Blue-Green Rivalry on Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. at Mustang Memorial Field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cal Poly Men\u2019s Soccer picked up its first home loss of the season Wednesday night, falling 3-2 to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,184503,152,184504,23186,184505,184506,184507,184508,5079],"class_list":["post-468621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-mens-soccer","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-blue-green-rivalry-game","tag-cal-poly","tag-cal-poly-mens-soccer","tag-colin-pearce","tag-csub-soccer","tag-oige-kennedy","tag-san-luis-obispo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}