STANFORD, Calif. – Touch Soccer USA and Boom Productions will premiere a web-based series highlighting the Stanford men’s soccer team with the first two of six episodes on Thursday, June 18. Succeeding episodes will be released every Thursday culminating with the finale on July 16.
The program delves into every facet of life as a Cardinal men’s soccer player and Stanford student-athlete. Following the team throughout its spring season, Touch Soccer USA and Boom Productions gathered behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with coaches, players, staff and professional alumni to craft a full picture of life on The Farm. Memorable moments from Pac-12 Networks’ broadcasts of the program’s 2014 conference championship run enhance the series’ storytelling.
The Cardinal soccer series trailer can be viewed below. Season tickets for Stanford’s 2015 campaign go on sale next Monday, June 22.
Stanford had a historic season in 2014, including the program’s first league title since 2001, a No. 1 NSCAA ranking, its most wins (13) since 2002 and its best winning percentage (.763) since 2001. The team went 13-3-3 overall and 6-1-3 in conference to advance to its second consecutive NCAA Tournament. Stanford has posted back-to-back seasons of double-digit wins for the first time since 2001-02.
In 2015 the Cardinal returns a pair of NSCAA/Continental Tire First Team All-Americans in forward Jordan Morris and left back and captain Brandon Vincent. That duo is joined by two of the country’s best freshmen from 2014 in Corey Baird and Tomas Hilliard-Arce. Both made Soccer America All-Freshman squads, Baird was on the NSCAA/Continental Tire All-Far West Region Second Team and Hilliard-Arce made that organization’s All-Far West Region Third Team.
In total, six of Stanford’s eight All-Pac-12 selections from a year ago return, including goalkeeper Andrew Epstein, who orchestrated a Cardinal defense which finished 38th in the nation with a 0.85 goals against average. Epstein’s 0.857 individual goals against average led the conference, was 43rd in the country and seventh in Stanford single-season history.
Also back is redshirt senior Eric Verso, who was second on last season’s squad in both goals (5) and assists (5) and tops in points (15).
