IRVINE, Calif. ---  Head Coach Yossi Raz adds another crop of talented, hard-working, and bought-in student-athletes into the fold for the 2023 season.

Seven new additions join the squad with four freshmen from across California and from every position on the pitch, and three transfers from four-year universities such as UCLA, UC Berkeley, and Tulsa.

"We're extremely excited for the roster we're assembling for this upcoming year," head coach Yossi Raz said of his newest Anteaters. "We feel that we have strengthened the organization in key positions all around the field and we have talent that has played at the highest level on the international landscape as well as proven talents that were already successful in the Big West. When we look at the board, we see great talent, depth, and a lot of tools that allows us to play the game in many ways, and have also brought a talented recruiting class that is a mixture of transfers and true freshmen that can play to the highest level of the game. we are looking forward to the challenge and are very excited for what's to come."

The newest recruits have jumped right into training with day one of practice coming just under two weeks ago, and they've already been challenged in exhibition matches at San Diego State and vs. Mt. San Antonio College with a third and final tune-up Saturday evening at Loyola Marymount. The season kicks off this week in Anteater Stadium with UC Irvine hosting UNLV on Thursday followed by No. 8 Creighton Sunday afternoon.

Below is the list of Anteater newcomers:
 

Student-Athlete	Ht	Year	Position	Hometown	School / Club
Braden Ferreira	6-0	Freshman	Midfielder	Salinas, Calif.	Internet Academy / Houston Dynamo Academy
Christian Gomez	5-10	Grad Student	Midfielder	Anaheim, Calif.	UC Berkeley / Canyon HS / Pateadores Academy
Mauricio Gutierrez	5-10	Redshirt Freshman	Midfielder	Lawndale, Calif.	UCLA / Lawndale HS / LAFC Academy
Elijah Jugé	6-1	Freshman	Defender	Fullerton, Calif.	Troy HS / LAFC Academy
Isaac Nixon	6-2	Freshman	Forward	San Clemente, Calif.	San Clemente HS / Strikers FC
Isaiah Quarcoo	6-0	Junior	Forward	Denver, Colo.	University of Tulsa / DSST Byers HS / Rapids Academy
Brady Treinen	6-0	Freshman	Defender	Tustin, Calif.	Tustin Connect HS / Strikers FC