2018 Men's Soccer Roster

Jersey Number 10
Ivan Canales
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 164
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Santa Ana, Calif.
- Major:
- Sociology
Senior
Junior
Sophomore
Freshman
Club
Junipero Serra High School
Personal
CAREER TOTALS
- Earned United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America First Team honors
- Named to Google Cloud NCAA Division I Academic All-District VIII squad
- Named to United Soccer Coaches All-Far West Region First Team
- Named 2018 Big West Offensive Player of the Year and All-Big West First Team
- Started in all but one match, logging 1,620 minutes for the ‘Eaters
- Led the team with 25 total points on the season, including five assists
- First on the team with ten goals, while recording a .462 shot-on-goal percentage
- Connected on six game-winners, tied for most in a single season in program history
- Fired the last-second goal in double overtime against Cal Poly to seal the Big West season title for UC Irvine
- Earned Big West Offensive Player of the Week after performances against Cal State Fullerton and Cal Poly
- Became second Anteater in program history with 20+ goals and assists over a career
Junior
- Named Honorable Mention All-Big West
- Scored eight goals, three game-winners, totaling 20 points, all second on the team and in the conference
- Added four assists
- All-Tournament Team honoree at the Ashwill and Grange Invitational in New Mexico
Sophomore
- Named Big West Fall All-Academic
- Named All-Big West Honorable Mention
- Played in 18 matches, starting 16
- Second on the team with 10 points
- Team leader with six assists
- Scored two goals
- Second on the team with 28 shots, 11 on target
Freshman
- Named All-Big West Honorable Mention
- Played all 20 matches, starting 19
- Scored 5 goals and assisted on 5 more
- Put up 34 shots, 12 on target
Club
- Played with West Coast FC since age 8 under coaches Neil Armour and Oliver Wyss
- 2013 National Champion
Junipero Serra High School
- League MVP as a junior where he led the league in scoring
- 16 goals as a freshman when the program won a league title
- Three-time first team all-league
- Two-time all-county
Personal
- Parents are Valentin and Minerva, has three siblings, Jonathan, Cristian, and Ricardo
- Majoring in sociology with a minor in education
CAREER TOTALS
| YEAR | GP-GS | MIN | G | A | PTS | SH | SOG | GWG |
| 2017 | 18-13 | 1200 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 32 | 15 | 3 |
| 2016 | 18-16 | 1169 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 11 | 0 |
| 2015 | 20-19 | 1479 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 34 | 12 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 56-48 | 3848 | 15 | 15 | 45 | 94 | 38 | 3 |
Great moments to recall from 2025 💭
Saturday, January 17
Got some debate going 🤣 #TogetherWeZot | #Shorts
Friday, October 17
Anteater Spotlights | Ep. 1 | Agaton Pourshahidi
Thursday, October 02
Right place. Right time. 😤 #TogetherWeZot | #Shorts
Tuesday, September 16





