2022 Men's Soccer Roster

Matt Brown
Matt Brown
Matt Brown

4 Kwabena Boateng

  • Position Defender
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 170
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Elk Grove, Calif.
  • Major Business Economics

Biography

2022
  • Played 527 minutes on the Anteater backline with 14 caps and seven starts
2021
  • Played all 20 matches starting 19 and posting 1,757 minutes
  • Played on the backline recording seven clean sheets
  • Headed home one goal off a corner resulting in a game-winner against Dixie State; were his first career points
  • Added an assist at UNLV
UC Irvine Soccer did not compete in 2020

Freshman
  • Trained with the U.S. under-20 National Team to begin season traveling to Slovenia to play in friendlies vs. under-20 Croatia and under-23 United Arab Emirates squads
  • Played 10 matches for 'Eaters against schools such as at Saint Mary's, at Creighton, and at UCLA
  • Made five starts on the back line
  • Registered 590 minutes including 90+ efforts at Utah Valley, vs. USD, vs. Gonzaga, at UCLA, and finished with a clean sheet vs. Pacific
  • Did not record a point or shot
Prep
  • Played club soccer with FC Elk Grove and Sac Republic Academy
  • Spent time with the PDP regional team and U.S. under-18 National Team
  • Developmental Academy Playoffs Top Drawer Soccer u16/17 Best XI
  • Group winners at 2018 DA Academy Playoffs
  • Played two years of high school soccer at Franklin High School
Personal
  • Pronounced kwah-BENN-uh    BWA-teng
  • Born in Stockton, resides in Elk Grove
  • Parents are Sampson and Bridget
  • Sampson attended Cal State Stanislaus, Bridget attended Grand Canyon University
  • Older sibling, Abena, played basketball in high school and attends Santa Clara University
  • Family is Ghanaian, and has traveled to Ghana, England, and Mexico
  • Majoring in business economics aspiring to change lives through the game of soccer while understanding how money rotates in our economy in the hopes of applying what he learns to start his own business in that smartest, most efficient way possible
  • Selected UC Irvine because he saw it as a place where his mind could grow to its full potential, the location, and the energy Coach Raz gave during the recruiting process
  • Trained with U.S. under-20 National Team in September 2019 playing friendlies in Slovenia vs. u20 Croatia and u23 UAE
  • Fan of Asamoah Gyan, Chelsea FC, and the Sacramento Kings
  • Enjoys watching his favorite movie, Friday, would love to meet Donald Glover from his favorite TV show Atlanta
  • Favorite food is chinese food
  • Enjoys producing hip hop and rap beats and listening to NBA Youngboy, Wizkid, Drake, and his friends, Lil Jube and Sleepychi

Statistics

Season:
2022

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2019Freshman

    Defender
    6'2" 165 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2020Sophomore

    Defender
    6'2" 170 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2021Sophomore

    Defender
    6'2" 170 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2022Junior

    Defender
    6'2" 170 lbs
    4