2018 Men's Soccer Roster

Gaby Escobar

10 Ivan Canales

  • Position Forward
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 164
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Santa Ana, Calif.
  • Major Sociology

Biography

Senior
  • 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
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

Statistics

Season:
2018

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2015Freshman

    Midfielder
    5'9" 148 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2016Sophomore

    Midfielder
    5'9" 148 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2017Junior

    Midfielder
    5'9" 164 lbs
    25
  • 10

    2018Senior

    Forward
    5'9" 164 lbs
    10