Collin Travasos

Cal has one more opportunity to show out in front of its home crowd on Saturday as it closes out the 2022 season against Stanford.

Following a rather difficult run on the road — with two losses and a tie — the Cal men’s soccer team has returned home for a match against its neighbors across the Bay: the University of San Francisco Dons.

With the Bears’ current record and the Lancer’s inability to successfully perform on the road, this weekend go either way.

Goalkeepers are the last man standing: indefensible and unsheltered, a direct target for all shots fired. For Collin Travasos, coming out of the frying pan and diving straight onto the line of fire is a daily occurence.

With one last game against their archrival coming up, the Bears look to avenge a blowout loss and down the Cardinal.

As the Bears come off two devastating losses against the Beavers and the Huskies, the rest of Pac-12 play is looking like anything but good for Cal.

The matchup became a goalfest for Stanford, with the Cardinal scoring in the third minute and racking up multiple goals during the first and second halves.

Should Cal manage a win, or even a tie, against the No. 1 NCAA men’s soccer team in the nation, it’ll undoubtedly have the last laugh.

After rebounding from their first loss of the season with a win at Long Beach State, the Bears roll into the start of conference play with a 4-1-2 record.

The Cal men’s soccer team’s three-game losing streak sent the Bears home empty-handed, and did not adhere to the old adage “the third time's the charm."