Coach Gof Boyoko watches the team play. Prior to working on the coaching staff at UCLA, Boyoko worked on UC Santa Barbara’s women’s soccer team coaching staff. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated June 13 at 7:20 p.m.
The sun is rising.
The page is turning.
And UCLA women’s soccer is entering the upcoming season with a new, yet familiar, pioneer.
Former associate head coach Gof Boyoko will serve as the next head coach of UCLA women’s soccer, UCLA Athletics announced Friday.
Boyoko – the program’s seventh head coach – was part of the coaching staff that led the Bruins to their second national championship in 2022, as well as Pac-12 and Big 10 titles in 2023 and 2024, respectively.
This post was updated Nov. 25 at 1:19 p.m.
UCLA women’s soccer coach Margueritte Aozasa has departed the program for other opportunities, the university announced Monday morning.
This post was updated Nov. 16 at 9:02 p.m.
As rain pelted the field of Wallis Annenberg Stadium on Saturday, two Southern California teams took to the muddied turf with their seasons on the line.
But aside from the occasional slip, the harsh climate proved to be no match for the Bruins’ determination to keep their season alive.
Conference tournaments offer an opportunity to test a squad’s postseason chops, with performance impacting seeding for the ultimate goal – a national championship.
But all 64 teams enter this week with a clean slate and a championship ripe for the taking, regardless of conference outcomes.
This post was updated Nov. 13 at 10:26 p.m.
Although a golden-goal overtime loss against Michigan State sent UCLA packing in the Big Ten tournament semifinal last week, the squad enters the NCAA tournament with a clean slate and an opportunity to redeem itself.
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