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Sacramento State

2012 Men's Soccer

3 Matt Linenberger

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 180
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Sacramento, Calif.
  • High School Jesuit HS
  • Position D

Biography


SINGLE-GAME HIGHS

 2012StatisticsCareer 
 1 vs. San Diego, 8/31/12Goals     1, 7x - Last vs. San Diego,8/31/12 
 NoneAssists
1 vs. CSUBakersfield, 11/14/10 
 2 vs. San Diego, 8/31/12Points2, 7x - Last vs.San Diego, 8/31/12 
 2 vs. San Diego, 8/31/12Shots3, 2x - Last vs.Santa Clara, 11/18/10 
 2 vs. San Diego, 8/31/12SOG
3 vs. New Mexico,11/15/09 
 NonePKs
None 
 110 vs. Saint Mary's, 9/2/12                   Minutes
110, 8x- Last vs. Saint Mary's, 9/2/12  


AS A SENIOR (2012)
• First team all-Big Westselection

AS A JUNIOR (2011)

Appeared in 15 games while making 14 starts...tallied four pointson two goals...played 1,054 total minutes...took eight shots withfour on goal...eight shots came in just five games...had onegame-winning goal, coming against San Francisco on Sept. 4...scoredagainst two games later against Oregon State on Sept. 11.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2010)

Appeared in and started 21 games...tallied two goals and oneassist for five total points, good for sixth on the team...scoredgoals against UC Davis on Sept. 10 and at Air Force on Oct.24...his lone assist was a big one, coming on RoryO’Day’s game-winning goal in the MPSF Tournamentchampionship match...took 14 shots, placing four on frame...a keypart of the Hornet defense that limited opponents to 24 goalsoverall and a 0.94 goals against average, third best in theMountain Pacific Sports Federation...contributed to aconference-best and school record 10 shutouts...played 1,974minutes, the sixth most on the team.

AS A FRESHMAN (2009)
Appeared in 19 matches as a freshman, including nine starts...bothof his goals during the season came in the postseason...in the MPSFTournament semifinal against UNLV, he met up with a ball that stuckin the snow near the top of the box on a sprint, dribbled, andfired an un-natural right footed shot that bounded off the rightside of the UNLV ‘keeper and into the back of the net for thegame winner...the shot was just his second of the season...forcedovertime in the MPSF championship game against New Mexico bychesting a cross by Ernesto Carranza into the net in the 88thminute to tie the score at 2-2.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2009 graduate of Jesuit HS in Carmichael, Calif...four-yearletterwinner for coach Paul Rose...was a first team all-Delta RiverLeague honoree as a senior, while earning defensive MVP honors forthe team, which was ranked No. 1 by both ESPN and the NationalSoccer Coaches Association of America...played with current teammanager Pat Carden...was named one of the top ten high schoolplayers to watch by the Sacramento Bee in 2008...competed at theclub level for California Rush, where he led the team to a USSoccer club regional title and back-to-back State Cup titles...alsotook part in the Olympic Development Program at the statelevel.

PERSONAL
Parents are Michael and Michelle Linenberger...son of head coachMichael Linenberger...major is journalism.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2011Junior

    D
    6'2" 180 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2012Senior

    D
    6'2" 180 lbs
    3

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