2011 Tied for the team lead in assists dishing out two in the Highlanders' 3-1 win over #7 UC Santa Barbara on September 28 (
box score/
recap) and one in UCR's 3-2 victory over #9 UC Irvine on October 29 (
box score/
recap) ...
2010 Finished tied for the team lead in goals scored, second in points and tied for fourth in assists ... Doubled his career scoring output with a pair of goals in the Highlanders' 5-0 win over Alabama A&M on September 4 (
box score/
recap) ... Also added an assist in the same match tying the program record for most points in a match with five ... Scored the game-tying goal on a free kick with less than nine minutes remaining in regulation aginst UCLA on September 9 in a match the Highlanders would lose 2-1 in overtime (
box score/
recap) ... Was one of seven UCR players to appear in at least 16 matches on the season ...
2009 Tied for fourth on the team in goals scored and fifth in points ... Scored the first goal of his career on a penalty kick in a 2-2 tie against Cal State Fullerton on October 21 (
box score/
recap) ... His 12 matches played as a reserve were tied for the most on the team ...
2008 Redshirted the season ...
High School Attended Culver City High School and was named All-League First-Team as a junior ... The Centaurs finished in second place and advanced to the first round of the California Interscholastic Federation playoffs ...
Personal Alex is the son of Luis and Ana Racca ... His grandfather played soccer for the Boca Juniors in Argentina ... His brother, Albert Racca, plays for the LA Blues of the Olympic Soccer League ... Racca volunteered at his local polling station for the presidential primary elections in 2008 ... Plays guitar and the ukulele ... Sites his brother as the person who has played the biggest role in his athletics career because he has always pushed him and acted as a role model ... Roots for River Plate, Manchester United and Arsenal ... Lists soccer players Juan Roman Riquelme and Pablo Aimar as his favorite athletes ... Sites J.K. Rowling as his favorite author ... His favorite food is pizza ... Scored the winning penalty kick to win his first national title ... Lists “Family Guy” and “The Simpsons” as his favorite TV shows . . . “Dumb & Dumber” is his favorite movie ...
Alex Racca's Career Statistics
|
Year |
Team |
GP-GS |
G |
A |
Pts |
Sh |
Shot% |
SOG |
SOG% |
YC-RC |
GW |
PK-ATT |
|
2008 |
UCR |
Redshirted The Season |
|
2009 |
UCR |
15-3 |
1
|
0
|
2
|
18
|
.056
|
8
|
.444
|
4-1
|
0
|
1-1
|
|
2010 |
UCR |
16-12 |
5 |
2 |
12 |
31 |
.161 |
13 |
.419 |
|
0 |
1-1 |
|
2011 |
UCR |
10-4 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
9 |
.000 |
7 |
.778 |
5-0 |
0 |
0-0 |
|
|
Totals |
41-19
|
6
|
5
|
17
|
58
|
.103
|
28
|
.483
|
9-1
|
0
|
2-2
|
