Game Notes (PDF)

AT A GLANCE:

SAN FRANCISCO – The University of San Francisco men's soccer team returns home to host Pacific and Loyola Marymount in the final week of the 2017 season. Saturday's contest against LMU will be senior day, with the Dons biding farewell to six athletes.
 
USF (7-8, 4-1 WCC) is headed into these final two contests riding a four-game winning streak, with the latest coming in a 1-0 victory over San Diego last Friday. A 66th minute headed goal from junior midfielder Sean Bowman was the difference between the two teams. The defense was the standout against San Diego, recording the Dons' first shutout of the season.
 
Results at Negoesco Stadium have been a bit of mixed bag with the Dons going 2-2 over the course of the season. USF has earned one home win (Saint Mary's, 4-2) in West Coast Conference play.
 
Pacific (11-3-1, 3-1-1 WCC) enters the game on Wednesday hoping to bounce back from a goalless tie with the Gaels last weekend. UOP leads the WCC in three defensive categories: goals against average (.98), goals allowed (15), and shutouts (6). Senior keeper Curtis Goldsmith is tied for first in the league in shutouts with six, and sixth in the league in saves with 42.
 
LMU (4-11-2, 2-4 WCC) enters the final game of the 2017 having beaten Santa Clara, 2-1, on the Lions' senior day. After falling behind in the first half, the Lions roared back in the second half with two goals in the final 14 minutes of the game.
 
COACHES QUOTES
USF head coach Eddie Soto
 
On the matchup with Pacific
"We have been taking it one game at a time and that mindset hasn't changed from the beginning. The guys have been focused this week, and they're ready for Pacific tomorrow night."
 
On the opportunity to win the WCC on Saturday
"We're not focused on that right now. We will worry about Saturday after our match ends tomorrow night."
 
Match #16
San Francisco (7-8-0, 4-1-0 WCC) vs. Pacific (11-3-1, 3-1-1 WCC)
Wednesday, Nov. 8 | 7:00 p.m. PT
Negoesco Stadium (3,000)
Audio/Video: www.usfdons.com
Live Stats | Video
 
Match #17
San Francisco (7-8-0, 4-1-0 WCC) vs. LMU (4-11-2, 2-4 WCC)
Saturday, Nov. 11 | 7:00 p.m. PT
Negoesco Stadium (3,000)
Audio/Video: www.usfdons.com
Live Stats | Video
 
QUICK HITS

• The Dons are currently second in the West Coast Conference with 12 points, just one point behind league leaders Portland with a game in hand.
• Junior Sean Bowman is second in the West Coast Conference in goals with seven. 
• Senior midfielder Leon Schwarzer is second in the league in assists (7), and third in the league in points (17).
• Senior defender Manny Padilla is tied for third in the league in assists with six.
• The Dons defense kept their first clean sheet of the season against San Diego in which Ruben Stuiver recorded six saves.