Pilots Top Dons in Season Finale

Saturday, November 11

Portland, Ore.

7:00 PM

University of San Francisco

8-4-5, 2-3-2

#13 Portland

12-4-0, 5-2-0

Team	1	2	Final F
San Francisco	0	0	0
Portland	0	2	2

Photo by: Christina Leung

11/11/2023 10:00:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

By: Josh Bascos

PORTLAND, Ore. – Closing out the 2023 campaign with one final road game, the University of San Francisco men's soccer team (8-4-5, 2-3-2 WCC) fell to No. 13 Portland (12-4, 5-2 WCC), 2-0, on Saturday night at Merlo Field.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

Both teams were focused defensively in the first half, as the two clubs combined for only six shots in the opening 45 minutes of play - Gabriel Bracken Serra fired off the first shot of the game for San Francisco in the 26^th minute, with Max Chretien following with an attempt of his own in the 39^th minute.
Without any of USF's six shots finding the back of the net in the first half, Portland and San Francisco headed into the break in a scoreless tie.
Coming out of the locker room, Portland quickly erased the tie with a goal in the 49^th minute by midfielder Nick Fernandez as the Pilots took a 1-0 advantage.
Portland doubled its lead in the 84^th minute with a goal by midfielder Sebastian Nava.
Time expired with the Dons unable to get on the scoreboard as No.13 Portland picked up the 2-0 victory at home.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:

Bracken Serra attempted a team-high two shots in the match, rounding out the season with the second-most shots on the team (35) behind Olivier Sylvain (42).
In goal, Eric Waltz recorded five saves in the match, bumping up his season total to 45 to finish fourth overall in the conference.

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MERCHANDISE:
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SPONSOR THE DONS:
The University of San Francisco Athletics Department would like to acknowledge and thank our primary sponsor - San Francisco Toyota - for their continued support of USF Athletics. Interested in sponsoring the Dons? Please contact Frank Allocco, the Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director of External Relations, at fallocco@usfca.edu or at (415) 422-4561.