San Diego women’s soccer is set to kick off it’s 2025 campaign – year two under Head Coach Greg LaPorte – Thursday night in the home comforts of Torero Stadium against Cal Poly at 7 p.m.

‘Las Toreras’ are coming off an undefeated spring season with a 14-2 goal differential in six matches. With the new roster they continued that streak into the summer 2025 preseason, having drawn at SDSU and controlling Arizona Western at home already this month.

In LaPorte’s inaugural season as USD women’s soccer’s head man in 2024, the Toreros tripled their win total from the year prior, including the team’s first conference win since 2021 and a draw in the season-finale against national No. 11 Santa Clara. USD hopes to carry on that exponential growth in 2025. 

The Roster

After 42.8% of the team's goals, 41.7% of assists, 100% of goalkeeper minutes and the vast majority of defensive back line minutes came from underclassmen in 2024, that youthful core of the roster returns. This includes WCC All-Freshman recipient, defender Ella Callanan. 

Also returning is the team’s 2024 points and goals leader, junior midfielder Mikayla Abrenica, as well the minutes leaders, junior goalkeeper Elise Medrano and junior defender Kate Sealy. Senior midfielder Kylie Smith and senior forward Josefine Schlichting will captain the squad in 2025. 

Around the returning core, the lineup has been bolstered with experienced and promising talents. 

Grad-transfer Abigail Colton, a center midfielder, comes home to her native San Diego County after four years at Wake Forest where in 2024 she played in all 24 matches, including starting each match in the Demon Decons run to the National Championship game. Senior Emma Gonzalez joins USD’s back line after being a key part of UC Riverside’s defense for three seasons and brings with her experience with the Puerto Rico Women’s National Team. 

Forward Amanda Anders highlights the freshman class and provides versatility and scoring ability up top. The San Marcos, Calif. native and highly-touted recruit comes to Alcala Park where her mother, Sherice Bartling, was a Torero standout. Paige Bickley provides support at the back while Gianna Melton, Makenna Liebman and Hailey Vermilyea can on the wings and in the middle. 

The Schedule

The USD schedule is an 18-match slate that has the Toreros host 11 total matches inside Torero Stadium and take on 11 West Coast Conference matches for the first time.

Following Thursday’s season-opener against Cal Poly, San Diego will then host the UC Irvine Anteaters on Aug. 21. The two sides drew last season in Irvine, LaPorte's first career point as head coach. On Aug. 24 the Toreros will hit the road for the first time, traveling to take on UC Santa Barbara, who they also drew with last season.
 
USD returns home for a pair of Sunday home matches against opponents they claimed shutout victories against last season, facing CSUN on Aug. 31 and UC Riverside on Sept. 7.
 
The second road affair of the season will see Las Toreras face Long Beach State on Sept. 11. San Diego comes back home for its seventh and final non-conference matchup, a home tilt with California Baptist, who it drew with last year.
 
USD will face each team of the new 12-member WCC once, including new members Seattle University to round out the regular season.
 
First, the Toreros host Pacific on Sept. 24, whom they beat last season for LaPorte's first career win as head coach. Then, they travel to Spokane, Wash. to face Gonzaga on Sept. 27.
 
To start October, San Diego returns to America's Finest City to play host to Washington State on the fourth. Thereafter, the side takes a trip to Oregon to face Portland on Oct. 8 and Oregon State on Oct. 12 in Corvallis.
 
Las Toreras come home for a three-match home stand, facing Pepperdine on Oct. 17, Saint Mary's on Oct. 22 and LMU on Saturday, Oct. 25.
 
The final road trip of the regular season has USD heading up to the Bay Area, taking on San Francisco on Nov. 1 and Santa Clara on Nov. 5. The Toreros return home for the first matchup against Seattle as conference opponents, a Senior Day clash to round out the regular season on Saturday, Nov. 8.