•          Portland beat San Diego 5-4 in a downpour Oct. 10 at Torero Stadium, leaving the Toreros 6-3-3 overall and 1-1-2 in WCC play.             The nine goals were the most in a San Diego match this season, and the Toreros' four were a season high.
•          Oliver Rhoades answered Portland's third-minute opener in the eighth, firing a rebound left-footed into the bottom right corner             from 16 yards for his first goal of the season and his first since 2024.
•          After the Pilots went back in front in the 12th minute, Steven Ramirez made it 2-2 in the 51st, heading in from the near side after             Tobias Polz nodded a Matteo Salcedo free kick back across the goal mouth. It was Ramirez's team-leading sixth goal of the season.
•          Portland answered with two goals in 21 seconds, the first coming 42 seconds after Ramirez's equalizer, and converted a 64th-            minute penalty kick for a 5-2 lead.
•          Kevin Pena came off the bench to score twice in 1:58 and pull San Diego within one with 17 minutes to play. He struck a right-            footed free kick from 25 yards into the upper-left corner in the 71st minute, then looped an 18-yard shot over the goalkeeper in             the 73rd after Lucien Wa Bwanda and Rhoades combined on the right flank.
•          They were Pena's first goals since his freshman season in 2022 and the first multi-goal match of his career.
•          San Diego outshot Portland 17-14, including 12-7 after halftime, and held a 7-2 edge in corner kicks and 58% of possession.             Portland put eight of its 14 shots on target, and Lucca Adams made three saves.
•          Iain Wagner led the Toreros with four shots, and Pena put two of his three on target.
•          San Diego played without captain Mathias Bauer, who is out with an injury, and wing-back Luca Fava, who had started each of the             first 11 matches. Conner Gardenhour made his first start of the season, and 16 Toreros saw action.
•          Taj Eagleston came off in the 69th minute, his first time off the pitch this season after playing every minute of the first 11             matches.
•          The result evened the all-time series at 23-23-8 and gave Portland its fourth straight win over San Diego. It also ended the             Toreros' 13-match regular-season unbeaten run at Torero Stadium (11-0-2), which began after the Pilots' previous visit in             November 2024.
  •          Saturday is the 13th all-time meeting between San Diego and Pacific. The Toreros lead the series 8-4-0 and have outscored the             Tigers 21-13.
•          San Diego has won the last four meetings without conceding, outscoring Pacific 8-0: 2-0 in Stockton on Nov. 4, 2022, 4-0 at Torero             Stadium on Nov. 4, 2023, 1-0 in Stockton on Nov. 2, 2024, and 1-0 at Torero Stadium on Oct. 31, 2025.
•          Pacific's last win in the series was a 2-1 decision at Torero Stadium on Nov. 5, 2021, and its last home win over San Diego came             Nov. 2, 2019, 4-2. The Toreros have won all three of their trips to Stockton since: 2-1 on Feb. 28, 2021, 2-0 in 2022 and 1-0 in             2024.
•          In the most recent meeting, Iain Wagner's low right-footed strike from just outside the box in the 51st minute, off an Owen Walz             assist, gave No. 10 San Diego a 1-0 win on Halloween night. The Toreros outshot Pacific 20-7 and 9-1 on target, and Lucca Adams             needed one save for his seventh clean sheet of the season.
•          Steven Ramirez scored the only goal of the last meeting in Stockton on Nov. 2, 2024, a second-half header off assists from Luca             Fava and Ethan Warne, as No. 4 San Diego outshot the Tigers 17-2. •          The loss to Portland left San Diego 1-1-2 in WCC play with five points and four league matches left: at Pacific on Saturday, against             Santa Clara (Oct. 21), at Seattle U (Oct. 31) and against Saint Mary's (Nov. 6).
•          Portland (3-0-0) leads with nine points. Denver and Pacific (2-0-1) are next with seven, and San Diego, Seattle U and Santa Clara             have five apiece.
•          The 2025 Toreros lost to Portland in their third WCC match, falling to 1-1-1, and then won their last six league matches to claim             the title.
•          All four of San Diego's WCC losses since the start of the 2022 season have come against Portland. The Toreros are 25-0-5 against             the rest of the conference over that span.
•          USD went 25-3-3 in WCC regular-season play across its four title seasons: 6-0-1 in 2022, 5-1-1 in 2023, 7-1-0 in 2024 and 7-1-1 in             2025. The 2025 crown made San Diego the first program in league history to win four straight.
•          The 2026 WCC men's soccer field has nine teams, with Denver joining this season, and each plays an eight-match league schedule.
•          For the first time, the WCC will stage a men's soccer tournament. The top four regular-season finishers meet in single-elimination             semifinals on Nov. 11 and a final on Nov. 14, with the higher seed hosting each match.
•          The tournament champion, not the regular-season champion, now earns the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

TEAM	WCC	PTS	OVERALL
Portland	3-0-0	9	6-3-2
Denver	2-0-1	7	3-6-2
Pacific	2-0-1	7	3-7-3
Seattle U	1-0-2	5	4-4-3
San Diego	1-1-2	5	6-3-3
Santa Clara	1-1-2	5	4-6-2
San Francisco	0-1-3	3	4-5-4
Saint Mary's	0-3-1	1	2-8-4
LMU	0-4-0	0	1-8-2

Standings as of Oct. 16, ranked by points (three for a win, one for a draw). The top four finishers qualify for the WCC Tournament. •          Saturday is San Diego's ninth road match in 13 outings this season. The Toreros are 4-2-2 away from Torero Stadium, and both             losses were 1-0 decisions at nationally ranked teams: No. 1 Stanford and No. 16 Kansas City.
•          Four of San Diego's six wins have come on the road, all by a 2-1 score: at Washington, California Baptist, UC Irvine and LMU.
•          The Toreros have allowed exactly one goal in seven of their eight road matches and nine in all, while scoring 11.
•          San Diego is 1-0-1 on the road in WCC play after a 2-1 win at LMU on Sept. 30 and a 2-2 draw at San Francisco on Oct. 3.
•          The Toreros have played before 7,910 fans in eight road matches, an average of 989, led by 1,801 at Washington on Aug. 20.
•          After Saturday, two of San Diego's final four regular-season matches are at Torero Stadium: Santa Clara on Oct. 21 and Saint Mary's             on Nov. 6. •          San Diego has conceded first in seven of its 12 matches and is 3-3-1 in them. Against Portland, the Toreros answered the Pilots'             third-minute opener 4:24 later and drew level again in the 51st minute before Portland pulled away.
•          Half of the Toreros' six wins have come after conceding the first goal: against Liberty on Aug. 23, at UC Irvine on Sept. 8 and at             LMU on Sept. 30.
•          The three losses after conceding first were 1-0 road defeats at No. 1 Stanford, on an 89th-minute goal, and at Kansas City, where             the Toreros played the final 54 minutes with 10 men, and the 5-4 home loss to Portland.
•          Even down 5-2 against Portland, San Diego scored twice in 1:58 through Kevin Pena to make it 5-4 with 17 minutes to play.
•          The answer at LMU took 68 seconds. The Lions scored at 21:45, and Steven Ramirez equalized at 22:53.
•          San Diego trailed 1-0 at halftime against Liberty and at UC Irvine. The Toreros scored three times between the 54th and 64th             minutes to beat the Flames 3-1, then scored twice in a span of 2:21 to beat the Anteaters 2-1.
•          Six of the seven goals in the three comeback wins have come after halftime. Ramirez has three of the seven and Taj Eagleston two,             both of them game-winners.
•          The Toreros have been quick to capitalize elsewhere as well. Ramirez scored twice in 91 seconds against Liberty, and Luca Fava's             winner at California Baptist came 45 seconds after the Lancers went down to 10 men. •          Kevin Pena's two goals against Portland came in 38 minutes off the bench, making him the third Torero to score as a substitute             this season. Substitutes have scored four of San Diego's 20 goals.
•          Conner Gardenhour scored seven minutes after entering at halftime at UC Irvine, starting the comeback in a 2-1 win, and Devin             Zachry equalized at San Francisco less than 10 minutes after coming on in the 32nd minute.
•          Substitutes have also set up four goals: Jaxson Findlay and Matteo Salcedo against Liberty, Tony Ramirez at California Baptist and             Samy Kanaan against San Diego State.
•          Zachry has come off the bench in all 12 matches, and Findlay and Elijah Zelkind have nine substitute appearances each.
•          Twenty-four Toreros have played this season, and 19 have made at least one start. •          San Diego is No. 35 in the NCAA RPI through games of Oct. 15, the highest of the nine WCC teams. Portland is next at No. 41.
•          The Toreros fell out of the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 this week after appearing in each of the first eight coaches polls of the             season.
•          San Diego is also unranked in the Top Drawer Soccer Top 25 released Oct. 12, a week after sitting at No. 18.
•          USD opened the season at No. 18 in the coaches poll and climbed to No. 2 on Aug. 25, the highest the program has ever appeared             in that poll.
•          The Toreros reached No. 1 in the Top Drawer Soccer Division I Top 25 on Aug. 24, the first time the program has held the top spot             in a national poll.
•          San Diego's previous best in either poll was No. 3, reached in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 on Nov. 5, 2024, at 12-1-2.
•          Four 2026 opponents are in this week's coaches poll: No. 10 UCLA, which hosts the Toreros on Oct. 25, No. 11 Kansas City, No. 13             Washington and No. 25 Stanford. San Diego beat Washington 2-1 in the opener and lost 1-0 at Kansas City and Stanford. •          Since taking over in 2018, head coach Brian Quinn has faced ranked opponents 24 times and is 8-11-5 in those matches.
•          No. 1 Washington remains both the highest-ranked opponent of the Quinn era and his highest-ranked win, ahead of a 2018             meeting with No. 2 Duke that the Toreros dropped.
•          That list of wins also includes No. 6 Washington in 2023, No. 7 Portland in 2022, No. 10 Duke in 2024 and No. 10 Oregon State in             2025.
•          Stanford was the 12th top-10 opponent of the Quinn era and the fourth top-three opponent since 2018.
•          San Diego has already faced the nation's No. 1 team twice this season.
•          Kansas City, No. 16 at kickoff on Sept. 20, was Quinn's 24th ranked opponent and the third of 2026. San Diego is 1-2-0 against             ranked teams this season, with both losses by a 1-0 score. •          USD's Aug. 20 win at Washington was the fifth time in program history San Diego has beaten a No. 1-ranked opponent, and the             first under Brian Quinn. The Huskies were the defending national champions.
•          The previous one came Sept. 26, 2014, a 1-0 win over No. 1 UCLA at Torero Stadium in front of a program-record crowd of 4,432.
•          Taj Eagleston opened the scoring in the 11th minute in Seattle, finishing an assist from Steven Ramirez whose own strike had             been cleared off the goal line. Devin Dillon doubled the lead in the 53rd.
•          Lucca Adams went the full 90 and made four saves against 16 Washington shots and 11 corner kicks. The result moved San Diego             to 3-3-2 all time against the Huskies. •          Taj Eagleston and Luca Fava swept the West Coast Conference men's soccer weekly honors on Sept. 14, with Eagleston named             Offensive Player of the Week and Fava Defensive Player of the Week after 2-1 wins at UC Irvine and against San Diego State.
•          Eagleston scored the game-winner in both matches, in the 55th minute at UC Irvine and the 34th against San Diego State, and             played all 180 minutes while leading the Toreros with nine shots, four on target.
•          Fava started both wins at wing-back and played 154 minutes, helping San Diego allow just two goals and four shots on target for             the week.
•          Fava finished the week with three shots, one on goal, and an assist. He took the corner that started the move on Iain Wagner's             opener against San Diego State and supplied the cross for Eagleston's winner.
•          Eagleston became the second Torero to earn WCC Offensive Player of the Week honors this season, following Steven Ramirez on             Aug. 24. •          Senior forward Steven Ramirez was named the WCC Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week for Aug. 24, 2026.
•          Ramirez had a hand in three of the Toreros' five goals during the 2-0-0 opening week, setting up the opener at Washington before             scoring twice in 91 seconds against Liberty as San Diego rallied for a 3-1 win.
•          The honor is the first conference weekly award of Ramirez's career and the first WCC Offensive Player of the Week award of the             2026 season. He is the first Torero recognized since Iain Wagner earned the same honor on Nov. 17, 2025.
•          He has since added penalties at UC Santa Barbara and San Francisco, the equalizer at LMU and a headed equalizer against             Portland, and leads the Toreros with six goals on 36 shots through 12 matches.
•          The Garden Grove, Calif., native has drawn WCC postseason recognition in each of his first three seasons, landing on the All-WCC             Freshman Team in 2023, honorable mention in 2024 and the second team in 2025. •          San Diego has scored 20 goals on 166 shots, 58 of them on target, and has outshot its opponents 166-139 overall and 58-40 on             frame.
•          The Toreros are averaging 1.67 goals per match and have allowed exactly one goal in nine of their 12 matches. The exceptions are             the Sept. 26 shutout of Denver, the 2-2 draw at San Francisco and the 5-4 loss to Portland.
•          Twelve of San Diego's 20 goals have come after halftime, including six of the seven in its three comeback wins.
•          Steven Ramirez leads the team with six goals and 13 points, and Taj Eagleston has four goals and nine points. The two have             combined for 10 of the Toreros' 20 goals.
•          Eagleston has three of the team's six game-winning goals. Noah James and Kevin Pena have two goals apiece, and Devin Dillon,             Luca Fava, Conner Gardenhour, Oliver Rhoades, Iain Wagner and Devin Zachry have one each, giving San Diego 10 different goal             scorers.
•          Wagner leads the Toreros with four assists, Fava and Matteo Salcedo have three each, and Mathias Bauer and Rhoades have two             each. Twelve players have recorded the 21 Torero assists, which have come in seven of the 12 matches.
•          Seventeen different Toreros have recorded at least one point in 2026, and 24 have seen action. Pena, Tobias Polz and Lucien Wa             Bwanda all recorded their first points of the season against Portland.
•          Five Toreros have started all 12 matches: Lucca Adams, Eagleston, Ramirez, Rhoades and Wagner. Gardenhour's start against             Portland made him the 19th different Torero to start a match this season.
•          San Diego is 2-for-2 on penalty kicks this season, both converted by Ramirez, and opponents are also 2-for-2.
•          Adams is 6-3-3 in goal with 24 saves and 16 goals allowed across 12 starts and 1,080 minutes, a .600 save percentage and a 1.33             goals-against average.
•          Adams has gone the full 90 in all 12 matches. Eagleston played every minute of the first 11 before coming off in the 69th against             Portland. •          San Diego is 6-1-2 when it scores at least one goal and 0-2-1 when held off the board, with both losses coming by a 1-0 score.
•          The Toreros are 6-1-1 when scoring at least twice, and five of their six wins have come by the same 2-1 score.
•          USD is 3-0-1 when scoring first and 3-3-1 when conceding first, with comeback wins against Liberty, at UC Irvine and at LMU.
•          San Diego is 3-0-1 when leading at halftime, 2-1-0 when trailing at the break and 1-2-2 when level.
•          Eleven of the 12 matches have been decided by one goal or ended level, and San Diego is 5-3-0 in one-goal games. The lone             exception is the 3-1 win over Liberty.
•          The Toreros are 4-2-2 on the road and 2-1-1 at Torero Stadium in 2026.
•          San Diego is 1-1-2 in WCC play and 5-2-1 against non-conference opponents. •          San Diego has allowed 40 shots on goal in 12 matches, 3.3 per match, while putting 58 on frame at the other end.
•          Eight of 12 opponents have managed two or fewer shots on target, and Denver is still the only one to finish without one.
•          San Francisco put a season-high 10 shots on target against the Toreros on Oct. 3, and Portland followed with eight. No other             opponent has managed more than five.
•          Portland was also the first team to score more than twice against San Diego this season. Six of the 16 goals the Toreros have             allowed have come in the first half.
•          Opponents are shooting .115 for the season, with 16 goals on 139 attempts.
•          Pacific arrives with 19 goals in 13 matches, seven of them in its three WCC matches, and has put 52 of its 102 shots on target. •          San Diego has outshot its opponents 99-79 after halftime in 2026 and outscored them 12-10, after holding an 8-6 goal edge in             first halves.
•          Five of San Diego's six game-winning goals have been scored after halftime.
•          Forty of USD's 69 corner kicks this season have come after the break.
•          Opposing goalkeepers have made 20 of their 38 saves against San Diego in second halves.
•          Portland followed the pattern. The Toreros outshot the Pilots 12-7 after halftime, scored three of their four goals after the break             and took five of their seven corners in the second half.

MINUTES	1-15	16-30	31-45	46-60	61-75	76-90	TOTAL
San Diego	4	2	2	6	5	1	20
Opponents	3	2	1	2	5	3	16

Goals by minute of the match, through 12 matches.
•          The first 15 minutes after halftime have been San Diego's most productive stretch. Six of its 20 goals have come between the 46th             and 60th minutes.
•          More than half of the Toreros' goals, 11 of 20, have come between the 46th and 75th minutes.
•          San Diego has scored in the opening 15 minutes four times: Taj Eagleston's 11th-minute opener at Washington, Steven Ramirez's             12th-minute penalty at UC Santa Barbara, Noah James' 14th-minute goal at California Baptist and Oliver Rhoades' eighth-minute             equalizer against Portland.
•          Opponents have scored eight of their 16 goals after the 60th minute, including three after the 75th: Stanford's 89th-minute             winner, UC Santa Barbara's 78th-minute equalizer and San Diego State's 90th-minute goal.
•          Kevin Pena's goals in the 71st and 73rd minutes against Portland made the 61st-to-75th-minute window San Diego's second-most             productive, with five goals. Eagleston's 79th-minute winner at LMU is still the only goal San Diego has scored after the 75th             minute. •          San Diego announced Oct. 6 that Mike "Nico" Nicholson has been promoted to senior associate head coach and Frankie Sanfilippo             to associate head coach.
•          Nicholson is in his 22nd season with the program after joining the staff in 2005 under former head coach Seamus McFadden. He             has helped the Toreros win six WCC titles and earn five NCAA Tournament berths.
•          Sanfilippo, a San Diego native, is in his sixth season after joining the staff in 2021 from Albion FC and has been part of each of             USD's four straight WCC titles and NCAA Tournament trips. He played at San Jose State before a 13-year professional career that             included a 2012 NASL title with Tampa Bay. Last season in 2025 — Brian Quinn's eighth season as USD men's soccer head coach — he led the Toreros to their fourth consecutive West Coast Conference championship, a feat no program in league history had ever accomplished. As San Diego works through 2026, it is chasing an unprecedented fifth straight WCC title. Here's what the Toreros accomplished along the way:
•          Won their fourth straight WCC Championship — the first program in conference history to do so — with a 4-2 road win over No. 10             Oregon State to clinch the crown
•          Finished the regular season 13-2-3 overall and 7-1-1 in WCC play, good for a No. 7 national ranking
•          Earned the No. 9 overall seed and a first-round bye in the 2025 NCAA Tournament
•          Posted nine shutouts on the season, including a stretch of five straight clean sheets in the middle of conference play
•          Advanced to the postseason for the fourth consecutive year, falling 2-1 to Grand Canyon in the NCAA Tournament second round at             Torero Stadium — one year after reaching the Sweet Sixteen with wins over UC Davis and Duke
•          Head coach Brian Quinn was named WCC Coach of the Year, with Lucca Adams (Goalkeeper of the Year) and Ethan Warne             (Defensive Player of the Year) headlining nine total All-WCC selections •          Three Toreros were named to the 2026 WCC Preseason Team and San Diego was picked to finish second in the 2026 WCC             Preseason Coaches Poll.
•          Goalkeeper Lucca Adams, midfielder Noah James and forward Iain Wagner comprised USD's preseason team honorees.
•          Portland was tabbed as the league's preseason favorite, receiving six of the nine first-place votes and totaling 62 points. San             Diego received two first-place votes and finished with 55 points, three ahead of third-place Denver, which received the final first-            place vote and totaled 53 points. #1 Lucca Adams | RS Sophomore | Goalkeeper | São Paulo, Brazil | California Connections Academy | UCLA
Through 12 Matches
•          Has started all 12 matches and played all 1,080 minutes in goal
•          6-3-3 with 24 saves against 16 goals allowed, a .600 save percentage and a 1.33 goals-against average
•          Made three saves against Portland, two of them after halftime
•          Made a career-high eight saves at San Francisco, five of them before halftime, doubling his previous best of four
•          Recorded his first clean sheet of 2026 against Denver without facing a shot on target
•          Has conceded exactly one goal in nine of the 12 matches, coming within 14 seconds of a clean sheet against San Diego State
•          Kept a clean sheet with one save in last season's 1-0 win over Pacific on Oct. 31, his seventh shutout of 2025
•          Posted a program-record 0.58 goals-against average and eight shutouts in 2025, when he was named WCC Goalkeeper of the Year,             and has nine career clean sheets

#7 Oliver Rhoades | Senior | Midfielder | Huntington Beach, Calif. | California Connections Academy
Through 12 Matches
•          Has started all 12 matches and logged 759 minutes
•          Scored and assisted against Portland, equalizing in the eighth minute with a first-time left-footer off a rebound from 16 yards and             combining with Lucien Wa Bwanda on the move that produced Kevin Pena's second goal
•          The goal was his first of 2026 and his first since 2024, when he scored three times and earned All-WCC honorable mention
•          Has four points this season on a goal and two assists, and has put five of his 11 shots on target
•          Recorded his first assist of 2026 at LMU, setting up Steven Ramirez's 23rd-minute equalizer
•          Assisted Samy Kanaan's goal in a 4-0 win over Pacific in 2023
•          Had three assists as a junior in 2025

#8 Taj Eagleston | Junior | Midfielder | Hermosa Beach, Calif. | California Connections Academy
Through 12 Matches
•          Has started all 12 matches and logged 1,059 minutes, the most of any Torero in the field
•          Came off in the 69th minute against Portland, his first time off the pitch this season after playing all 990 minutes of the first 11             matches
•          Scored the game-winner in the 79th minute at LMU, an unassisted strike for his fourth goal of the season
•          Has scored the winning goal in each of San Diego's last three victories: at UC Irvine (Sept. 8), against San Diego State (Sept. 13)             and at LMU (Sept. 30)
•          Ranks second on the team with four goals and nine points and leads the Toreros with three game-winning goals; all four of his             goals have come in 2-1 wins
•          Has appeared on Top Drawer Soccer's weekly Player of the Year Leaderboard this season
•          Named WCC Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 14 after scoring the game-winner in 2-1 wins at UC Irvine and against San             Diego State
•          Doubled the lead in the 34th minute against San Diego State, slotting a first-time left-footer into the bottom-left corner from the             edge of the six-yard box
•          Scored the game-winner in the 55th minute at UC Irvine, burying a half volley after his first attempt came back off the post
•          Opened the scoring in the 11th minute at Washington, finishing a Steven Ramirez assist for the first goal of his USD career
•          Picked up an assist on Luca Fava's 66th-minute winner at California Baptist

#9 Steven Ramirez | Senior | Forward | Garden Grove, Calif. | Virtual Learning Academy
Through 12 Matches
•          Has started all 12 matches and logged 859 minutes
•          Leads the Toreros with six goals, 13 points and 36 shots, 10 of them on target
•          Headed in the 51st-minute equalizer against Portland from the near side after Tobias Polz nodded a Matteo Salcedo free kick back             across the goal mouth
•          Has 19 career goals, one shy of 20: one as a freshman in 2023, four in 2024, eight in 2025 and six this season
•          Scored the only goal of San Diego's 1-0 win at Pacific on Nov. 2, 2024, a second-half header
•          Put San Diego ahead 2-1 with a 53rd-minute penalty at San Francisco and is 2-for-2 from the spot this season
•          Equalized in the 23rd minute at LMU, 68 seconds after the Lions went ahead, finishing off assists from Oliver Rhoades and Iain             Wagner
•          Appeared on Top Drawer Soccer's Player of the Year Leaderboard in its Sept. 10 update
•          Scored twice in a span of 91 seconds against Liberty, in the 62nd and 64th minutes, putting San Diego ahead for good in a 3-1             comeback win
•          Converted a penalty in the 12th minute at UC Santa Barbara for San Diego's only goal of the night
•          Assisted Taj Eagleston's 11th-minute opener at Washington; his own strike a minute earlier was cleared off the goal line
•          Named WCC Offensive Player of the Week on Aug. 24, the first conference weekly award of his career
•          Has two yellow cards this season: the 72nd minute at Stanford and the 90th at Kansas City

#11 Devin Zachry | Junior | Forward | Mission Viejo, Calif. | Capistrano Valley | Fairfield
Through 12 Matches
•          Has appeared in all 12 matches off the bench, totaling 291 minutes
•          Played the final 10 minutes of the first half against Portland
•          Equalized in the 42nd minute at San Francisco for his first goal of 2026, less than 10 minutes after entering as a substitute, off             assists from Iain Wagner and Luca Fava
•          The goal was his fourth as a Torero; he had three goals and two assists as a sophomore in 2025, his first season at USD, scoring             against UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine and Seattle U
•          Had three goals and five assists as a freshman at Fairfield in 2024, earning MAAC Rookie of the Week honors twice

#13 Iain Wagner | Junior | Forward | San Diego, Calif. | Saint Augustine
Through 12 Matches
•          Has started all 12 matches and logged 980 minutes
•          Led San Diego with four shots against Portland and went the full 90
•          Leads the Toreros with four assists, the most recent on Devin Zachry's 42nd-minute equalizer at San Francisco, and ranks second             with 27 shots and nine on target
•          Ranks third on the team with six points on a goal and four assists
•          Scored the only goal of last season's 1-0 win over Pacific on Oct. 31, a low right-footed strike from just outside the box in the 51st             minute
•          Has 10 career goals, nine of them during a 22-point sophomore season in 2025
•          Has assisted two of Steven Ramirez's six goals: the 64th-minute insurance goal against Liberty, on a through ball behind the back             line, and the 23rd-minute equalizer at LMU
•          Led all players against Denver with season highs of five shots and three on target, forcing three of Alex Hohl's six saves
•          Scored his first goal of 2026 in the 17th minute against San Diego State, finishing left-footed from 25 yards off a recycled corner
•          Assisted Luca Fava's 66th-minute winner at California Baptist

#21 Kevin Pena | Graduate | Midfielder | San Marcos, Calif. | San Marcos
Through 12 Matches
•          Has appeared in four matches, all off the bench, totaling 87 minutes
•          Scored twice in 38 minutes off the bench against Portland, the first multi-goal match of his career and his first goals since 2022
•          Struck a right-footed free kick from 25 yards into the upper-left corner in the 71st minute, then looped an 18-yard shot over the             goalkeeper in the 73rd, 1:58 later
•          Has scored on both of his shots on target this season
•          Has four career goals and six career assists: two goals and two assists as a freshman in 2022 and four assists as a sophomore in             2023
•          Had the primary assist on Oliver Rhoades' go-ahead goal against No. 6 Washington in 2023; Rhoades helped set up his second             goal against Portland
•          Scored a go-ahead goal in the 39th minute against Santa Clara as a freshman in 2022

#24 Luca Fava | Junior | Midfielder | Yorba Linda, Calif. | Pearson Academy
Through 12 Matches
•          Has started all 11 matches he has played and logged 805 minutes
•          Did not play against Portland, ending a run of 11 straight starts to open the season
•          Assisted Devin Zachry's 42nd-minute equalizer at San Francisco, his third assist of 2026
•          Has five points this season on a goal and three assists
•          Assisted Steven Ramirez's goal in San Diego's 1-0 win at Pacific in 2024
•          Led all players with a season-high five shots in 58 minutes at LMU
•          Named WCC Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 14 after starting at wing-back in 2-1 wins at UC Irvine and against San Diego             State
•          Assisted Taj Eagleston's 34th-minute game-winner against San Diego State with a first-time cross from the left, and his corner kick             started the move on Iain Wagner's opener
•          Scored his first goal of 2026 in the 66th minute at California Baptist, the game-winner, 45 seconds after the Lancers went down to             10 men

#29 Devin Dillon | Junior | Defender | Draper, Utah | Corner Canyon
Through 12 Matches
•          Has appeared in all 12 matches with nine starts, logging 903 minutes
•          Has gone the full 90 at the back in each of the last four matches: against Denver, at LMU, at San Francisco and against Portland
•          Scored what proved to be the game-winner in the 53rd minute at Washington, finishing from inside the box for the first goal of his             Torero career
•          Came off the bench at halftime at Kansas City and played 38 minutes
•          Put a late look wide in the 89th minute at UC Santa Barbara and led San Diego with four fouls in that match Head coach Brian Quinn added three transfers to the back line for the 2026 season. Those three players are:

#3 Lucien Wa Bwanda | Junior | Defender | Amsterdam, the Netherlands | Nova College | Indiana Wesleyan | Cal State Fullerton
Through 12 Matches
•          Has appeared in 10 of the 12 matches with nine starts, for a total of 666 minutes
•          Recorded his first point as a Torero against Portland, crossing for Kevin Pena's 73rd-minute goal after a give-and-go with Oliver             Rhoades on the right flank
•          Came off the bench at LMU, playing the final 18 minutes in his return from the one-match suspension that followed his red card             at Kansas City on Sept. 20
•          Has gone the full 90 six times: in his Torero debut at Washington, at Stanford, at California Baptist, against San Diego State, at San             Francisco and against Portland
•          Came off in the 27th minute at UC Santa Barbara after picking up a yellow card in the 19th
•          Put a shot over the bar in the 81st minute at California Baptist, and his other attempt this season was blocked in the 11th minute             at San Francisco

#6 Tobias Polz | Graduate | Defender | Graz, Austria | HAK Mattersburg | University of Derby
Through 12 Matches
•          Has started all seven matches he has played, at California Baptist, UC Irvine, Kansas City, LMU and San Francisco and against             Denver and Portland, for a total of 616 minutes
•          Recorded his first point as a Torero against Portland, heading a Matteo Salcedo free kick back across the goal mouth for Steven             Ramirez's 51st-minute equalizer
•          Has gone the full 90 in each of his last six appearances
•          Took three of his four shots this season at Kansas City, including an 85th-minute effort that came off the woodwork, and sent his             fourth wide in the 13th minute at San Francisco

#33 Leo Arndt | Junior | Defender | Cologne, Germany | Lore-Lorentz-Schule | Rider
Through 12 Matches
•          Has yet to appear in 2026 Head coach Brian Quinn welcomed a freshman class of five to campus this fall. Those five are:
•          #0 Artur Rojas | Goalkeeper | São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil — yet to appear
•          #15 Issak Luna | Midfielder | Yuma, Ariz. — has appeared six times, playing 24 minutes against Portland and forcing a save with a             62nd-minute shot; made his first career start at California Baptist and logged 34 minutes in his collegiate debut at Washington
•          #20 Jojo Adamitis | Forward | Glen Carbon, Ill. — yet to appear
•          #25 Wyatt Marin | Forward | London, England — made his collegiate debut at UC Santa Barbara, entering in the 27th minute and             playing 18 minutes; has not appeared since
•          #27 Tony Ramirez | Midfielder | Escondido, Calif. — has appeared six times, including six second-half minutes against Denver, with             starts at UC Irvine and against San Diego State; sent in the cross that broke to Conner Gardenhour for the 53rd-minute equalizer             at UC Irvine and assisted Noah James' opener at California Baptist for the first point of his career