Santa Clara University

Box Score

Santa Clara SCU (5-8-3, 2-4-2)

San Francisco USF (7-6-4, 5-1-2)

Santa Clara SCU

(5-8-3, 2-4-2)

Final

Nov. 16, 2024

San Francisco USF

(7-6-4, 5-1-2)

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Santa Clara SCU	0	0	0
San Francisco USF	1	0	1

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | 11/16/2024 9:03:00 PM

Men's Soccer Drops Season Finale to San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO – Santa Clara men's soccer dropped the season finale 1-0 to San Francisco in a Saturday night road contest to wrap up the 2024 campaign with a 5-8-3 overall record including 2-4-2 in West Coast Conference play. The Broncos finished sixth (out of nine teams) in the WCC standings.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

San Francisco (7-6-4, 5-1-2 WCC) scored the lone goal of the match in the 41st minute when Isaiah Easley headed in a cross from Kian Jones to give the Dons a 1-0 lead.
Up to that point, Santa Clara (5-8-3, 2-4-2 WCC) had out shot the Dons 9-3 but trailed 1-0 heading to intermission.
The Dons nearly doubled their lead in the 80th minute but Junhwan Park's header hit the crossbar before Broncos goalkeeper Jackson Ozburn recovered it on the bounce.
Florian Deletioglu had a game-high six shots and Will Wiersdorf added four more as the Broncos finished with a 13-7 advantage but each team were on target twice.

NOTABLE NUMBERS / GAME NOTES:

Santa Clara trails the series 29-38-11 with the loss.
Deletioglu and Yoni Aidlberg started the match and finished the season as the only two Broncos to be in the starting XI for all 16 matches.

POST-GAME COMMENTS:

Head Coach Cam Rast on the match:
"We took it to them to start off the game but obviously you take a goal towards the end of the first half and it's deflating. I felt as though we got after it and were committed to the attack so that part was right. But we didn't take the moment well enough as they made the header and we had a header but missed it. So we need to take better care in those moments and we didn't and that's been a little bit of a theme for us this season."

Rast on his reflection on the season:
"Obviously, it's not the season we had hoped for. We had alot of potential and good pieces but we weren't consistent in some of the play, our lineup and that reflected on the results. I think the challenge to our guys is to take more control of the moments. We'll have a lot of our guys back next year as it's a pretty young group with plenty of sophomores and freshmen but we'll need to add some pieces. The team was frustrated with how things turned out but that's a good sign as they care and have passion for it. So as we look to next season, we have a lot of work to do and that includes with the players that return, and need to find others that can fill some of the void we'll have."

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