USD Men's Soccer 2004

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2004 Season Outlook

Youthful Toreros Look To Continue Winning Ways

Head Coach Seamus McFadden, entering his 26th year directing the USD men's soccer fortunes, returns 15 players and 4 starters from last year's club that finished 12-4-4 and was a 2nd round NCAA Tournament participant. With the loss of eight seniors, including seven that started, McFadden will be looking for this returning group of Toreros to step up their production. Leading the way will be his two captains - senior midfielder Kevin Wilson (San Juan Capistrano, CA) and junior defender Tommy Von Bromsen (Gothenberg, Sweden). Wilson, who earned 2nd Team All-West Region honors and First Team All-WCC recognition, was one of USD's most consistent players a year ago. He finished with 2 goals and 2 assists while starting all 20 matches. Von Bromsen started 18 of 20 matches at sweeper where he helped the Toreros total nine shutouts. Rounding out the quartet of returning starters is sophomore keeper Lance Friesz (Laguna Nigel, CA) and sophomore forward Ryan Guy (Carlsbad, CA). Friesz, who ranked 24th in the nation in goals-against average (0.76), was named 2nd Team All-WCC. He recorded 8 shutouts on

2004 Team Captains (l-r) Tommy Von Bromsen & Kevin Wilson

the season and was tabbed the WCC Player of the Month for October 2003. Last year Guy recorded 3 goals and 3 assists and is the team's second leading returner in points, second only to Michael Caso (Newhall, CA). Caso, who netted 5 goals and finished with 13 points, leads a solid group of returners for the Toreros. USD will also look for scoring from senior forward Andrew Ehrich (Poway, CA), senior midfielder Nathan Leboffe (San Diego, CA), redshirtjunior Scott Martin (San Diego, CA) and sophomore midfielder Eric Pohl (Corvallis, OR). Rounding out the class of returners is senior forward Conor Duncan (Redlands, CA); junior midfielders Jan Prochazka and Calle Rendahl, both from Gothenberg, Sweden; redshirt sophomores Aaron Croutch (Encino, CA) and Kevin Meissner (San Diego, CA); and redshirt freshman defender Brett Hiroto (Riverside, CA). USD will have nine new players on the squad this season competing for playing time - sophomore defender Rune Knudsen (Albertslund, Denmark), sophomore transfer Sean Giroux (Coto de Caza, CA; Ohio State), sophomore D/MF Blaine Smith (Temecula, CA), freshman goalie Ian Coffman (San Diego, CA), freshman MF/D Leon Abravanel (South Lake Tahoe, CA), freshman defender Julian Santana (Poway, CA), freshman defender Dane McCleary (Kailua, HI), freshman midfielder Dustin Guerrero (San Diego, CA) and freshman midfielder Adam Mariani (Winters, CA). The Toreros, who have notched twelve straight seasons with ten or more victories, will have their work cut out

for them with another strong schedule. During the nonconference, the Toreros will play road contests against UNLV, UC Irvine, Cal Berkeley, Stanford and UCLA. USD will host three nonconference matches against Dartmouth, Michigan State and Cal State Northridge. For the first time in WCC history the Toreros will play a round-robin schedule in league play with six WCC home matches and six WCC road contests. WCC play be– gins October 1st against the Portland Pilots. In the 2004 WCC Men's Soccer Preseason Coaches Poll the Toreros

Torero keeper Lance Friesz are picked to finish 4th. The picks are as follows: 1. Santa Clara, 33 points (3 first place votes), 2. Portland, 30 points (2), 3. Loyola Marymount, 28 points (2), 4. San Diego, 20 points, 5. San Francisco, 14 points, 6. Gonzaga and Saint Mary's, 11 points. Final 2003 WCC Standings - Thmn ~ Overall SantaClara*# 5-1-0 16-4-4 San Diego# 4-2-0 12-4-4 Portland# 3-2-1 10-9-1 SanFrancisco 3-2-1 9-10-1 LoyolaMarymount# 3-3-0 12-7-1 SaintMary's 2-4-0 8-11-0 Gonzaga 0-6-0 5-11-1 *WCCCbampion #NCAATourney USD NCAA Tournament Appearances - 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1990