Watching the way Eddie Soto studies his tactics board is like watching a military general plot a campaign. As head coach of the Toro men’s soccer team—a program that has topped the California Collegiate Athletic Association for the past two seasons—he knows every decision must be intentional to keep the team in front. Under Soto’s […]
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Latest COVID-19 Casualty: All Fall Sports Wiped Out
Eddie Soto will have to wait a year to walk the Toro sidelines again. Photo courtesy of Toro Athletics. By Jackson CascioStaff Reporter The California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) announced Tuesday that all NCAA sporting events will be suspended for fall 2020. The announcement was made by Dr. Gayle Hutchinson, the chair of the CCAA […]
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Men’s Playoff Hopes Hinge on Getting Defensive
By Jeremy GonzalezSports Editor After a disastrous 2018, when they finished with their worst record in program history, the CSUDH men’s soccer team enters the final six games of the California College Athletic Association as a dark horse, but one that still has a beating heart. With a possible 18 points still left on the […]
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Home is Where the Challenge is
SoCal native Eddie Soto returns to turn around men’s soccer program In 2014, Eddie Soto was hired to resuscitate the men’s soccer program at the University of San Francisco. The five-time NCAA Division I champions had finished under .500 seven straight years and had not appeared in the postseason since 2008. In his first year, […]
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Homecoming Serves as New Challenge
By Jeremy GonzalezSports Editor In 2014, Eddie Soto was hired to resuscitate the men’s soccer program at the University of San Francisco. The five-time NCAA Division I champions had finished under .500 seven straight years and had not appeared in the postseason since 2008. In his first year, Soto led them to an 11-6-2 record, […]