No. 15 USC Women’s Soccer Opens 2022 Season at Purdue, Long Beach State

Women’s Soccer | August 15, 2022

LOS ANGELES – The No. 15 USC women’s soccer team opens the 2022 season on the road this week, heading to Purdue on Thursday and Long Beach State on Sunday.
 
HOW TO FOLLOW – Thursday’s season opener at Purdue will be broadcast live on the B1G Network and Sunday’s game at Long Beach State will be streamed live via LongBeachState.com. Links for all broadcasts and live stats can be found on the women’s soccer schedule page at USCTrojans.com. In-game updates will also be available on Twitter by following @USC_Wsoccer.
 
SOCIAL MEDIA – Keep up with everything USC women’s soccer this year by following the Trojans on all of their social media platforms. You can follow @USCWsoccer on Instagram and @USC_Wsoccer on Twitter, and like USC Women’s Soccer on Facebook.
 
SERIES VS PURDUE – The Trojans are 2-0 all-time against the Boilermakers. The teams last played in 2011 in Indiana, with USC picking up a 2-1 win in overtime. The only other meeting was in 2010 when the teams faced off in Fullerton, with the Trojans winning 1-0.
 
SERIES VS LBSU – The Trojans own a 5-2-1 record all-time against the 49ers, with USC winning the last two meetings. The teams last met in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Postseason, a game that USC won 6-0 at home. LBSU’s last win in the series came at home in 2016, a 1-0 victory.
 
A NEW ERA – The Trojans hired Jane Alukonis to be the fifth head coach in program history in January of this year. Alukonis comes to USC after four years as an assistant at UCLA, where she helped the Bruins to two Pac-12 Championships and an NCAA College Cup appearance. She played her college soccer at Duke where she was a four-year starter from 2006 to 2009.
 
AROD RETURNS – Joining Coach Alukonis on staff is Trojan and USWNT legend, Amy Rodriguez, who announced her retirement from professional soccer this past January. Rodriguez played 11 pro seasons, won two NWSL titles (2014, 2015), two Olympic gold medals (2008, 2012) and a World Cup championship (2015). She played at USC from 2005-08, leading the program to its first NCAA championship in 2007. Her name still litters the USC record book, with the forward sitting sixth in career points with 79, sixth in career goals with 31, ninth in career assists with 17 and third in game-winning goals with 12.
 
SUGAR ON…