Utah Soccer Returns Home to Entertain Ducks, Beavers

SALT LAKE CITY – Only two more weekends at home remain on the 2022 regular season schedule for the University of Utah women’s soccer team and they’ll be back on their own turf for a pair of Pac-12 matches starting on Thursday, when they’ll host the Oregon Ducks for a 6:30 p.m. fixture at Ute Field, followed on Sunday by a matchup against Oregon State at 1 p.m.
 

 
Game Day Promotions
Thursday night is the Utes’ Pink Game, meaning the team will be donning pink uniforms and fans can grab a pink wristband and thundersticks on their way into the field while supplies last. The team will also stick around after the final whistle for a postgame autograph session.

On Sunday, the Utes will be honoring their six-person senior class before kickoff, which consists of Luisa Delgado, Haley Farrar, Jade Gosar, Kylee Geis, Erin Bridges and Madeline Vergura. Red cowbells will be given away at the gate while supplies last and fans can also purchase tickets to the match that will allow them admission to the Utah volleyball match scheduled for 4 p.m on Sunday.

Scouting Oregon

Thursday’s contest will be the Ducks’ first conference road match of the season and they’ll be attempting to erase the memory of consecutive losses to UCLA and USC during their last homestand. Oregon started Pac-12 play by shutting out Washington on Sept. 23 and all three of the Ducks’ victories in 2022 have been shutouts. Goalkeeper Leah Freeman racked up 14 stops in her team’s defeat of the Huskies and her efforts led to her being named Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week.

Oregon is coached by former U.S. Women’s National Team assistant Graeme Abel, who is in his third season leading the program. A year ago, Abel guided the Ducks to a 9-4-6 record, their best mark in more than a decade, and their 86 points were the second-most in program history. They also set a team…