No. 5 Stanford vs. San Jose State
Thursday, August 22 • 7:00 p.m. PT | ACCNX
UP NEXT » Stanford faces off against San Jose State to kick off the 2024 campaign on Thursday night at Cagan Stadium. It marks the first regular season action for Stanford in 2024 after three exhibitions at Cagan earlier this August. This will be the 48th matchup in the all-time series between Stanford and San Jose State. The Cardinal has the advantage, owning a 27-13-7 record and a winning percentage of .649. The first competition between Stanford and the Spartans came in 1973 and the latest matchup came last year, when the Cardinal claimed a 2-0 victory in San Jose.
INAUGURAL ACC SEASON » Stanford kicks off it’s inaugural ACC season this year, completing its move from the Pac-12. The ACC will feature 15 men’s soccer programs, nine more conference opponents than the Cardinal had in its previous conference. Stanford will compete for ACC supremacy against Boston College, California, Clemson, Duke, Louisville, NC State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, SMU, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest. The new-look ACC features 15 men’s soccer programs this season with the addition of California, SMU and three-time national champion Stanford. Eleven of the ACC’s 15 programs competed in the NCAA Tournament last year.
STANFORD PICKED NO. 5 » The Cardinal was picked as the No. 5 team in the country by United Soccer Coaches on Tuesday. Stanford finished the 2023 season in the same ranking. The Cardinal returns the majority of its 2023 NCAA Tournament quarterfinal squad that went 11-4-5 and took down the tournament’s No. 1 seed, Marshall.
TOPDRAWER SOCCER PRESEASON BEST XI » Zach Bohane was named the No. 1 player in the TopDrawerSoccer Preseason 100, and was also named to the TDS Preseason Best XI. Shane de Flores joined Bohane on the Preseason Best XI teams, earning a spot on the second team. Bohane returns to college soccer as one of the most dynamic attackers in the country. He had eight goals and 11 assists for 27 points a season ago, and will look to continue leading Stanford from the front. De Flores adds even more firepower to an already potent Cardinal offense. The redshirt junior forward was second on the team with 22 points last season, coming from seven goals and eight assists.
ACC IN THE RANKINGS » Ten ACC teams are ranked in the preseason United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll, including five in the top 10. Clemson tops the poll at No….
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