Ducks Return Home to Host New Mexico, GCU

The third week of the season finds Oregon hosting New Mexico on Thursday (6:30 p.m.) and Grand Canyon on Sunday (11 a.m.). This will be the first visit to Papé Field for either school. The Lobos defeated the Ducks, 3-1, last season, while the Lopes edged Oregon, 1-0, in 2023.

ONE-TIMERS
• Oregon has allowed just one goal through its first four games. That's the best defensive effort by a Duck team since the 2014 squad also held the opposition to one goal in its first four games.
• Six different players have scored for the Ducks this season. In Sunday's 3-0 win against Hawai'i, fifth-year players Sydney Chura and Cailin Bloom registered their first career NCAA goals (Chura scored 70 goals at the NAIA level).
• Carly Cormack also found the net against Hawai'i, scoring a goal on the same field where she won the 2024 high school state title.
• With a 1-1 tournament record, Oregon claimed the Outrigger Soccer Kickoff title by virtue of goal differential (plus-2).
• Tracy Joyner now has a 129-78-28 career record. Prior to Oregon, she built winning programs at a junior college (41-15-7 at Santa Rosa JC), at an NCAA Division II school (36-25-12 at San Francisco State) and at the DI level (49-37-8 at UC Davis).
• Sixth-year player Taylor Bryan opened the season with her second career two-goal game, and first at Oregon, Aug. 14 against Weber State. They were her 11th and 12th career goals. Miya Alamares and Lauren Kenny also found the net against the Wildcats.
• Aug. 17 versus Portland, the Ducks limited the Pilots to just two shots on goal in a 0-0 draw..
• Oregon has two alums playing professionally in the NWSL: Chardonnay Curran (Chicago Red Stars) and Leah Freeman (Bay FC).

USC GAME MOVED
The game between Oregon and USC has been moved to Friday, Oct. 3 at 1 p.m. The game was initially scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 4.

CORMACK SCORES IN SPECIAL HOMECOMING
Sydney Chura took advantage of a defensive mistake to score early and Hawaii native Carly Cormack scored a goal on the field where she won the 2024 state high school championship as the Ducks closed out the Outrigger Soccer Kickoff with a 3-0 victory over Hawai'i Aug. 24 at the Waipi'o Soccer Complex. Cailin Bloom added a late goal in the 88th minute, the first career goal for the fifth-year player from Dixon, Calif. Oregon bounced back from a disappointing 1-0 loss to Sacramento State (Aug. 21) to claim the Outrigger Soccer Kickoff title by virtue of goal differential (plus-2). It was Oregon's first win in four tries against Hawai'i.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRACE FOR TAYLOR BRYAN
Taylor Bryan helped Oregon win its 2025 season-opener by scoring two goals on her birthday - Aug. 14 - in the Ducks' 4-0 victory over Weber State. She scored Oregon's first goal in the 19th minute and its third in the 66th minute. It was Bryan's second career two-goal game and her first as a Duck. Her other brace came Oct. 22, 2022, against Virginia when Bryan was at Virginia Tech. In addition to Bryan, freshman Miya Alamares scored her first career goal against the Wildcats, while Lauren Kenny knocked in her second. Sydney Chura, Carly Cormack and Alexis Cockrill-Gonzalez all recorded assists in the season opener. In goal, Caeley Goldstein made seven saves to earn the win.

SCORE FOUR
By scoring four goals in the opener against Weber State on Aug. 14, the Ducks reached a handful of benchmarks.
* The four-goal margin was the biggest ever for a head coach in their first game at Oregon in the modern era (1996-present).
* It was the most goals scored by Oregon since a 4-2 defeat of Northern Arizona on Aug. 29, 2021.
* It was the most goals in a season opener, as well as the Ducks' largest margin of victory, since a 5-0 defeat of Fresno State on Aug. 19, 2021.

DUCKS SHUTOUT PORTLAND
Oregon held Portland to just two shots on goal in a 0-0 tie versus Portland on Aug. 17 to remain undefeated at home. Caeley Goldstein made two saves to earn her 21st career shutout (and first at Oregon).

PAPE' STRONG
Oregon is 5-3-3 in its last 11 games at Papé Field dating back to the 2023 season. Included in those results is a 1-1 tie with No. 5 Michigan State Oct, 10, 2024.

INTERNATIONALS & CALL-UPS
A number of Ducks were called up to national teams or pro training academies in the summer of 2025. Sophomore midfielder Carly Cormack was invited to the U.S. Women's National U-19 Team Camp in Fayetteville, Ga. Freshman defender Verónica Navarrete Cevada was called up to the Nicaraguan Senior National Team for CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifiers. Sixth-year defender Bryana Pizarro is a member of the Puerto Rican National Team pool. Additionally, sixth-year forward Taylor Bryan was called to the Portland Thorns Academy First Team training camp.

CONNECTION TO UO SOCCER HISTORY RUNS DEEP
Freshman Selah Simms was coached in high school by Nicole (Garbin) Toeaina, arguably the best player in UO program history. Toeaina, the 2006 Pac-10 player of the year, remains Oregon's career leader in goals (34), game-winning goals (22) and shots (257). Toeaina was inducted into the UO Hall of Fame in 2017. Freshman Addisen Boyer set the Oak Harbor High career record with 106 goals. The previous Oak Harbor scoring record, 68, was set by Chalise Baysa (1994-97), who went on to become a three-time all-Pac-10 second team star for the Ducks and score a then-career record 31 goals for Oregon from 1998-2001. Sophomore Carly Cormack played at the same high school (Punahou) in Hawaii as former Ducks True Dydasco (2017-22), Starr Johnson (1998-01) and Jamie Kawamura (1996).

BIG TEN PRESEASON HONORS
Sydney Chura, Carly Cormack and Jayde Holley were named to the Big Ten Preseason Watch List.

DAUGHTER OF USA SOCCER ICON NOW A DUCK
Freshman Izzy Sawyers is the daughter of Julie Foudy, one of the most iconic players in American soccer history. Foudy won FIFA World Cup titles with Team USA in 1991 and 1999 and brought home Olympic gold for the American side in 1996 and 2000. She was a four-time All-American at Stanford, and is currently an announcer for ESPN and part of the ownership group of Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League. Sawyers won't be the first Duck player with a famous mother. Dylan Tharp, an all-Pac-10 defender from 2004-07, is the daughter of ESPN's Shelley Smith.

ON TRACK
Sophomore Cloe Chase was the 2024 Oregon 4A state champion in the long jump with a personal-best mark of 18-2.25. She was the runner-up in 2023. Senior Sydney Chura was a member of Milford High School's 2017 Michigan state champion cross country team.

SISTER ACT
Sisters Jayde and Savannah Holley are just the second sisters to play soccer for the Ducks. The other set of sisters, Karen and Kathryn DePorter, player together at Oregon in 1996-97.