This Thursday night, the bleachers of the San Diego State Sports Deck will be filled with a clusters of red and black, as well as blue and white, as SDSU women’s soccer squares off against its cross-town rival University of San Diego.
Unlike football, the SDSU and USD women’s soccer teams have a rivalry that has heated up the past few years.
The Toreros (1-4-1) got the best of the Aztecs (3-2-0) last year in a 2-0 victory at USD, and in 2013 the Aztecs pulled a 3-0 shutout at home.
SDSU head coach Mike Friesen said the atmosphere of the rivalry has ramped up.