SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Santa Clara men's soccer defeated Portland 3-1 on Saturday night to win the West Coast Conference championship for the 13th time in program history and secured an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
The Broncos (11-1-3, 5-0-1) jumped on the Pilots (9-6-1, 3-2-1) early scoring just 24 seconds into the game courtesy of Damani Osei's left foot and never looked back. Oladayo Thomas and Eduardo Lopez Perez each tallied a goal for SCU who were in full control of the game throughout.
Osei opened the scoring on a free kick from Javier Ruiz Duran after Kevin Bonilla was given a yellow card just outside the 18 yard box.