Ducks Head to Outrigger Soccer Kickoff

Oregon returns to Hawaii for the first time since the 2016 season to participate in the Outrigger Soccer Classic. The Ducks face Sacramento State on Thursday (7:30 PM PT) before playing host Hawai'i on Sunday (7:00 PM PT).

ON THE PITCH
Oregon and Hawai'i will play for the first time since 2016. The weekend is a homecoming for Hawaiians Carly Cormack (Honolulu) and Kailee Chavez (Makakilo). The Ducks defeated Sacramento State, 2-0, last season in Eugene.
• Oregon opened the year with a 4-0 defeat of Weber State on Aug. 14 in Tracy Joyner's first game as head coach. The four-goal margin marked the biggest victory ever for a head coach in their first game at Oregon during the modern era.
• Tracy Joyner now has a 128-77-28 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.
• Last Sunday versus Portland, the Ducks limited the Pilots to just two shots on goal in a 0-0 draw..
• Oregon welcomes 23 newcomers to the team for the fall - 9 freshmen and 14 transfers (6 from UC Davis).
• RS-Senior Jayde Holley led the Big West in assists with 8 last year at UC Davis. She has 12 career assists.
• Oregon has two alums playing professionally in the NWSL: Chardonnay Curran (Chicago Red Stars) and Leah Freeman (Bay FC).

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).

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

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).

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.