PORTLAND, Ore. --- Gio Magaña-Rivera from Hood River, Ore., is the latest recruit to commit to the University of Portland men's soccer program, as the midfielder signed a National Letter of Intent and will join the Pilots as a freshman in the fall. Magaña-Rivera is a two-time Oregon State 5A Player of the Year (2013 & 2014), and he currently plays with the Portland Timbers Academy.
"Gio is a very graceful and dynamic attacking player who's technically clean with the ball," said Portland's first-year head coach Nick Carlin-Voigt. "He has a quick soccer brain which will help him transition and adapt to the physical rigors of college soccer.