SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Portland Pilots Men's Soccer was picked to finish first in the West Coast Conference in the annual WCC Coaches Preseason Poll. A program record four players were also picked to the All-WCC Preseason Team: Jacob Babalai, Kevin Bonilla, Nick Fernandez and Sebastian Nava.
This is the second season in a row that the Pilots have been picked to finish first in the conference. Portland received four first-place votes and 46 points total to finish just ahead of San Diego, who had 44 points. LMU and Saint Mary's trailed in third and fourth with 33 and 32 points respectively, Santa Clara was picked fifth with 24 points, Pacific was picked sixth with 20, San Francisco seventh with 18 and Gonzaga eighth with seven.