SAN BRUNO, Calif. --- Portland senior midfielder Eddie Sanchez was selected to the Preseason All-West Coast Conference Men's Soccer Team and the Pilots were tabbed to finish sixth in the annual vote of the league's eight head coaches. This is Sanchez's third straight selection to the WCC's Preseason Team.
Sanchez landed All-West Coast Conference First Team accolades a year ago after leading the Pilots with five goals and two game-winners. Sanchez has been named to the All-WCC First Team all three years on The Bluff, and he was named the league's freshman of the year in 2013.
Sanchez leads a group of 10 returning starters and 23 returning letterwinners, which also includes junior Brandon Zambrano, who landed All-WCC Honorable Mention a year ago, and sophomores Reid Baez and Lionel Mills, who both landed on the league's all-freshman team last season.