{"id":447463,"date":"2026-08-29T19:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T19:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/447463\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T19:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T19:16:08","slug":"spartans-set-for-home-opener-against-saint-marys-sjsu-athletics-official-athletics-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/447463\/","title":{"rendered":"Spartans Set for Home Opener Against Saint Mary’s – SJSU Athletics – Official Athletics Website"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN JOSE, Calif. –\u00a0The San Jos\u00e9 State men’s soccer team (0-2-0, 0-0-0 MW) will play Saint Mary’s (1-2-0, 0-0-0 WCC) on Sunday, August 30, at 1 p.m. for its home opener at the Spartan Soccer Complex. The game will be shown live on MW+<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can subscribe to MW+\u00a0here<\/a>. MW+ offers annual ($79.99\/year) and monthly ($10.99\/month) options for flexibility. Fans who subscribe by September 30 can get 15% off annual subscriptions using the promo code WELCOME15.<\/p>\n

GAME INFO<\/p>\n

Matchup: San Jos\u00e9 State vs. Saint Mary’s<\/p>\n

Time: 1 p.m.<\/p>\n

Location: Spartan Soccer Complex<\/p>\n

Stream: MW+<\/a><\/p>\n

Tickets: Here<\/a><\/p>\n

Live Stats: Here<\/a><\/p>\n

NOTES<\/p>\n

Jesus Sanchez<\/a> was named Interim Head Coach of the Spartans on August 21. Sanchez enters his ninth season with the Spartans, starting as an assistant coach and later named Associate Head Coach in 2024
\nHead Coach Simon Tobin<\/a> will officially retire from the Spartans on August 31. Tobin coached for 39 seasons split up between CSU Bakersfield and SJSU. Tobin finishes with a career record of 394-281-89
\nThis season marks the inaugural season of Mountain West men’s soccer. SJSU joins UC Davis, UNLV, Utah Tech, Grand Canyon and Air Force in the conference. SJSU previously was a member of the WAC
\nThe Spartans’ 12 wins last season was the most in a season for SJSU since 2003
\nThe Spartans made it to the championship game of the WAC Tournament in three out of the last four seasons
\nThe Spartans fell to Cal Poly 3-0 in the road in their last time out
\nSaint Mary’s defeated Sacramento State 2-1 at home in their last time out.\u00a0
\nThe Spartans are 21-17-3 all time against Saint Mary’s
\nLast season, the Spartans defeated Saint Mary’s 2-1 on the road. The Spartans scored the game winning goal with under ten seconds remaining in the match
\nThe Spartans had three players named to the Mountain West Watch List: Midfielder Angel Fernandez<\/a>, Defender Ruben Flores-Thomas<\/a> and Goalkeeper Ronin Axelson<\/a>
\nThe Spartans were picked as co-favorites in the Mountain West preseason poll, tied with Grand Canyon and earning two first place votes
\nLast season, Fernando Duarte<\/a> was named to the All-WAC freshman team and Dane Pendleton<\/a> was named to the WAC All-Tournament Team
\nCameron Cook<\/a> was named to the 2024 WAC All-Freshman team. He was also rated No. 64 on TopDrawerSoccer’s Top 100 Freshman list at the end of that season.
\nThe Spartans return 17 players from 2025. The Spartans had ten freshman to the squad and two JUCO transfers to round out the squad
\nJamie Reid<\/a> returns to the Spartans as an Associate Head Coach. Reid was an assistant with the Spartans in 2024 and 2025 before spending a brief stint at San Diego State
\nThe Spartan add two new assistants to the squad, David Sweeney<\/a> and Jota Yamaguchi<\/a>. Sweeney was the Spartans’ goalie from 2019-23 and is the current SJSU all-time lead in saves (281) and shutouts (20)<\/p>\n

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