EUGENE, Ore. – Regular season soccer is here! The Portland Pilots take on the Oregon Ducks in the first match between the two sides since 2022. The two teams play on Sunday, Aug. 17 at 6:30 p.m. down in Eugene at Papé Field.
MATCH INFORMATION
Opponent: Oregon Ducks (0-0-0, 0-0-0 Big Ten)
Day: Sunday
Date: Aug. 17, 2025
Time: 6:30 PM
Place: Eugene, Ore.
Pitch: Papé Field
Video: B1G+
Stats: PortlandPilots.com
POR vs. UO
Overall Series: 19-5-4
H: 9-3-2 • A: 10-2-2 • N: 0-0-0
Last: POR 1, UO 1 (2022)
PEEK INTO THE PORT
- The Pilots are coming off a season that saw them finish 9-5-6 overall and 4-3-3 in WCC play. They've won at least nine games each of the last four years, marking the first time the Pilots have put together at least nine wins a season for four straight seasons since a stretch between 2010 and 2013.
- Last season, they were second in the WCC in goal differential (19), goals-against average (0.850) and shutout percentage (.400) while leading the conference in save percentage (.828).
- The Pilots were picked to finish sixth in the annual West Coast Conference Preseason Coaches Poll, with Keeley Dockter representing the Pilots on the All-WCC Preseason Team. This is Dockter's first time making it on the preseason squad.
- Jillian McBride is the lone returner for the Pilots to earn All-WCC honors last season, making the freshman team. She scored one goal and added two assists in her first year on The Bluff.
- The Pilots return 16 players from last year's squad while adding 11 newcomers.
- Among the key returners are forward Hailey Still and Hailey Bagby, who were second and third respectively on the team in total points. Still scored seven goals for 14 points while Bagby added four goals and four assists as a defender.
- Michelle French is in her eighth season as head coach of the Pilots.
ABOUT THE DUCKS
- The Oregon Ducks went 5-11-2 last season and 1-8-2 in their first year of Big Ten play. They finished tied for 13th in the conference.
- On Thursday, the Ducks won 4-0 against the Weber State Wildcats to open the season.
- They were picked 16th in the annual Big Ten preseason poll with three players named players to watch: forward Sydney Chura, midfielder Carly Cormack and defender Jayde Holley.
- Chura was named the 2024 NAIA National Player of the Year with 27 goals and 16 assists for SCAD while Holley led the Big West in assists last season with eight.
- Cormack was part of the U.S. Women's National U-19 Team Camp this past summer.
- The Ducks hired a new head coach heading into the 2025 season in Tracy Joyner. Joyner, who spent the last five seasons at UC Davis and was the 2023 Big West Coach of the Year, holds a 127-77 record for her career.
