COD Men's Soccer has claimed the #24 seed and after a one-year hiatus, is back in the SoCal Regional playoffs.

You can find the complete CCCAA SoCal Regionals bracket HERE

The game will take place at Los Angeles Valley College in the L.A. area neighborhood of Valley Glen this Wednesday, November 20 at 7 p.m. The address for LAVC Soccer Field is 5681 Ethel Ave, Valley Glen, CA 91401. The reason the game cannot take place on the campus of Los Angeles City College is due to the size requirements to host a home CCCAA Regional Playoff match. The dimensions for the soccer field at the L.A. City campus are not large enough to accommodate for a home playoff game.

State Playoffs Ticket Prices are as follows: General Admission is $12. Faculty, Staff, Children Under 12, Adults 60+ & Students w/ Valid A.S. card are $8. There are no guest passes allowed.

Since L.A. City is the host and L.A. Valley is the venue of the Men's Soccer game, those colleges would be the responsible party for ticket availability.

Under the tutelage of first-year head coach Luis Gastelum, the #24 seeded Roadrunners Men's Soccer team ended the 2024 season claiming a 4th place finish in the Inland Empire Athletic Conference (IEAC).

The Roadrunners finished the regular season, with an 8-10-2 overall record and a 3-5 conference record, wrapping up the regular season winning 2 of their final 6 games. They were rewarded with the 24th and final playoff seed in the Southern California Regionals.

Desert will face off with a Los Angeles City Cubs team that finished the regular season with a record of 11-7-5, the Cubs ended the 2024 season in 3rd place the South Coast Conference - North Division (SCC-N) with a record of 4-4-1. The Cubs started the season 6-2-2 and have 4 losses in the last 6 games.

L.A. City finished the 2023 season in 3rd place the SCC-N with a record of 4-4-1, with an overall record of 6-13-3. The Cubs were most recently in the playoffs in the 2022 season entering the Southern California Regional's as the 18th seed, L.A. City lost at #15 Chaffey in the first round of Regional's, 4-2 in OT. The Comets are coached by Javier Aguiniga Campos in his 4th season.

Desert and L.A. City have played each other 2 times since 1999 with both games being in Los Angeles. The most recent game between these two teams was on September 14, 2001, the game was a 3-3 draw in Los Angeles. Desert holds a 1-0-1 record against the Cubs.

The winner of Wednesday's first-round contest will advance to the Regional Quarterfinals on Saturday (Nov. 23), traveling to Fullerton to face the #8 seeded Fullerton Hornets. The top 8 seeds were given a first-round bye. The Regional Semifinals will take place on Tuesday (Nov. 26) and the SoCal Regional Championship will take place on Saturday, November 30. Four wins are needed to advance to the CCCAA Soccer State Championship on Dec. 6 & Dec. 8 at American River College in Northeast Sacramento.

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For additional information, please contact the COD Sports Information Office at 760.423.6641.

Information & Story provided by COD Sports Information. Photo by Michael Leone Photography.