2023 COD Men's Soccer News
2023 Season in Review - COD Men’s Soccer
November 13, 2023
Under the tutelage of third-year head coach Manuel "Pato" Hurtado, Desert finished the regular season with a record 8-9-3 overall and 3-5 in conference. The Roadrunners placed 4th in the Inland Empire Athletic Conference (IEAC).
COD Men’s Soccer rolls in shut out of Rams, 4-0
October 20, 2023
COD (7-6-3; 2-2) grabbed their third clean sheet of the season, finishing the final 26 minutes with only 10-men, as the Roadrunners rolled to an easy win over the Victor Valley Rams of Victorville (2-11-2; 0-4), 4-0.
COD Men’s Soccer wins with 10-men, knocks off Panthers, 2-1
October 06, 2023
COD (6-4-3; 1-0) grabbed and early lead then had to play the final 63 minutes down a player after the starting keeper was sent off, but the Roadrunners prevailed on a game winning goal in the 74th minute, opening up Conference play with a win over the Chaffey Panthers of Rancho Cucamonga (4-7-2; 0-1), 2-1.
COD Men's Soccer bests Mounties for 1st time since ‘79
September 26, 2023
COD (5-2-3) would convert a penalty kick in the 70th minute to secure the first win in the series, since these two teams met in 1979 and their first win on the road as the Roadrunners knocked off the Mt. San Antonio Mounties of Walnut (2-3-5), 2-1.
COD Men's Soccer: Calderon Scores 4 Goals in Lopsided Win
September 20, 2023
COD (4-1-3) would score seven unanswered goals, five in the second half, four goals by Jose Calderon, Jr. alone as the Roadrunners grabbed their most lopsided win of the season, punishing the Imperial Valley Desert Warriors (0-4-2), 7-1.
COD Men’s Soccer skewers the Knights, 4-1
September 08, 2023
COD (3-0-2) grabbed their third win in a row, as the Roadrunners used three first half goals to cruise past the winless San Diego City Knights (0-4-1), 4-1.
COD Men’s Soccer holds on, as heat delays turn away the Vikings, 2-2
August 29, 2023
COD (0-0-2) is impressively resilient, the heat delayed the start of the game over an hour, then the visitors jumped onto the scoreboard first, but the Roadrunners responded brilliantly, tying the Long Beach Vikings (1-0-1), 2-2.
COD Men’s Soccer grabs hard fought tie with Falcons, 2-2
August 25, 2023
COD (0-0-1) kicked off the 2023 season in a big way hosting a perennial 3C2A State Title contender and taking leads of 1-0 and 2-1, before settling for a tie with the Cerritos Falcons (0-0-1), 2-2.