Solans Chosen to United Soccer Coaches Preseason Watch Checklist

LOS ANGELES – UCLA sophomore Sergi Solans has been named to the 2025 NCAA Division I Players to Watch record for forwards, it was introduced on Tuesday by United Soccer Coaches.

Solans, was one among simply 20 gamers nationwide tabbed to the record, and is one among two underclassmen on the record.

Solans, who was named a third-team All-America honoree whereas taking part in at Oregon State final season, led the crew with 14 objectives and three assists in 2024 over 16 appearances. After the yr was drafted within the first spherical, thirtieth total by Real Salt Lake within the 2025 MLS SuperDraft.

Solans had the most effective offensive seasons in Oregon State males’s soccer historical past, incomes third-team All-America honors, WCC Offensive Player of the Year and United Soccer Coaches All-Region honors in 2024. His 14 objectives had been tied for the fifth-highest single-season whole in program historical past, and his 31 factors had been the sixth-most by a Beaver in a single yr. Solans completed the yr seventh within the nation in whole objectives, and ranked third within the nation in objectives per recreation at 0.88.

The UCLA males’s soccer program begins its 2025 season on August 21, after they journey to UC Irvine at 6:00 p.m. PT. The Bruins’ residence opener is scheduled for August 24, at Wallis Annenberg Stadium at 7:00 p.m. PT and can be broadcast on B1G+.