GAME PREVIEW: Southern Set To Tangle With USC

Football
9/1/2025 3:30:00 PM

Eagles wrap up west coast swing in L.A.

STATESBORO – The Georgia Southern soccer staff continues its west coast swing on Saturday when it takes on USC on the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Kickoff is ready for 7:30 p.m. (ET)/4:30 p.m. (native) and will likely be broadcast nationally on FS1. It won’t be obtainable on ESPN+ or the ESPN app. The sport may also be obtainable through radio on the Georgia Southern Sports Network. Here’s all you should know in regards to the sport:

Game 2: Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025 • 7:30 PM (ET)/4:30 PM (native)   

Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (LA Memorial Coliseum; 71,349)

Records:

USC: 1-0, 0-0 Big Ten

Georgia Southern: 0-1, 0-0 SBC

Broadcast Information

Broadcast: FS1

PBP: Connor Onion, Analyst: Mark Helfrich

Radio: Georgia Southern Sports Network

PBP: Danny Reed (@GSEaglesVoice); Analyst: Terry Harvin (@TerryHarvin); Sidelines: Frank Sulkowski

Radio Affiliates (PDF)

GS: GAME NOTES (PDF)

Inside The Series

Overall Record: Never Met

Riley vs. GS: Never Met

Helton vs. USC: Never Met

Helton vs. Riley: Never Met

GS vs. present Big Ten Members: 1-3

GS vs. groups from California: 0-1

GS in state of California: 0-1

GS at Los Angeles Coliseum: 0-0

Helton at Los Angeles Coliseum: 27-5

California Dreamin’

• Georgia Southern will spend 9 days in California for this Fresno State/USC highway journey. The Eagles traveled to Fresno State final Friday and performed the sport on Saturday. They then bussed to Oxnard on Sunday, the place they may keep for the week in preparation for Saturday’s sport at USC in Los Angeles.
• The staff will apply at River Ridge Playing Fields, coaching camp location of the Dallas Cowboys, whereas in Oxnard.

Of Note:

• This would be the first soccer assembly between Georgia Southern and the USC Trojans.
• This is Georgia Southern’s second sport ever performed within the state of California. The Eagles are 0-1 after falling at Fresno State final week.
• Clay Helton spent 12 seasons at USC in varied capacities. He went 46-24 (.657) as the top coach of the USC Trojans with 12 victories over AP Top 25 groups, together with three within the Top 5 and 4 within the Top 10. He was the primary USC head coach to have 10-win seasons in every of his first two full seasons, and he had extra wins (21) in his first two full seasons than any Trojan coach.
• Helton went 27-5 on the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum when he was the top coach at USC.
• Georgia Southern is 5-2 all-time in video games performed within the Pacific Time Zone: 2-0 in Tacoma, WA; 2-0 in Reno, NV, 1-0 in Moscow, ID; and 0-1 in Corvallis, OR and 0-1 in Fresno, CA.

Countdown to Kickoff
10: Georgia Southern had simply 10 offensive drives (5 within the first half and 5 within the second half) in final week’s loss at Fresno State, working simply 49 performs.
9: Georgia Southern is spending 9 days in California for this primary highway journey, taking part in Fresno State and USC.
8: This sport would be the eighth sport all-time for the Eagles performed within the Pacific Time Zone.
7: Seven Eagles, together with 4 true freshmen, made their D-I collegiate debuts final week towards Fresno State. The 4 true freshmen to play have been QB Weston Bryan, Ok Tripp Bryant, DB Fabo Chaney and DL Elijah Fears.
6: In his first true collegiate motion, redshirt sophomore security Jayden Davis (who was at Cincinnati and Georgia Tech previous to Southern) tallied a team-high 10 tackles, six of which have been solo.
5: Georgia Southern head coach Clay Helton misplaced simply 5 occasions in 32 video games (27-5) on the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum when he was the top coach at USC.
4: Cornerback Chance Gamble has 4 interceptions in simply over a full season at Southern, however none have come at residence.
3: The Eagles had three takeaways final week towards Fresno State (2 INT, 1 FR), however misplaced for simply the third time in 16 occurrences beneath head coach Clay Helton when committing fewer turnovers in a sport.
2: This will likely be Georgia Southern’s solely scheduled sport on grass this 12 months and simply the second beneath head coach Clay Helton as the top man of the Eagles (Ole Miss final 12 months).
1: Saturday’s sport would be the first soccer matchup between Georgia Southern and USC.

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Sept. 13 vs. Jacksonville State – Statesboro – 7 p.m. – ESPN+

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