SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco State men's soccer team dropped their final home game of the 2024 season on Sunday, falling to Cal State Dominguez Hills, 3-1.
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- The Gators move to 1-10-5, 1–63 in CCAA action this season, while the Toros improve to 8-4-5, 5-0-5 in Conference.
- Kosuke Kaneko notched his first start of the season and first appearance since Sept. 12 vs Jessup.
- Angel Sevillano scored in the 32nd minute off an assist from Christian Gallo, his first dish of the season.
- The chippy contest featured 22 total fouls and seven yellow cards, four by the Gators and three by the Toros.
A foul in the box gave the Toros a penalty kick in the fifth minute, and Ramiro Rosas buried it to the lower-right of the net for the 1-0 lead. Marco Valdez's shot hit the crossbar, and the rebound found him but his one-touch was nicely saved by the Toro goalkeeper in the 19th minute. The Gators leveled things up in the 32nd as Gallo sent in a corner kick, and Sevillano headed it towards the near post for his third goal of the year.
The Toros regained the lead in the 56th as Mikey McKibbin timed the breakaway nicely off a pass from across the pitch, and got it past Kaneko on the right side for a 2-1 advantage. McKibbin secured the brace in the 78th when Kaneko got caught in no-man's land trying to intercept the breakaway, and McKibbin kicked it in to the far-left post. Dominguez Hills took 11 shots in the second half, with the Gators doing a nice job keeping it just a two-score game. Offensively SF State provided the pressure with four shots of their own.
Kaneko (0-1-0) had a season-best six saves in all 90 minutes of action. Arturo Magana (8-4-5) made three saves and has started in every game for the Toros this season.
The Gators conclude the season on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. against Cal State Monterey Bay. Live stats will be available at sfstategators.com and fans can stream the match live on FloFC.
