- SLCC men's soccer is 3-0-1 with 14 goals scored and two conceded, including shutouts of two nationally ranked opponents. All four of its Utah fixtures are Scenic West matches.
- SLCC Men's Soccer connect back to Salt Lake Community College and the wider soccer picture.
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September 8, 2026
October 10, 2026
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Salt Lake Community College men's soccer has not lost in 2026. The Bruins are 3-0-1 through four matches, they have scored 14 goals and conceded two, and they opened the season by shutting out two nationally ranked opponents in three days.
The unbeaten run now runs into the part of the schedule that decides their season: the Scenic West matches against the other two Utah junior colleges, three of them still to play, starting with a trip to Snow College on September 10.
Three shutouts to open, two of them against ranked teams
SLCC began on August 20 by beating No. 13 Arizona Western College 3-0 at home. Two days later it beat No. 18 Casper College 5-0. On August 27 it beat Northwest College 4-0.
Three matches, three clean sheets, 12 goals. Two of the three opponents were ranked nationally at the time, which is what separates the start from a soft opening run.
The Bruins have not conceded at home this season. They are 3-0 at home and have not yet won on the road.
The conference opener was the first real test
Scenic West play began on September 5 at USU Eastern in Price, and it ended 2-2 — SLCC's first dropped points and the first goals it had conceded all year.
SLCC's recap describes a match that swung late. Andrew Guizar gave USU Eastern the lead in the 38th minute. Esteban Fernandes equalized from the penalty spot in the 75th after a handball, and Noah Heil put the Eagles back in front seconds later. Alan Guzman headed in the equalizer in the 84th minute from a free kick taken just inside midfield. The teams combined for seven shots on target, and SLCC had 10 corner kicks to USU Eastern's nine.
That result matters to both programs. USU Eastern is 2-1-2, and it was the Eagles' conference opener too. The two meet again on October 3, this time on SLCC's field, and a season series that opened level is now the clearest measuring stick either side has.
Four Utah fixtures, and they are all conference matches
The in-state portion of SLCC's schedule is not scattered friendlies. Every Utah opponent on the regular-season calendar is a Scenic West Athletic Conference fixture, home and away:
- September 10 at Snow College, Ephraim
- October 3 vs. USU Eastern, Zions Bank Training Center, Herriman
- October 15 vs. Snow College, Zions Bank Training Center, Herriman
- September 5 at USU Eastern, Price — already played, 2-2
That is four conference matches against the two other Utah junior-college programs, split evenly between home and away. For SLCC, Snow and USU Eastern, the Scenic West is the route to the Region 18 tournament, so these are the fixtures that carry the most weight in the standings.
The three August matches that opened the season came before all of that, and the three matches before those did not count at all. SLCC played preseason scrimmages at Utah Tech on August 8, at Colorado Mesa on August 12 and at Westminster on August 15. SLCC's recaps say the Bruins won all three against those NCAA programs, but scrimmages do not count toward the record, and the season did not actually begin until August 20.
What the rest of September looks like
After Snow College on September 10, SLCC goes to Colorado Northwestern Community College in Rangely on September 12, then returns home for two: Truckee Meadows Community College on September 17 and College of Southern Idaho on September 19, both at the Zions Bank Training Center in Herriman.
The month closes on the road again, at Pacific Northwest Christian College in Kennewick, Washington, on September 24 and at North Idaho College in Worley, Idaho, on September 26.
October brings the return fixtures: USU Eastern at home on October 3, Truckee Meadows away on October 8, College of Southern Idaho away on October 10, then four straight in Herriman: Snow College on October 15, Colorado Northwestern on October 17, Pacific Northwest Christian on October 22 and North Idaho on October 24.
What the record does and does not settle
Four matches is a real sample for a defence and a thin one for everything else. SLCC has conceded twice all season, and both goals came in the same match, against the one conference opponent it has faced.
The wins came against Arizona Western, Casper and Northwest — none of them Scenic West teams. So the unbeaten record is genuine, and the conference table is still effectively blank: SLCC is 0-0-1 in the Scenic West with one point from one match.
The next two conference fixtures, at Snow College and at Colorado Northwestern inside three days, will say considerably more than the first four matches did.
Key facts:
- Record: 3-0-1 overall, 0-0-1 in the Scenic West, 3-0 at home
- Goals: 14 scored, two conceded — and both of those came in the September 5 draw
- Ranked wins: 3-0 over No. 13 Arizona Western College (August 20) and 5-0 over No. 18 Casper College (August 22)
- Conference opener: 2-2 at USU Eastern, September 5, in Price
- Utah opponents: four conference matches, two each against Snow College and USU Eastern, home and away
- Since then (as of October 9): won 4-1 at Snow College on September 10 and 3-0 at Colorado Northwestern on September 12; SLCC's schedule lists the Bruins 9-0-3 overall and 6-0-3 in the Scenic West
*Correction, September 24, 2026: An earlier version of this article said SLCC had scored 12 goals in its first four matches; it had scored 14. It also referred to six Utah-opponent conference matches; there are four, two each against Snow College and USU Eastern. It said the August scrimmages produced no result, although SLCC's recaps report wins over all three opponents, and it included a venue name and a claim about travel distance that no source supported. Those errors have been corrected.*
