SLCC Men's Soccer

Salt Lake Community College men's soccer plays at the Zions Bank Training Center in Herriman under head coach Mark Davis. It competes in NJCAA Division I and the Scenic West Athletic Conference.

Unbeaten through eight

SLCC opened with a 3-0 home win over No. 13 Arizona Western on August 20 in Herriman. Esteban Fernandes scored from a free kick in the opening minute, Mekhi Haughton-Parris, a University of Kentucky transfer, added a second, and Matt Hagan scored with three seconds left. A 5-0 win over No. 18 Casper followed two days later in Murray, a match called in the 71st minute for lightning. The Bruins had beaten three NCAA teams in August scrimmages: Utah Tech, Colorado Mesa and Westminster.

In conference play they drew 2-2 at USU Eastern, won 4-1 at No. 14 Snow College, and drew 0-0 with CSI on September 19. SLCC's recaps moved the Bruins from No. 16 in August to No. 4 by September 17 (rankings as SLCC stated them). Alan Guzman and Sharif Sayawu led with five goals each after September 17, and Haughton-Parris had six assists.

What comes next

SLCC won 8-0 at Pacific Northwest Christian College in Kennewick, Washington, on September 24 (recap), then drew 1-1 at North Idaho in Worley, Idaho, on September 26. North Idaho led the Scenic West standings at 5-0 in conference play and 9-0-1 overall on September 24, and beat USU Eastern 4-0 that day. SLCC then beat USU Eastern 4-1 on October 3, won 6-1 at Truckee Meadows on October 8 and 4-1 at College of Southern Idaho on October 10, and beat Snow College 3-2 at home on October 15, per SLCC's schedule. It beat No. 20 Colorado Northwestern 5-0 on October 17 and Pacific Northwest Christian 8-0 on October 22, when Alan Guzman scored in a seventh straight game. On October 24 it beat North Idaho, ranked No. 8 as SLCC's schedule listed it, 3-0, the Cardinals' first loss of the season, to win the 2026 SWAC regular-season championship, per SLCC's recap, and it finished the regular season unbeaten at 14-0-3 and 11-0-3 in the Scenic West. As the SWAC regular-season winner, SLCC hosted the Region 18 tournament, per its October 28 preview, and beat Snow College 4-1 in the semifinal at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman on October 29 with four first-half goals, two of them from Taylor Kogan; Ariel Martinez saved a second-half penalty. On October 31 it beat North Idaho 3-1 in the Region 18 championship at Zions Bank Stadium to qualify for the NJCAA national tournament in Wichita, Kansas, with goals from Alan Guzman, Mekhi Haughton-Parris, named tournament MVP, and Matt Hagan, per SLCC's recap, leaving it unbeaten at 16-0-3 as of November 1.

Who is on the roster

The 29-player roster lists 16 players from outside the United States: four from Canada, three each from Brazil and Portugal, two from France, and one each from Bolivia, England, Ghana and Mexico. Nine list Utah hometowns, including midfielder Taylor Kogan (St. George, Dixie), goalkeeper JC Sanchez (Riverton) and goalkeeper Ariel Martinez (West Valley), who kept a clean sheet against CSI.