Men’s Soccer Shutout Winthrop in Season Opener

Thursday, August 21

Rock Hill, S.C.

7:30 p.m.

Coastal Carolina University

1-0-0, 0-0-0

Winthrop

0-1-0, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Coastal Carolina	1	2	3
Winthrop	0	0	0

8/21/2025 10:35:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Coastal Carolina men's soccer team shut out the Winthrop Eagles 3-0 on Thursday evening in Rock Hill, S.C.

The win marks Coastal's first season-opening victory since defeating USC Upstate on Aug. 25, 2022.
It also stands as the Chants' first 3-0 shutout since Nov. 11, 2020, against Georgia Southern.
Graduate transfer Jaland Larmond opened the scoring in the 29th minute, finding the bottom-right corner off an assist from Loed Klaasen and Jon Almudi.
At halftime, Coastal held a 7-4 edge in shots and a 1-0 advantage in corner kicks.
Freshman Angel Lopez doubled the lead in the 52nd minute, recording his first collegiate goal on Klaasen's second assist of the match to make it 2-0.
The Chants sealed the win in the 85th minute when Christian Cook found the bottom-left corner on a Lopez assist.
Larmond paced the team with six shots on the night.
At the final whistle, Coastal led 17-10 in shots, while both teams finished with 10 fouls apiece.
Goalkeeper Harrison Gough recorded his fourth career clean sheet between the pipes for the Chanticleers.
Eight Chanticleers in Joaquin Suarez, Giovanni Poliero, Nate Kovalcik, Samuel Murphy, Patrick Shaw, Larmond, Lopez, and Almudi made their Coastal debut.
Three field players, Suarez, Poliero, and Davis, played the full 90 minutes.

The Chanticleers will return to Conway for their home opener against Longwood on Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. ET.

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