Coach Brian Quinn returned most of a USD men’s soccer team that went 15-3-2 and won a pair of games in the NCAA Tournament before exiting against eventual champion Vermont on a penalty kick in overtime. The Toreros entered 2025 ranked No. 10 nationally in the preseason poll.

Complacency?

Quinn won’t allow it.

He put together arguably — or on second glance, maybe not arguably — the toughest early schedule in the nation, sending his team on the road for its first four games: the first three against ranked opposition, the first two on the East Coast and the third a mile high in Denver.

The travel gets easier Monday night, a short trip down Friars Road to Snapdragon Stadium, but the opponent does not: a hungry San Diego State team that won the WAC regular-season title last season and is

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