SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — Roberto Macias scored the first goal of the season by a Dominican University of California player but the Dominican men's soccer team fell 2-1 to Concordia Irvine on Thursday in the two teams' PacWest opener.

Much as how they've been haunted early in the season, the Penguins (0-6-0/0-1-0 PacWest) allowed a quick goal, this time barely six minutes into play. The Penguins were unable to clear the ball and Jesus Garcia found Takuro Nihei through the scrum for a goal. Garcia found Connor Gordon in the second half, in the 52nd minute, to extend the lead to 2-0.

Macias' goal came in the 54th minute. An Eagles (1-4-0/1-0-0 PacWest) foul set up a direct kick from the right side and the junior booted it in. Dominican continued to press and had its opportunities to score. Three minutes later, freshman Tanner Herrero had a shot but it sailed wide left. Macias had another shot on goal in the 60th minute but had it saved. Ryan Gollot's header in the 62nd minute went wide left. Two more shots in the 70th and 71st minute by Gollot and Austen McGregor were also saved. Connor Murphy had a pair of shots in the final twenty minutes that went wide left, and Micah Alo's shot in the 80th minute also went high.

Dominican will search for its first win of the season on Saturday, Sept. 26 when California Baptist visits. The Dominican men will kickoff at 2:30 p.m. on Kennelly Field, after the women's match. CBU (1-4-1/0-1-0 PacWest) began its two-match trip with a 2-1 loss at Holy Names. Live stats and video will be available at dominicanathletics.com/live with live audio provided by radio.dominican.edu.

Postagme Youth Soccer Clinic on Saturday, Sept. 26
Dominican coaches and student-athletes will instruct kids eighth grade and under on passing, dribbling, shooting, and more! Kids are encouraged to wear their club team jersey to the matches! No registration is required.

Lace Up 4 Pediatric Cancer®
On Tuesday, Sept. 29, the Dominican soccer teams will help show their commitment to the fight against pediatric cancer as they wear gold laces for Lace Up 4 Pediatric Cancer®, an initiative of Go 4 The Goal. All funds stay in the community where they are raised to support local children, with the funds from this match benefitting UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland. Both teams play Holy Names with the women at 12 and men at 2:30 p.m. To learn more, and to donate, visit go4thegoal.org/laceup.html. Tweet #G4Gucsfoakland

Sept. 29 is also National Coffee Day and students, faculty, and staff are invited to "Coffee with Coffey" from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in front of Caleruega Hall. Mingle with Dominican's new soccer coaches — head women's coach Kelly Coffey and head men's coach Zach Kingsley. Grab a cup of coffee courtesy of Epicurean Group and make your donation to Go 4 The Goal.