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2025 Men's Soccer

8 Francisco Espinoza

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Position MF
  • Major Exercise Science
  • Hometown Lansing, Ill.
  • Prev School Illinois-Chicago/T.F. South

Biography

2024

Played in 16 of the team's 18 matches with 14 starts for the Cougars ... tallied four points with a pair of assists and a goal ... registered 22 shot attempts with nine shots on goal ... logged 1,190 minutes of playing time ... made his Saint Xavier debut by playing 76 minutes at No. 19 Rio Grande (Ohio) in the season opener on Aug. 22 ... picked up his first assist for SXU in a 1-1 draw vs. Cornerstone (Mich.) on Sept. 7 ... scored the game-winning goal, the first goal of his collegiate career, in a 2-0 triumph over St. Ambrose (Iowa) on Sept. 28 ... had an assist in a 2-0 win over St. Francis (Ill.) on Oct. 12 ... played the full-time in three matches ... saw a season-high 96 minutes on the pitch at Trinity Christian (Ill.) in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) Quarterfinals on Nov. 7.

2023

Redshirted for SXU.

2022

Played soccer at University of Illinois-Chicago ... did not record any stats ... made his season debut vs. Cleveland State (Ohio) and logged 11 minutes on the pitch ... played a season-high 70 minutes vs. Notre Dame (Ind.) on Oct. 18 ... saw 147 minutes of action on the season. 

2021

Played soccer at University of Illinois-Chicago ... played in 11 of the team's 19 matches with three starts as a freshman ... totaled six shot attempts for the Flames ... saw 346 minutes of playing time on the season ... made his collegiate debut and recorded two shots vs. Northwestern (Ill.) on Aug. 31 ... had three shot attempts and one shot on goal at Robert Morris (Pa.) on Oct. 9 ... played all 90 minutes at Notre Dame (Ind.) on Oct. 21.

Prep:  Played soccer at T.F. South High School in Lansing, Ill.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2023Junior

    MF
    5'11"
    8
  • 8

    2024Senior

    MF
    5'11"
    8
  • 8

    2025Fifth Year

    MF
    5'11"
    8