Portland high school 2025 girls soccer team rewinds
The 2025 Oregon high school girls soccer season is finally here and teams across Portland have high expectations.
A total of five teams cracked the OSAAtoday preseason coaches poll, all five of them coming in 6A.
There are plenty of talented returners to help bolster those strong expectations, and there are sure to be some new faces who assert themselves this season.
Here, we take a look at each team from last season and the big returners they have back, as well as when the season kicks off for them.
Class 6A
Central Catholic
Head coach: Lucas dePinna
Last season: 14-2, 6-0 Mt. Hood (first place)
Postseason: Beat Sherwood round one 4-0, lost to Beaverton round two 2-1
Returning all-leaguers: Annie Charbonneau, junior, first-team defender; Maddie Plaat, senior, second-team midfielder; Coco Stanford, senior, second-team defender
Season opener: 7 p.m. Sept. 2 at Skyview (WA)
Cleveland
Head coach: Doug Diller
Last season: 6-10, 3-3 PIL (fourth place)
Postseason: Lost to David Douglas round one 2-1
Returning all-leaguers: Eleanor Cohen, junior, POY and first-team forward; Valentina Vaughan, sophomore, second-team defender
Season opener: 7 p.m. Sept. 2 vs. Putnam
David Douglas
Head coach: Jon Dyer
Last season: 12-3-2, 5-1 Mt. Hood (second place)
Postseason: Beat Cleveland 2-1 round one, beat St. Mary’s Academy round two 3-2, lost to Jesuit in quarterfinals 4-0
Returning all-leaguers: Ariya Abdullah, junior, second-team forward; Marley Higgins, sophomore, second-team midfielder; Malia Savage, senior, second-team defender
Season opener: 6:30 p.m. Sept. 2 vs. Churchill
Franklin
Head coach: Diana Diaz-Diurych
Last season: 2-10-2, 1-3-2 PIL (fifth place)
Postseason: Missed playoffs
Returning all-leaguers: Mira Ponce de Leon, junior, second-team midfielder; Kinnaly Souphanthong, junior, second-team midfielder
Season opener: 7 p.m. Sept. 2 vs. Beaverton
Grant
Head coach: Manolis Tjuanakis
Last season: 17-1-1, 6-0 PIL (first place)
Postseason: Beat South Salem round one 4-0, beat Lake Oswego round two 1-0, beat Lincoln in quarterfinals 3-1, beat Beaverton in semifinals 3-0, lost to Jesuit in championship 2-1
Returning all-leaguers: Nailani Soloman, senior, POY and first-team forward; Lucy Kapranos, senior, first-team goalkeeper; Sadie Melville, senior, second-team defender
Season opener: 7 p.m. Sept. 2 at Lakeridge
Ida B. Wells
Head coach: Mac Weinstock
Last season: 9-4-2, 4-2 PIL (third place)
Postseason: Lost to Beaverton round one 2-1
Returning all-leaguers: Hayden Janssen, senior, first-team midfielder; Cassidy Goodwin, senior, first-team defender; Thea Wieber, junior, first-team defender/midfielder
Season opener: 5 p.m. Sept. 2 at Canby
Lincoln
Head coach: Kendall Johnson
Last season: 11-4-2, 4-1-1 PIL (second place)
Postseason: Beat Roseburg round one 5-0, beat Mountainside round two 3-0, lost to Grant in quarterfinals 3-1
Returning all-leaguers: Frances Reuland, senior, first-team midfielder/forward; Chloe Horton, junior, second-team defender/midfielder; Zienna Black, senior, second-team midfielder; Maille Shah, junior, second-team defender/midfielder
Season opener: 7 p.m. Sept. 2 at Jesuit
McDaniel
Head coach: JD Penilton
Last season: 3-8-4, 0-4-2 PIL (sixth place)
Postseason: Missed playoffs
Returning all-leaguers: Addyson Skyles, junior, first-team forward; Vivian Brennerman, sophomore, second-team midfielder/defender
Season opener: 7 p.m. Sept. 2 at Mountainside
Roosevelt
Head coach: Kwabena Boateng
Last season: 2-11-1, 0-5-1 PIL (seventh place)
Postseason: Missed playoffs
Returning all-leaguers: Carolina Alonso, senior, second-team midfielder/defender
Season opener: 7 p.m. Sept. 2 vs. Sunset
St. Mary’s Academy
Head coach: Greg Martin
Last season: 9-4-2, 2-3-1 Three Rivers League (fourth place)
Postseason: Beat Sunset round one 2-1, lost to David Douglas round two 3-2
Returning all-leaguers: A’Sharia Pendergrass, senior, honorable mention midfielder
Season opener: 4 p.m. Sept. 4 at West Salem
Class 5A
Parkrose
Head coach: Dorothy Schlotz
Last season: 2-10-1, 1-7 NWOC (eighth place)
Postseason: Missed playoffs
Returning all-leaguers: Addison Mulkey, senior, first-team goalkeeper; Stella Holden, sophomore, second-team defender
Season opener: 7 p.m. Sept. 4 at Central
Class 3A/2A/1A
Portland Christian
Head coach: Heather Brown
Last season: 2-10, 0-8 3A/2A/1A SD1 (ninth place)
Postseason: Missed playoffs
Season opener: 6:30 p.m. Sept. 5 vs. De La Salle North Catholic JV
Riverdale/Riverside WLWV
Head coach: Gillian Gandy
Last season: 6-9, 4-4 3A/2A/1A SD1 (fifth place)
Postseason: Missed playoffs
Season opener: 6 p.m. Sept. 2 at Gervais/Kennedy
