2025-26 Napa Valley College Men's Soccer Headlines

  • Goals by Avina, Soto, Ramirez lead NVC men’s soccer in 3-1 win over Yuba College
    November 10, 2025
    By MARTY JAMES martyjames.sports@gmail.com The Napa Valley College men’s soccer team got goals from Mario "Gio" Avina, Michael Soto and Jose Ramirez in a 3-1 Bay Valley Conference win over host Yuba College in Marysville on Friday, Nov. 7. Napa Valley (5-7-4 overall, 4-3-1 Bay Valley Conference) is now in second place in the league standings. The Storm has scored 22 goals in 16 games.
  • Napa Valley College men's soccer team wins third straight game
    October 29, 2025
    MARTY JAMES martyjames.sports@gmail.com The Napa Valley College men's soccer team won its third straight game, shutting out host College of Marin, 1-0, in Kentfield on Tuesday, Oct. 28. Napa Valley (4-6-4 overall, 3-2-1 Bay Valley Conference) is now in third place in the conference standings.
  • Jimenez scores three goals, leading NVC men's soccer team in Bay Valley Conference win
    October 21, 2025
    MARTY JAMES martyjames.sports@gmail.com Jovani Jimenez scored three goals, a hat trick, and the Napa Valley College’s men's soccer team won its Bay Valley Conference match on Friday, Oct. 17, beating host Merritt College-Oakland, 4-2. It was a season high for goals scored in a match for Napa Valley (2-6-4 overall, 1-2-1 Bay Valley Conference). The Storm has scored 16 goals in 12 games. Jimenez, a freshman forward, scored Napa Valley’s first goal. It was in the 20th minute of the first half, with the assist going to Sergio Hernandez, a freshman forward. Jimenez’s goal gave the Storm an early 1-0 lead. Merritt tied the match, 1-1, scoring a goal in the 30th minute of the first half.
  • NVC’s challenging schedule for men’s soccer continues, with Storm falling 2-1 to Evergreen Valley College
    September 22, 2025
    MARTY JAMES martyjames.sports@gmail.com Simon Cook has great respect for Napa Valley College’s head coach, Rogelio Ochoa, and the Storm men’s soccer program. “When you play against Napa, it's going to be hard fought. You have to earn your win,” said Cook, the head coach at Evergreen Valley College-San Jose. Evergreen Valley scored both of its goals in the first half and held on for a 2-1 win over host Napa Valley in a nonconference game on Friday, Sept. 19. Evergreen Valley (3-1-1 overall) went into the game at No. 19 in the California Community College Sports Information Association Poll, announced in a report by the California Community College Athletic Association, at www.cccaasports.org, on Sept. 16.
  • NVC men's soccer team drops second straight match to start season
    September 02, 2025
    MARTY JAMES martyjames.sports@gmail.com The Napa Valley College men's soccer team lost its second straight match to start the season, falling at home, 3-0 to Modesto Junior College on Friday, August 29. It was the Storm’s second consecutive home match. Napa Valley (0-2 overall) has scored one goal in two games so far. Napa Valley, again playing a very difficult and challenging nonconference schedule, was behind at halftime, 2-0. Alex Garcia scored an unassisted goal at the two-minute mark, giving Modesto an early 1-0 lead in the first half.
  • Napa Valley College men’s soccer gets goal from Hernandez in 2-1 loss to Skyline College
    August 27, 2025
    MARTY JAMES martyjames.sports@gmail.com As his team made its way to the bench area before Tuesday’s season opener, head coach Rogelio Ochoa took time to talk about the style of play that he was looking for from the Napa Valley College men’s soccer team this fall, the starting lineup, and a nonconference schedule of opponents that will provide a major test for the Storm. “We have a good group,” said Ochoa. “We can have combinations going in and out. It’s making sure that we're strong all game long, with a variety of ways that we can attack and we can defend. “We're very confident it’s going to be a big challenge with a tough opponent like Skyline. It's going to be a very challenging game today, a very physical game. They are going to be a tough, physical, fast, tall opponent. So, we have to make sure that we can match that. “You hit the ground running, and so it should be a good one today. The boys know to keep the ball on the ground as much as we possibly can.” Napa Valley started out fast, with crisp, sharp play, with an attacking game and solid defense, and with great energy. The Storm also scored the first goal of the game, bringing a ton of excitement on both the field and sideline for Napa Valley. “We did well. I'm happy with what we're doing and where we are at,” said Ochoa. “The guys pushed, the guys fought, the guys are playing well. The guys had an identity. We're fit, we're strong. We can compete with anyone. And I think today shows that. “Hopefully, we can get positive results that reflect that as well.”
  • Napa Valley College men’s soccer team opens 2025 fall season at home on Tuesday against Skyline College
    August 25, 2025
    MARTY JAMES martyjames.sports@gmail.com There’s so much that impresses and excites head coach Rogelio Ochoa about the Napa Valley College men’s soccer team. There are the numbers, with the Storm going into the season with 25 players on the roster. There is all the work that the Storm has put in, with players participating in spring and summer programs. There is a connection and bond that the players have formed, with Ochoa calling the Storm “a very professional group.” There is also the way that the Storm has looked, particularly in scrimmages, in the last week and a half to start the 2025 fall season. “They're hard working. They're very connected. You can tell they're extremely focused when we're doing film, extremely focused when we're on the field,” Ochoa said on Friday. “They understand there's a task at hand. You can sense it. You can feel it. It's pretty cool.”