2025 Men's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 0
Alex Shields
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- El Cajon, Calif.
- Major:
- Sociology
2024
Personal
- Started in six matches for a total of 540 minutes
- Posted a record of 2-3-1
- Allowed 12 goals for a 2.00 goals-against-average
- Recorded a 66.7% save percentage with 24 saves in total
- Stopped a career-high eight shots at UCF (9/06)
- Dean's List Winter quarter
- Did not play in sophomore season
- Dean's List Fall and Winter quarters
- Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll with honors
- Did not play during his freshman season
- Attended Steele Canyon High School
- Three-time All-Academic
- All-CIF as a senior
- Two-time Team MVP
- Two-time First Team All-League
- 2022 Division IV State Champion
- 2021 CIF Division III Champion and 2022 CIF Division IV Runner-Up
- Played club soccer for Hotspurs 6 seasons under coach Efrain Alba, 1 season for Albion San Diego under coaches Wayne Crow and Ziggy Korytoski, and 5 seasons with San Diego Surf with coaches Vella, Giulio Gnaulati, Ross Gourdie, Bobby Reiss, and Kelin Briones
- Southern California National Cup Champion in 2016
- Man City Cup Champion in 2021
Personal
- Father attended San Diego, mother attended Crafton Hills College
- One older sister
- Aspires to play professional soccer or work for the FBI
- Chose UC Irvine for the great academic environment, enjoy the style of play, and the coaches will help me reach my goals of becoming a professional soccer player
- Fluent in American Sign Language
- Fan of Iker Casillas and Atletico Madrid
- Enjoys his favorite movie, The Blind Side, the musical stylings of J. Cole, and his favorite food, spaghetti
- Hobbies include wave and micro photography, skim boarding, body surfing, and fishing
Great moments to recall from 2025 💭
Saturday, January 17
Got some debate going 🤣 #TogetherWeZot | #Shorts
Friday, October 17
Anteater Spotlights | Ep. 1 | Agaton Pourshahidi
Thursday, October 02
Right place. Right time. 😤 #TogetherWeZot | #Shorts
Tuesday, September 16
