2025 Men's Soccer Roster
Roster
Jersey Number 44
Sawyer Koza
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- D
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-8 / 165
- Hometown:
- Newtown, Pa.
- High School:
- Council Rock North
- Club Team:
- Philadelphia Union
Junior (Fall 2024)
- Did not see action due to injury
- Saw action in 11 matches and made one starts versus Princeton (Sept. 1)
- Played a season-high 58 minutes on the road at Indiana (Oct. 29)
- Recorded one assists against Northeastern (Oct. 21) in a 4-4 draw
- Took four shots and put one on frame
- Saw action in 13 games and made 10 starts
- Recorded three goals, including a career-high two scores against St. Peter's on three shots on goal
- Also found the back of the net against Stony Brook
- Added two assists during the fall with one against South Florida and his second versus No. 22 Tulsa
- Totaled eight points to close out his freshman season at Temple
- Graduated from Council Rock North
- Played club with the Philadelphia Union and also spent time with the Pennsylvania Development Academy
- Was part of one of the better youth club teams in Union history, advancing to the 2021 national MLSNext finals
- Koza was also a member of his school’s football program, being named first team all-district as a punter.
- Comes from a family of athletes as his aunt, Stephanie Downer, played soccer for the University of Delaware and brother Ethan ran track and cross country at Temple
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