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POMONA, Calif. - Cal State LA needed less than nine minutes to take the lead and less than 34 to score three times. The Golden Eagles' defense handled the rest, shutting out Cal State San Bernardino, 3-0, to win the 2026 CCAA Men's Soccer Tournament presented by FloCollege on Sunday at Kellogg Stadium.
 
The top-seeded Golden Eagles completed a sweep of the conference's regular-season and tournament championships while extending their unbeaten season to 17-0-2. It was Cal State LA's eighth tournament championship and its first since winning three consecutive titles from 2021-23.
 
Tournament Offensive MVP Jose Lopez scored the opening goal, Emil Kischka doubled the advantage from the penalty kick, and Saad Faiz added the third before halftime. Tournament Defensive MVP Abraham Ramirez made five saves to help make the lead hold through the final whistle.
 
The victory also completed a championship weekend for Cal State LA soccer. The women's team won its tournament title on the same field Saturday, and the men followed with a trophy of their own Sunday.
 
Cal State LA established its attack immediately. Jose Mariscal forced a save just over a minute into the match, and the Golden Eagles broke through in the ninth minute. Angel Sandres put a shot on goal that Donovan Palomares stopped, but Lopez scored off the sequence to give LA a 1-0 lead. Sandres earned the assist on Lopez's sixth goal of the season.
 
The pressure continued. Palomares saved attempts by Kischka and Sandres over the next three minutes, keeping the Coyotes within one as Cal State LA repeatedly tested their defense.
 
Cal State San Bernardino had its first shot on goal in the 17th minute, but Ramirez stopped Rafa Fonseca to protect the advantage.
 
Kischka supplied the next goal in the 27th minute, converting a penalty kick for his third of the season and a 2-0 lead.
 
Then the Golden Eagles' bench helped put the match firmly in their control. Faiz entered immediately after the second goal, and Erick Alamo followed less than a minute later. In the 34th minute, Faiz scored his second goal of the season off assists from Alamo and Diego Ceja. In just over seven minutes, Cal State LA had turned a one-goal advantage into a 3-0 lead.
 
All eight of the Golden Eagles' first-half shots were on target. Palomares made five saves, but Cal State LA still carried three goals into the break against a Coyotes team that had held it scoreless in their regular-season meeting.
 
With the championship within reach, Ramirez and the Golden Eagles' defense made sure CSUSB could not find a way back.
 
Diego Lopez tested Ramirez twice in a 40-second stretch early in the second half. Ramirez stopped both attempts, then denied Lopez again in the 76th minute to preserve the shutout.
 
The Coyotes continued to push, earning all four of their corner kicks after halftime. A Cal State LA defender supplied a team save on Jesse Gonzalez in the 88th minute, and the Golden Eagles withstood two late corners to finish the clean sheet.
 
Cal State LA held a narrow 13-12 advantage in shots, but put 10 attempts on target to San Bernardino's six. Palomares finished with five saves before Cody Lindeman took over in the 58th minute and added one. The Coyotes moved to 14-4-3.
 
The final was a different result from the teams' scoreless draw in San Bernardino on Oct. 23. This time, the Golden Eagles found an early opening, added two more before halftime and never surrendered their advantage.
 
Cal State LA scored seven goals in its two matches at Kellogg Stadium, following Friday's 4-1 semifinal victory over Menlo with another three-goal performance in the final. The regular-season champions left Pomona with another tournament trophy and the CCAA's automatic berth to the NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship.
 
Lopez and Ramirez led six Golden Eagles on the All-Tournament Team, joined by Alamo, Kischka, Sandres and Mariscal. San Bernardino placed four on the team, while Cal Poly Pomona had one selection.
 
2026 CCAA Men's Soccer All-Tournament Team
Jose Lopez, Cal State LA (Offensive MVP)
Abraham Ramirez, Cal State LA (Defensive MVP)
Erick Alamo, Cal State LA
Emil Kischka, Cal State LA
Angel Sandres, Cal State LA
Jose Mariscal, Cal State LA
Diego Lopez, Cal State San Bernardino
Alix Soukup, Cal State San Bernardino
Anthony Luna, Cal State San Bernardino
Andrew Alonso, Cal State San Bernardino
Daniel Gutierrez, Cal Poly Pomona