San Diego, CA - May 19 - The 2025 Men's Senior Nationals concluded at UCSD Canyonview Aquatic Center in San Diego, CA yesterday with USA Junior winning the championship. USA Junior went a perfect 4-0 on the weekend to claim the title. Los Angeles Athletic Club finished as the runner-up while New York Athletic Club took home third place. For complete final standings and individual award winners, see below.
Final 2025 Men's Senior Nationals Standings
- USA Junior
- Los Angeles Athletic Club
- New York Athletic Club
- The Olympic Club
- UC San Diego
- Long Beach AF
- Alumni
- Riptide
- NYAC B
- Berkeley WPC
- Puerto Rico
- Channel Islands
- USA Youth Red
- USA Youth Blue
Individual Award Winners
MVP: Peter Castillo, USA Junior
Top Scorer: Ryder Dodd, USA Junior
Top Goalkeeper: Viktor Nagy, Alumni
USA Junior Goes Undefeated: USA Junior swept its weekend slate to become 2025 Men's Senior Nationals champions! USA Junior squared off against Los Angeles Athletic Club in the championship game yesterday at UCSD Canyonview Aquatic Center.
LAAC came out firing in the opening quarter. Andras Toth put LAAC in front early and Ryder Dodd responded for USA Junior but that was all they could manage in the first. LAAC put together five more goals as Toth, Gray Carson, Frederico Jucá Carsalade, Robert Lopez Duart, and Sergi Cabanas all found the back of the net for a 6-1 lead after one. USA Junior started to come on in the second period but LAAC held strong. Ryan Ohl and Ryder Dodd (2) hit three quick ones to bring USA Junior within two before Marcell Szecsi, Samu Biros, and Chase Dodd pushed the LAAC lead back to five. Bode Brinkema and Dashiell McFarland traded goals for USA Junior and LAAC before Landon Akerstrom hit for USA Junior at the end of the half to leave LAAC up 10-6 at the break.
Following intermission, USA Junior began to flip this game and it started with a big offensive quarter. Seven third quarter goals from Ryan Ohl, Ben Liechty, Ryder Dodd (2), Max Zelikov, and Brinkema (2) offset three scores by LAAC via Dénes Varga, Cabanas, and Lopez Duart to leave things level at 13-13 headed to the final frame. USA Junior continued its momentum from the third into the fourth. Midway through the period, Akerstrom and Zelikov pushed USA Junior up by two with back-to-back goals. From there, LAAC needed offense that it just couldn't muster culminating with a couple of big blocks late from USA Junior goalkeeper Charles Mills. With under one minute to play, Ryan Ohl ended any doubt with one more late goal and USA Junior emerged victorious, 16-13.
USA Junior was led by Ryder Dodd with five goals while Ryan Ohl and Landon Akerstrom each chipped in three. LAAC got two goals each from Andras Toth, Sergi Cabanas, and Robert Lopez Duart.
New York Athletic Club Upends The Olympic Club For 3rd: New York Athletic Club and The Olympic Club were locked in a tight contest throughout the third place game. NYAC took a 5-3 lead after one via goals from Hannes Daube, Alex Bowen (3) and Elias Liechty while The Olympic Club's Riley Pittman recorded all three goals early. In the second, NYAC put home four as Daube, AJ Rossman, Massimo Di Martire, and Makoto Kenney scored. Ben Forer and Colin Mulcahy scored two for The Olympic Club to leave NYAC up 9-5 at the half.
The Olympic Club scored first to open the second half when Pittman put home another. Olympic Club also got scores from Thomas Carroll and Mulcahy whereas NYAC fed Bowen, Gianpiero Di Martire, Matthew Farmer, and Jacob Cavano for four goals and a 13-8 edge after three. The Olympic Club did its best to make this interesting late. Pittman scored two more to open the final frame before Marcus Longton cut the deficit to two. Midway through the quarter, Rossman scored again for NYAC but Garrett Dunn had an answer for Olympic Club. At this pressure packed moment in the game, NYAC turned to its Olympians and they did the trick. Bowen and Daube each scored down the stretch to put the game away for NYAC and earn the 16-12 victory.
Video Highlights: Overnght Media was on site this weekend in San Diego to stream Senior Nationals. Highlights from some of those matches will be available soon.
