Good morning! A rising tide lifts all boats. See how the USC soccer team is ready to work for each other as they get ready to open the season.

What else can you find in today’s edition of The Three Torches?

🏅 USC Olympic recap
⚽️ A preview of the season opener
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Olympic Success. The 2024 Paris Olympic Games saw USC athletes continue the Trojan tradition of Olympic competition and success. Trojans collected a total of 15 medals — seven gold, two silver and six bronze — to bolster USC's claim to the most medals won by any U.S. institution, now with 341 total medals. And with a gold medal won in every Olympics since 1912, USC continues to lead all U.S. universities in total Olympians and medals won.

🔢 Check out the Olympic Trojans by the numbers

🔼 Season’s Greetings. The No. 23 USC soccer team opens the 2024 season with a pair of games this week, playing at New Mexico State on Thursday and at California Baptist on Sunday. The Trojans finished their final season in the Pac-12 with an 11-5-3 overall record and 5-2-2 conference record, good for a third-place finish in the league. For the 10th consecutive season, USC made the NCAA postseason, playing into the second round before falling to BYU.

🔼 Latest Addition. USC men's tennis welcomes its newest addition to the program, the reigning Division III National Champion Tristan Bradley. The latest Trojan signed with USC after completing a near-perfect season at Bowdoin. The incoming graduate transfer went 26-2 at the No. 1 position in singles on his way to a Division III National Championship. He wrapped up his Division III career with an ITA Doubles All-American nod and back-to-back NESCAC Player of the Year honors. 

🗣️ "I look forward to bringing the values I've learned at Bowdoin to USC, and I am eager to learn and push my new teammates, coaches, and staff as we strive to be our best. Fight on!” - Tristan Bradley

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🏈 COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF

17 days until kickoff, Trojan Family!

The 2012 season was one to remember for USC wide receiver, Marqise Lee. The all-time leader in receiving yards turned in his best season as a Trojan after racking up 1,721 yards which included a program-best and conference-best 345-yard performance against Arizona. That season, Lee went on to win the Biletnikoff Award as the top receiver in the nation, was selected as a unanimous All-American and finished fourth in the race for the Heisman Trophy.

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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD

*All times Pacific

Thursday, August 15
⚽️ Soccer @ New Mexico State @ 5 p.m. | ESPN+ | Live Stats

Sunday, August 18
⚽️ Soccer @ California Baptist @ 7 p.m. | ESPN+ | Live Stats

⚔️ Click here to view the full USC Trojan Athletics Calendar

⚔️ Have a great Thursday, everyone!