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Pair of all-conference winners join Lopes
7/17/2025 12:35:00 PM | Men's Soccer
Goalkeeper Ibarra, defensive midfielder Rosales bring veteran experience
Grand Canyon head coach George Kiefer announced the signings of goalkeeper Daniel Ibarra and defensive midfielder Allan Rosales to join the Lopes for a season that starts next month.
The duo brings in back-line experience, and each transfer earned all-conference awards a season ago.
Ibarra spent the past two seasons at Milwaukee, where the native of Monterrey, Mexico, started all 35 games and tallied 149 saves, seven shutouts and a .753 save percentage in 2024. Ibarra recorded back-to-back 70-plus save seasons, including 76 a year ago en route to being honored on the All-Horizon third team.
He had 10 games with four or more saves last season, including an eight-save effort in a 4-1 victory over Oakland. He totaled four saves in the Horizon Tournament semifinals, receiving All-Horizon Tournament Team accolades in the process to cap his .800 save percentage season with a 1.06 goals against average.
Rosales spent 2024 at Mt. San Antonio College, a junior college where he totaled five goals and six assists with a .600 shot-on-goal percentage. Three of his five goals proved to be game winners for the Mounties, who went 14-4-4. Rosales was named an All-SCC North first-team honoree and a Junior College Division III United Soccer Coaches All-American.
GCU's first match of the 2025 season is an exhibition at home versus Eastern Arizona on Aug. 16. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at GCU Stadium, where the season opener will be Aug. 21 at 7 p.m. versus Jacksonville.
The duo brings in back-line experience, and each transfer earned all-conference awards a season ago.
Ibarra spent the past two seasons at Milwaukee, where the native of Monterrey, Mexico, started all 35 games and tallied 149 saves, seven shutouts and a .753 save percentage in 2024. Ibarra recorded back-to-back 70-plus save seasons, including 76 a year ago en route to being honored on the All-Horizon third team.
He had 10 games with four or more saves last season, including an eight-save effort in a 4-1 victory over Oakland. He totaled four saves in the Horizon Tournament semifinals, receiving All-Horizon Tournament Team accolades in the process to cap his .800 save percentage season with a 1.06 goals against average.
Rosales spent 2024 at Mt. San Antonio College, a junior college where he totaled five goals and six assists with a .600 shot-on-goal percentage. Three of his five goals proved to be game winners for the Mounties, who went 14-4-4. Rosales was named an All-SCC North first-team honoree and a Junior College Division III United Soccer Coaches All-American.
GCU's first match of the 2025 season is an exhibition at home versus Eastern Arizona on Aug. 16. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at GCU Stadium, where the season opener will be Aug. 21 at 7 p.m. versus Jacksonville.
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