Malone Mataele (11) runs the ball downfield through the College of Utah scrimmage at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake Metropolis on Saturday, March 30, 2019. Silas Walker, Deseret Information
Final Nov. 21, earlier than the Utah Utes soccer crew had completed its common season, defensive again Malone Mataele introduced that he had entered the switch portal to play his last season of eligibility elsewhere.
Precisely a month afterward Dec. 21, the Utah State Aggies introduced that that they had signed the Placentia, California, native.
Now, simply over 4 months after that, Mataele introduced on Twitter Wednesday that he's getting into the portal once more.
Coming into the Switch Portal !
— Malone Mataele (@thetonganterror) April 26, 2023
Listed at 5-foot-11 and 185 kilos, Mataele appeared in 35 video games throughout his time at Utah and tallied 43 tackles (30 solo, 13 assisted) and one interception.
After Utah State signed him, Aggies head coach Blake Anderson indicated that Mataele had household in Utah.
Mataele’s announcement comes because the Utah State roster has been reasonably decimated by transfers this offseason, and notably over the previous few weeks.
In all, greater than 30 gamers on the Aggie roster have entered the portal throughout this offseason.
“That is the brand new world of faculty soccer. That is what legislatures have created,” Anderson mentioned earlier this month. “It'll occur all throughout (the nation) and it's. This isn't a Logan downside. This can be a NCAA soccer downside. It's not going to return.”