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2025 Men's Soccer Roster

Sarah Kozal
Diego Kaiser-Lopez
Daniah Al-Saffar
Lilli Vandervennet
Sarah Kozal
Kam Jones

7 Esteban Mercado

  • Year Sophomore
  • Height 5-8
  • Hometown Ypsilanti, MI
  • High School Ann Arbor Huron

Biography

AWARDS & HONORS
  • First Team All-Region (2025)
  • First Team All-MIAA (2025)
  • MIAA Offensive Athlete of the Week (9/2/25)
  • MIAA Offensive Athlete of the Week (10/28/24)

2025 | SOPHOMORE
  • Registered 11 goals and three assists
  • Started all 17 games
 
  • Scored the goal in 1-1 draw with Kalamazoo (10/29)
  • Converted from the spot in 2-0 win over Olivet (10/25)
  • Registered a penalty kick goal in loss vs Hope (10/18)
  • Scored penalty in 2-1 win against Alma (10/11)
  • Provided two assists in 4-0 win over Trine (10/7)
  • Tallied a goal in 4-0 victory against Great Lakes Christain (10/3)
  • Scored in 4-2 triumph over Grace Christian (9/26)
  • Registered a goal and an assist in 3-0 win vs Heidelberg (9/20)
  • Tallied two goals in 7-0 win over Franklin (9/13)
  • Found the net twice in 4-1 season-opening victory against Rochester Christian (8/30)

2024 | FRESHMAN
  • Played in 12 games with 11 starts
  • Scored three goals, all in the same game against Calvin 

HIGH SCHOOL
  • Earned two letters in soccer at Ann Arbor Huron High School for coach Luis Gomez
  • Named honorable mention all-state, all-region, first-team All-SEC and first-team all-district
  • Honor roll student all four years

PERSONAL
  • Son of Arnulfo Mercado and Marisela Garcia
  • Has a younger brother, Nicolas, and a younger sister, Amelia
  • Played club for Liverpool IA Ann Arbor, earning ECNL RL MVP and was a Super Y MVP nominee
  • Favorite athlete is Javier (Chicharito) Hernandez
  • Majoring in finance
  • Member of the Sigma Chi fraternity at Albion
  • Lists his parents, Arnulfo and Marisela, as his biggest influences "because of the sacrifices they have made for me"
  • Born on April 22, 2006 in Livonia, Mich.

Statistics

Season:
2025

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2024Freshman

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    7
  • 7

    2025Sophomore

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    5'8"
    7