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Niko Acosta enters his second season as a PLNU Men's Soccer Assistant Coach in 2025, after previously doing so in 2023.

He spent 2024 as an Assistant Coach for the PLNU Women's Soccer team, helping the Sea Lions win the PacWest regular season and tournament championships before reaching the NCAA West Regional championship game. Point Loma finished the season with a 17-3-1 overall record.
 
Acosta, a PLNU Men's Soccer alumnus, served as an assistant coach with the Point Loma men's team in 2023, helping coach his alma mater to its first-ever conference title.
 
"As an alum and given how much being part of PLNU helped me grow both on and off the field, there is nothing more fulfilling to me than to be part of the community again and give back as much as I can," Acosta said.
 
A standout for PLNU on the field, the Caracas, Venezuela native went on to play for the former MLS franchise Chivas USA's U-23 team before continuing his career overseas in the lower divisions of the Spanish Football Federation.
 
In the Third Division he played for C.D. Idoya, facing teams of high caliber such as the reserves of La Liga First Division team C.D. Osasuna.
 
Acosta's previous coaching experience includes time spent coaching the U-11 and U-16 teams for C.D. Izarra and assisting the Chivas USA U-14 and U-16 academy teams.