[AROUND THE COUNTRY] Men’s College Cup semifinalist Michigan’s rebuilding campaign off to a rough start. Second-half goals from freshman
SoccerAmerica Freshman of the Year Soony Saad turned pro, signing with Sporting Kansas City, his brother, Hamoody, left theteam, and goalie Chris Blais transferred to USF. On top of that the Wolverines also lost senior Justin Meram, who is nowstarting for the Columbus Crew. And top recruit Caleb Stanko accepted an offer from German club Freiburg, where he is playing with its Jugend A team.
— Bradley’s 6-foot-5 senior, Bryan Gaul, scored on shots from 32 and 20 yards and assisted on Christian Meza‘sopening goal for a remarkable first half that helped propel the Braves past Butler, 4-1, in their battle of Missouri Valley and Horizon League champions at the Butler Bowl.
— FreshmanJuan Monge Solano scored on a free kick from 35 yards after only eight minutes and VCU cruised to a 4-1 win over Navy. Former Akron player
— Stephan Brossard needed only seven minutes to score ahat trick midway through the first half and lead Marist to a 6-4 win at Army in Friday’s opener. The Black Knights had come back from 4-1 down to tie the score at 4-4, but Krystian Witkowski scoredtwo late goals to give Marist the win.
EAST:
Army 4 Marist 6
Boston Univ. 2 Holy Cross 0
New Hampshire 2 Rhode Island 1
Rutgers 3 LaSalle 1
Seton Hall 0 Rider 1
Vermont 2 Central Conn. State 0
MIDWEST:
Bowling Green 2 Michigan 0
Northwestern 1Eastern Illinois 2
UMKC 1 Nebraska-Omaha 2
Valparaiso 8 Calumet Saint Joseph 0
SOUTH:
Campbell 0 Furman 0
College ofCharleston-South Carolina (postponed)
FIU 2 Nova Southeastern 0
Kentucky 2 Dayton 0
VCU 4 Navy 1
WEST:
Cal State Fullerton 1Hope International 0
Cal State Northridge 2 Canisius 0
New Mexico 2 Towson 0
San Jose State 4 Fresno Pacific 1
UC Irvine 1 San Diego 0
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