A 1-0 victory over Rochester on Shay Callahan‘s goal gave William Smith the Upstate Collegiate Cup but more important it was head coach Aliceann Wilber‘s 500th career win. She is the first female coach to achieve 500 wins and just the third coach in women’s soccer after Anson Dorrance (North Carolina) and Len Tsantiris (UConn) […]
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NCAA forces 13 women's college stars out of FIFA 16
Electronic Arts’ introduction of women’s players in its FIFA 16 video game, set to be released Tuesday, hit a snag after the NCAA told the game maker the eligibility of 13 current or future collegeplayers in the game would be compromised if they included them in the game. “We do not agree with the position,” […]
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Brandeis' Coven picks up 500th victory
Brandeis University men’s coach Michael Coven won his 500th game when the Judges beat archrival Babson, 1-0, on senior captainJake Picard’s goal in the 108th minute. Coven is just the sixth Division III coach and 11th coach overall with 500 or more career wins. He is in his 43rd season as the Brandeis head coach,making him […]
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British players flock to U.S. college programs
More and more British players are flocking to U.S. colleges. An estimated 600 young men and women will cross the Atlantic and begin their college soccer careers on scholarships this fall. A big factoris the rise of companies who — for a fee — arrange soccer scholarships. “It seems in the past 12 years they’ve […]
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Van der Veen brings Dutch soccer culture to Utah
Dutch youth international Paola van der Veen, the first player Utah ever recruited from outside North America, has made an immediate impact on the 3-2-2 Utes.It took all of 28 minutes in the home opener against Houston to set up teammate Taylor Slattery for a goal after her shot ricocheted off the crossbar. She comesto […]
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Loaded West Virginia hands another team first defeat
A year after beating Penn State, No. 10 West Virginia picked up another big win, a 2-0 victory at Ohio State. The Mountaineers dominated with a 23-5 edge in shots as Ohio State became the fifth teamto suffer its first loss at their hands. “I have to give West Virginia credit because we’ve been playing […]
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U.S. women's pioneer takes over NYU men
Kim Wyant, the first goalkeeper for the U.S. women’s national team in 1985, has taken over as the head coach of the Division III NYU men’s team one game intothe 2015 season. Men’s coach Joe Behan had to step down for family health concerns, and Wyant, the women’s assistant, was picked to step into Behan’s […]
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Kentucky women show mental strength after delay
No. 22 Kentucky set a women’s attendance record Friday night as 3,371 fans filled the Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex for the Wildcats’ 1-0 win over in-state rival Louisville, their fifth ina row over the Cardinals. Unfortunately, most of the fans couldn’t stay until the end as weather delayed the start for more than […]
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Freshmen are not so inexperienced at New Mexico
New Mexico started three freshmen in its 1-0 loss at No. 1 UCLA last Saturday. All three hail from MLS academy teams: defenders Aaron Herrera (Real Salt LakeAZ) and Matt Dorsey (Houston Dynamo) and midfielder Patrick Khouri (FC Dallas). “With the kind of playerwe’re getting, it’s a funny term saying they’re freshmen,” UNM coach Jeremy […]
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Georgia sees bump in interest courtesy of World Cup
The SEC is starting to get the same attention as the ACC and Pac-12 when it comes to women’s soccer. It sent eight teams to the NCAA Tournament in 2014. One of them was Georgia, which is building itsbase of support and expects a good crowd for its match Friday against No. 10 Clemson. The […]