College Soccer Reporter

[AWARDS] Creighton goalkeeper Brian Holt — all 5-foot-8 of him — who set an NCAA record for the lowest goals-againstaverage and helped lead the Bluejays to the Division I semifinals, was selected as the 2011 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award winner for Division I men’s soccer. Holt broke the NCAArecord by posting a 0.206 goals-against average […]

[MEN’S COLLEGE CUP] National championships are nothing new to North Carolina — after all, Anson Dorrance‘s women have 20 NCAA titles in 30years — but Charlotte has never won an NCAA title, making Sunday’s Division I men’s championship game a big deal to the Niner Nation. A section of students decked out in green and […]

[NORTH CAROLINA-CHARLOTTE] Underdog Charlotte had most of the play and almost all the chances, but top-seed North Carolina got a spectacular goal from Ben Speas to win its second national title with a 1-0 victory in Sunday’s Men’s College Cup final in Hoover, Ala. “The two games that we played this weekend were unbelievable,” said […]

[MICHIGAN] A year after leading Michigan to the Men’s College Cup for the first time, head coach Steve Burns handed inhis resignation. He launched the Wolverines’ varsity program and coached them for 12 seasons, compiling a 122-98-22 overall record. But UM finished 2011 with a 5-14-1 record and a 1-5-0 mark in BigTen play. “As […]

[NORTH CAROLINA-UCLA] In one of the best Men’s College Cup matches ever played, No. 1 seed North Carolina twice came from behind to tie No. 13 seed UCLA, 2-2,and go on to win their semifinal, 3-1, in a shootout before 9,623 fans in Hoover, Ala. The Bruins got golazos from Ryan Hollingshead and Kelyn Rowe, […]

[CHARLOTTE-CREIGHTON] Unseeded Charlotte’s improbable bid for its first Division I championship continued as it upset Creighton, 4-1, in a shootout after theirsemifinal game finished 0-0 and moved into Sunday’s final at Regions Park Stadium against North Carolina (TV: ESPNU, 4 p.m. ET). After winning at UAB, the 2011 Men’s College Cup host school, andknocking off […]

[AWARDS] Creighton led all schools with four players on the 2011 NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Men’s Division I All-America Team: Ethan Finlay and Brian Holt (first team) and Andrew Duran and GregJordan (second team). North Carolina had three players — Matt Hedges, Enzo Martinez and Billy Schuler — named to the first team. Finlay, Schuler and Duke’s […]