College Soccer Reporter

[TOP 5 PREVIEW] Rarely do Connecticut stars leave Coach Ray Reid‘s program early to turn pro so it’s no surprise thatperhaps no team in the country has more talent than No. 5 Connecticut. This year’s team features a pair of Preseason All-Americans, Tony Cascio and Carlos Alvarez, both exciting players, and one of the nation’s […]

[2011 MEN’S PREVIEW] Top-ranked programs like Louisville, Akron and North Carolina, to name only three, have loaded up on transfers from other four-yearprograms. Most are from other NCAA Division I programs, but schools have also dipped into the small-college ranks for rare gems. Here’s a look at 37 top transfers who were established players beforemoving […]

[PATRIOT MEN] Colgate was named the favorite in the Patriot League preseason men’s poll, earning 10 of 16 first-place votes. Bucknell’s Brendan Burgdorf and Lehigh senior Kevin Strunk were named Preseason Offensive and Defensive Player of the Years,respectively.

[BIG TEN MEN] Indiana enters the 2011 season as the conference favorite after winning the Big Ten regular-season title in 2010.   Ohio Statechecks in at No. 2, Penn State follows at No. 3, and Michigan, which won its first Big Ten Tournament title and advanced to last year’s NCAA College Cup semifinals, is No. […]

[ACC MEN] North Carolina is the preseason favorite to claim the 2011 ACC men’s championship, according to a vote of the league’s nine headcoaches. The Tar Heels were listed first on seven coaches’ ballots. Defending ACC champion Maryland received one first-place vote and placed second in the voting, while Virginia waspicked to finish third. Wake […]

[2011 MEN’S PREVIEW] MLS and European clubs have definitely thinned the ranks of young prospects entering the college ranks. But many of the top collegeprograms are still attracting good players. Here are eight who should step in right away and have an impact on the 2011 title race … Bryan Gallego,Akron. The Zips lost three […]

[TOP 5 PREVIEW] Akron lost a record seven players taken in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft from its 2010 NCAA championship team, but that doesn’t mean there’s no Zipleft in Caleb Porter‘s squad. The four returning starters were all major contributors on Akron’s championship team, and Porter has brought in 16 — count ’em,16 first-year players. […]

[BUFFALO MEN] Buffalo men’s coach John Astudillo, who has a record of 190-173-35 in his 22 seasons with the Bulls,will be taking a medical leave of absence from the sidelines this fall, and associate head coach Dave Hesch has taken over as interim coach. Astudillo, who has  the most wins of any coach in Bulls’ […]