[AKRON MEN] Akron, which lost a record seven players taken in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft from its 2010 NCAA championship team, has given new meaning to rebuilding,bringing in eight more recruits — including three transfers — to go along with eight announced in February. Coach Caleb Porter‘s transfers include Tony Walls, a 2010 Hermann Trophy […]
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Rebels receive $850,000 gift
[UNLV MEN] The UNLV men’s soccer program has received a record-setting donation to the program of $850,000 from the Engelstad Family Foundation. Ralph and Betty Engelstad started the foundation. Kris Engelstad McGarry istheir daughter, and her husband, Tim McGarry, was a member of the UNLV men’s soccer team during the 1978 and 1979 seasons. The […]
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Kelderman returns home to guide Phoenix
[GREEN BAY MEN] Former MLS player and assistant coach Kris Kelderman is returning to his native Wisconsin to take overthe men’s program at Wisconsin-Green Bay. Kelderman spent four years as an assistant with Kansas City and D.C. United and had two stints on the staff at George Mason University. He was a two-time state champion […]
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Cardinals add three more transfers
[LOUISVILLE MEN] NCAA Division I runner-up Louisville has added three transfers for the 2011 season: high-scoring Brazilian Richard Osterloh (Mars Hill), Michael Roman (UCLA) and Kegan Harkenrider (Denver). Osterloh,a 6-2 forward, had 10 goals and 23 points in nine games, earning 2010 South Atlantic Conference Freshman of the Year honors. Roman, a 5-11 midfielder from […]
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Brian heads Cavs' deep recruiting class
[VIRGINIA WOMEN] Led by U.S. under-20 women’s national team forward Morgan Brian, the 2011 Gatorade Girls Soccer Playerof the Year, Virginia has landed one of the top women’s classes in the country. Brian, who captained the 2010 under-17 national team and also represented the USA at the 2008 Under-17Women’s World Cup, and is joined by […]
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Best is yet to come
[NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN] Defender Taylor Ramirez, who was called into the next U.S. under-18 women’s national team camp,heads North Carolina’s 2011 recruiting class. Ramirez plays for Orange Soccer Club in Southern California, which will also send forward Brooke Elbyto Chapel Hill. The rest of the 2011 class consists of Satara Murray (Lone Star SC), Kat […]
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Cardinal lands top forwards
[STANFORD WOMEN] U.S. under-20 national team forward Chioma Ubogagu and former U.S. under-17 forward Alex Doll head up a class that should help Stanford, No. 1 throughout the 2010 regular season, again contend for the 2011 NCAA Division I women’s title.
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Tar Heels elevate Somoano to head coach
[NORTH CAROLINA MEN] Carlos Somoano has been confirmed as the North Carolina men’s head coach, only the fifth coach inthe Tar Heels’ 65-year history. Somoano served as the top assistant under Elmar Bolowich at North Carolina for the last nine seasons, helping leadthe Tar Heels to eight NCAA Tournament appearances, including three straight NCAA College […]
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Programs load up on Apaches
[MEN’S RECRUITING] Tyler Junior College, which won back-to-back NJCAA Division I titles and recorded a 41-0-1 record the last two seasons, will send 12 playersto four-year programs next fall. The Apaches include three first-team All-Americans: German goalie Andre Grandt (UC Santa Barbara), Jamaicanmidfielder Brenton Griffiths and English forward Dom Dwyer (both South Florida). Rafael Amaya […]
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Green Bay's Poitras takes charge of Hawks
[HARTFORD MEN] Tom Poitras, who recently completed his seventh season as the head coach at Wisconsin-Green Bay, has beennamed the new men’s head coach at the University of Hartford, where he replaces Dan Gaspar. Poitras, who piloted the Phoenix to a 72-46-18 record,is native of Southington, Conn., and previously coached at new Division II New […]