[COACHING MOVES] A late flurry of moves led to women’s head coaching positions opening up over the summer. For all the offseason moves … WOMEN’S OFFSEASON MOVES SCHOOL OLD COACH … NEW COACH Air Force LarryFriend, interim … Larry Friend Appalachian State Ben Popoola … Sarah Strickland (Mississippi State assistant) Arkansas State Derek Pittman (Gonzaga […]
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Eight women's games to air on NSCAA College Game of the Week
[TELEVISION] Eight women’s games, beginning with the “Battle of the Bluegrass” between Louisville and Kentucky on Sept. 9, will be shown on FoxSoccer Channel as part of the NSCAA College Game of the Week. This will be the sixth season of NSCAA College Game of the Week telecasts on FSC. The schedule will also feature […]
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Soccer America Women's Preseason Top 25
[RANKINGS] Stanford and North Carolina, last year’s Women’s College Cup finalists, are ranked 1-2 in theSoccer America Women’s Preseason Top 25 rankings, as selected by its editors. North Carolina beat Stanford, 1-0, to snap the Cardinal’s 25-game winning streak, but the Cardinal will get arematch when it travels to Chapel Hill to face the Tar […]
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Solid nucleus gives Irish optimism
[NOTRE DAME WOMEN] A season that featured a humiliating 6-0 loss at home to North Carolina early in the campaign and a rash of injuries didn’t turn out toobadly. The Irish won their 11th Big East title and advanced to the Women’s College Cup for the fourth consecutive season in 2009. With a solid nucleus […]
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Attention: College Soccer Contacts
Here’s information for men’s and women’s sports information directors and conference soccer coordinators on Soccer America’s 2010 college coverage … Men’s Preseason All-Americans — The Soccer America Men’s Preseason All-Americans will appear in the Thursday edition of the College Soccer Reporter. Soccer America Top 25s — The Soccer America Women’s Top 25 will appear in […]
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Pilots aim to take care of business
[PORTLAND WOMEN] Since winning its second national title in 2005, it’s been the same old story for Portland. All four years the Pilots have reached thequarterfinals, and all four years they’ve lost. This year could be different as they return forward Danielle Foxhoven, who led the nation in points per game,and the country’s best midfield. […]
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Dorrance: 'We could be pretty competitive'
[NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN] No other program could suffer the losses North Carolina had in the offseason and even think of challenging for the national title. Butthen Carolina is no ordinary program. Carolina’s losses were massive: Olympic gold-medalist Tobin Heath, WhitneyEngen, Nikki Washington and Casey Nogueira went 1-4-5-8 in the WPS college draft, Jessica McDonald, Ashlyn […]
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Cardinal will be entertaining
[STANFORD WOMEN] The Cardinal won its first 25 games before falling to North Carolina in the 2009 Women’s College Cup final. Stanford should exact its revengethis season. “In that final game, we didn’t play well,” Paul Ratcliffe said. “That was disappointing that we never really played the way we playedthe entire season. Hopefully, that’s in […]
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IUPUI is chosen to claim title
[SUMMIT WOMEN] IUPUI, the 2009 Summit League champion, has been selected as the preseason favorite in a vote among the league’s 10 head coaches. IUPUI returns reigning Offensive Player of the Year Alicia Brock for her junior season. She combined with second-team all-league performer Megan Hock for 20 of the team’s 41 goals.
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Stanford gets full votes in coaches' poll
[PAC-10 WOMEN] Stanford, which went 25-0-0 and was No. 1 in the country until it fell to North Carolina in the 2009 Women’s College Cup final, received themaximum amount of points (81), with nine first-place votes, in the Pac-10 preseason poll of head coaches. This marks the third-straight season the Cardinal have been picked first […]