UCLA learned a painful lesson it dropped a pair of 2-1 decisions to Virginia and Texas. The Bruins have now lost three of five games, suffering more defeats than in their first two seasons under headcoach Amanda Cromwell, who was ejected from the Virginia game. One of the best tournament performances this season was California’s […]
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Women's Week 3: Four games to follow this weekend
Last year, Virginia knocked off the defending champion UCLA in the quarterfinals of the NCA Tournament, snapping the Bruins’ 44-game unbeaten streak. The Cavaliers head to Westwood for a rematchFriday night in the top spot in the Soccer America Top 25. Summer Green, who had off-season surgery, is off to a greatsenior season for North […]
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Candidates for 2015 Senior CLASS Award named
Sixty men’s and women’s soccer players were selected as candidates for the 2015 Senior CLASS Award in collegiate soccer. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classifiedas an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition. The Senior CLASS (acronym for Celebrating […]
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Video Pick: Gameock Torda hits a golazo
South Carolina senior Jeffrey Torda‘s winning goal in the Gamecocks’ 4-2 victory over Georgia Southern made the No. 2 spot on ESPN SportsCenter Plays of theDay. His world-class strike broke a 2-2 tie in the 62nd minute, taking the long free kick from classmate Ryan Arambula and using a scissor kick to put it intothe […]
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Brown's Pincince plans to retire after 39 years
Phil Pincince, the NCAA’s longest-standing women’s soccer coach, has announced that he will retire as Brown’s head coach at the conclusion ofthe 2015 season. He will remain with the athletic department in 2016 as assistant to the director of athletics. “It has been an honor and privilege to serve Brown Universityas its head women’s soccer […]
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Men's Week 2: Five games to follow this weekend
A bicoastal matchup of national powerhouses, Maryland-UCLA, and one of the great in-state rivalry matches, Clemson-South Carolina in the Palmetto State derby, highlight this weekend’s men’s collegeaction. Here are five games to follow. Sign up (free eletter): College Soccer Reporter Follow on Twitter: @SoccerAmerica Friend on Facebook: Soccer America FRIDAY (7 p.m. ET, BTN): Maryland-UCLA. […]
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Monday: BYU makes it three in a row, all shutouts
No. 8 BYU made it three wins in three games, all by shutouts, as it beat Nebraska, 2-0, on the road Monday night thanks to goals by Ashley Hatch — the 26th ofher career — and Michele Murphy Vasconcelos. “That was a tough battle tonight,” BYU head coach Jennifer Rockwoodsaid. “It’s always hard to come […]
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POTW: Diniz, Wyatt takes NSCAA honors
Stetson senior midfielder Lucas Diniz and DePaul senior forward Elise Wyatt were named the NSCAA College Players of theWeek for Aug. 25-31. Diniz scored five goals in two road wins. Diniz started the season with two goals in the season opener, a 3-1 win at Georgia Southern on Friday. On Sunday, theBrazilian followed up with […]
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Monday: Morris gets first goal, Cardinal beats Cardinals
Jordan Morris, who was not called up for the U.S. senior national team or under-23 team because of his college commitments, scored his first goal of the 2015season to give Stanford a 1-0 win at Louisville. The goal — Morris’ 11th of his college career — came on a through ball by Ty Thompson in […]
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Soccer America Men's Top 25
UCLA and Virginia, last year’s Men’s College Cup finalists, remained 1-2 in the weekly Soccer America Men’s Top 25 rankings. Creighton, Maryland and Providence each moved up two spots to 3-4-5.Unranked San Diego, a 3-0 winner over California, jumped to No. 17, while Wake Forest, Oregon State and Hofstra all debuted in this year’s Top […]