Archive for September, 2010

College Soccer Season really getting started!

Before we go any further, just wanted to say how impressed I am with the attendance for the Men’s Soccer Game between UCSB and UCLA, check out the story Ok, so we may not have had quite as many fans for our last couple of home games, but we are really seeing a significant increase [...]

College Soccer, another great performance

Last night we won 3-0 at home to extend out unbeaten regular season run to 14 games. Read the game report The team is looking really good with strength and depth throughout. It is such a bonus to make a substitution and put a player on who is equally as good. I usually sub a [...]

College Soccer, second game completed

Ok, so we went up against the team that won the conference tournament last year and then progressed into the NCAA Tournament. The game ended up 0-0 after double overtime. In blistering heat all credit to both teams. Both of them gave everything they had in the game and it was thrilling to watch. Any [...]

College Soccer Game Preparation

So, tomorrow we go ahead and play away against the current conference tournament champions. The first time I coached against this team was three years ago and we were 6-0 down at half time! Game finished 8-0. We were then beaten 3-0 by them the following year. Last year we tied them 0-0 after double [...]

College Soccer Season underway!

Wow, what a night we had last night! We opened regular season play against the current conference champions and we won 5-2! In the first half we went 1-0 up and then peppered their goal for most of the half. Just as you see in games all over the world, if you don’t take your [...]

College Soccer Pre Season Completed

OK, so we have come to the end of a very intense college soccer pre season campaign. This involved practicing two times a day plus playing 4 pre season games. We start our regular season schedule this week. Pre season was a success for us. In terms of numbers we won 2 and lost 2. [...]

College Soccer Second Game of the Season

OK, so back down to earth with a bump after a 2-0 loss today. We went up against our cross town rivals who beat us 4-0 last year. They are currently ranked 8th in the nation in NAIA, so obviously they are a good team. We got off to a bright start and could have [...]

College Soccer Game Preparation

Ok, so tomorrow we play our second pre season game of the season. We go against a team ranked 8th in the nation, who last year had their best season on record. They have started out slowly this year losing their first three games 0-1. They beat us last year 4-0, so they will be [...]

College Soccer Season underway, first win under the belt

OK, so we played our first pre season game tonight. I had come to think I had scheduled this game too early, but I think we got it right. We only started pre season 6 days ago, but the players needed to get out on the field for a game. I had the luxury of [...]