You can chase a dream in college. That, more than anything else, is what separates it from the rest of life. There are options, new people, and new opportunities. This cavalcade of possibilities is present in almost all aspects of college, but no where more so than athletics. You can be a champion; you can be the best in the world, even if that world is only made up of people in the general age range of 18-22.
When the school year ends, most college soccer teams send their players home with workout programs and hope the players actually follow them, but that's about the extent of the training that goes on until fall camp.
Not Akron.
Akron, the alma mater of USMNT-ers Perry Kitchen and DeAndre Yedlin, went to Brazil to play four games in 10 days against Brazilian U-20 sides.
How the women have developed from youth to the national team squad.
For years, women’s college soccer has been dominated by the North Carolina Tarheels. Their grit and determination is why they continue to dominate the sport.
These five schools are the cream of the crop in Division I men’s soccer.
Unranked UMBC (University of Maryland-Baltimore County) made it all the way to the semifinals of the College Cup
Florida State women’s soccer coach Mark Krikorian has a nickname for Jamia Fields. It’s “Ms. November-December,” and rightly so. The Senior from Alta Loma, California scored all four of her goals this year after the regular season, but none was more important than her 83rd-minute championship-clinching goal on Sunday against ACC rival Virginia. Fields has 14 career goals with eight of them coming in the postseason. Talk about clutch.
We at The18 covered the lawsuit that took place between a group of female international soccer stars (including Americans Abby Wambach and Alex Morgan) and FIFA concerning what kind of field the 2015 Women’s World Cup would be played on. The women obviously wanted grass, but their main motivation against playing on artificial turf has long been that it is an inferior playing surface. It seems now, however, that they may be able to add legitimate long-term health concerns to the list.
Back in August, in our top 25 preview of Women’s College soccer, we highlighted four teams we expected to make the College Cup. Looking at the slate in Boca Raton on Friday, we’re not shocked by the participants: Virginia, Texas A&M, Florida State and Stanford all hovered inside the top 10 for the entire season - and each team is only two games away from its ultimate goal. Let’s get on with it!
Virginia Cavaliers v.s. Texas A&M Aggies - December 5th 5PM E.T. ESPNU
UCLA versus Virginia - November 28th - 8:00 PM