Archive for the ‘College Soccer’ Category

La Salle vs. Dayton in photos

(Photo by:Daniel Gajdamowicz)

Ryan Richter scored his fourth goal in last two games as the Explorers topped Dayton 1-0.

Local college roundup

Kerry Scalora

The PSP rounds up the weekend’s local Ivy League, Big East, Atlantic 10 and Colonial Athletic Association results.

Penn 1-0 Brown as Baker’s eighth is just enough

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Freshmen phenom Stephen Baker scored the only goal 14th-ranked Penn would need as they held off 13th-ranked Brown in an entertaining match between two nationally ranked teams at Rhodes Field.

La Salle vs. Massachusetts in photos

La Salle vs. Massachusetts in photos

La Salle women’s soccer downed Massachusetts, 3-0 in the last game of regular season with goals from Renee Washington, Amanda Komarnicki and Morgan Golden.

Penn vs. Brown in photos

(Photo by Daniel Gajdamowicz)

PSP was there to get photos of this Ivy League women’s soccer matchup over the weekend.

La Salle – George Washington in photos

La Salle – George Washington in photos

La Salle women’s soccer team won its second straight game with a 1-0 victory over George Washington. Morgan Golden scored the game winning goal. Here’s a photo essay from the game.

Temple vs. Massachusetts in photos

Temple vs. Massachusetts in photos

Temple Owls men’s soccer team lost to Massachusetts, 1-0. Here’s a photo essay of the action.

Villanova vs. South Florida in photos

(Photo: Daniel Gajdamowicz)

PSP’s Daniel Gajdamowicz shot photos in the first major college match at PPL Park. Here’s a photo essay from the game as the two teams battled to a 0-0 draw.

UNC bolsters Reading United attack

Reading United adds two more Tarheels to their roster

Alex Dixon and Martin Murphy will join UNC teammates Billy Schuler and Scott Goodwin on the USL Premier Development League side Reading United AC. Reading host the Hampton Roads Piranhas for their May 8 season opener.

Local players taken in MLS draft

Lost in all the Philadelphia Union hype was that several local players got drafted by MLS clubs on Thursday. Allentown’s Jason Yeisley, Lehigh University’s Adam Welch, FC Delco product Kevin Tangney and Villanova University’s Mike Seamon all made the cut at the draft. Yeisley and Welch are former players for the newly dubbed Reading United [...]

Virginia over Akron to win College Cup in PKs

Virginia over Akron to win College Cup in PKs

A mere fifteen years after their fifth NCAA Men’s soccer title, Virginia lifted the cup again. After a scoreless game, the Cavaliers hit their first three penalty kicks to send the top-seeded Akron Zips home empty-handed. Akron last appeared in a Men’s soccer final in 1986 when they lost to another ACC opponent, the Duke [...]

Local players at MLS combine

Major League Soccer announced on Thursday its list of 62 college seniors who will be invited to the 2010 adidas MLS Player Combine, and several local players are among them. They include Penn State striker Jason Yeisley, who’s from Allentown, Lehigh University defender Adam Welch, and J.T. Noone, a a Temple University midfielder who played [...]

Rutgers loses a soccer giant

There wasn’t a lot of fanfare when Bob Reasso resigned as Rutgers University men’s soccer coach Monday. There should have been.  Reasso took an ordinary soccer program and turned it into a giant of college soccer. Rutgers made three final fours and a national championship game. When the U.S. finally stepped onto the world soccer stage [...]

Begin at the End and Start Again

Preseason camp. Two miles in ten minutes. Senior season. This is the year to make the NCAAs. These, I’m guessing, were some of the thoughts swirling around in the back of my cousin, Chris Campell’s mind, as he and a couple of friends headed to the fields at Chestnut Hill College just a few days [...]

Philadelphia College Soccer: A Plea

Philadelphia College Soccer: A Plea

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania is approximately 20 miles outside of Philadelphia.  It is a small and unmemorable town. And yet this is where the best Philadelphia-area soccer team plays.  Swarthmore College is ranked 18th in the latest D-III poll and advanced to the second round of the Division III NCAA tournament after beating Merchant Marine Academy on [...]