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Minneapolis, Minn., – 02/06/2012 The University of Minnesota women's soccer team has announced
the 2012 signing class with the addition of six new student-athletes to the Gopher program. Head
coach Mikki Denney Wright has snagged five Minnesota preps stars in Ellie Arvesen, Mehan Bolton,
Elle Dykema, Kristen Knutson and Allie Reinke while also pulling in [.
While the Gophers have not yet released information on their signings for the 2012 season, three
players have committed to the University of Minnesota while another, Mehan Bolton, said last fall
that she had made a verbal commitment to the team. Elle Dykema from Northfield High School, Kristen
Knutson from Eagan and Allison Reinke from [.
Today is National Letter of Intent day where high school student athletes sign with their colleges
of choice for fall sports. It's a very exciting day in the lives of student athletes and their
parents. The process can sometimes be difficult with many options and choices. With the choices lie
opportunities that will shape these [.
The North Dakota State University Women's Soccer team has a new head coach. Mark Cook, who has been
director of coaching for both Bangu and the Minnesota Thunder Academy for the past 11 years, was
announced as the new head coach of the Division I school filling the void left by outgoing coach
Pete Cuadrado [.
The United States Soccer Federation announced on Friday its end of year awards, with the highest
honors of Male Athlete of the Year and Female Athlete of the Year going to US nationals Clint
Dempsey and Abby Wambach. Young Male Athlete of the Year and Young Female Athlete of the Year,
which can only be [.
Kansas City, Mo. – "Ever since I've been a little kid thats all I wanted to do was become a
professional soccer player. So it's a dream come true for me. Today was a great day." Those were
the words of Calum Mallace on Thursday after he was chosen the 20th overall pick in the MLS [...]
The fate of Eric Miller's soccer career hung in the balance at just the tender age of five years
old. The deciding factor of one phone call could have made Minnesota, and the nation as a whole,
miss out on one of the most promising young talents in the sport. "I was supposed to play [...]
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 15, 2011 Courtesy Gopher Sports.com The Minnesota women's soccer program
announced the 2011 team awards on Sunday night at the team's annual banquet in the DQ Club Room at
TCF Bank Stadium. Along with celebrating another successful season in Minnesota soccer, the Golden
Gophers also honored the following players with individual awards [.
Semifinals Creighton 0-0 Charlotte (Charlotte advance 4-1 in PK's) The last two college players
from Minnesota finished up their seasons on Friday evening when the Creighton Bluejays were
eliminated from the NCAA College Cup by Charlotte 4-1 in a penalty kick shootout in the
semifinals in Hoover, AL.
Marquette University Senior Calum Mallace (Henry Sibley HS, Minn.) has been invited to particpate
in the 2012 adidas MLS Player Combine. MLS announced today the initial list of 52 college seniors
from 31 Division I schools who have been invited to participate. The initial player list was
determined by a panel of Division I college coaches, [.
I have long called the Lagos family the first family of soccer in Minnesota for obvious reason. I
have recently started calling the Kallman family the second family of soccer in Minnesota, which
also should be obvious if you follow the game here in Minnesota. Remarkably, 5 of the Kallman
children have played division 1 [.
Minnesota's Eric Miller and Brent Kallman will be making a trip the NCAA Men's D1 College Cup next
weekend. The Bluejays shutout their opponent for the 18th time this season with a 1-0 overtime win
over South Florida Sunday afternoon at Morrison Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska. The golden goal game in
the 97th minute of [.
Minnesota's Kassey Kallman's sophomore soccer season ended abruptly on Friday when her Florida
State University team (18-7-1) lost to Stanford 3-0. Kallman went the distance for FSU in a game
that saw her team make some unusual mistakes in the back. Stanford's very talented team made the
Seminoles pay for each and every one of [.
Brother and sister Brent and Kassey Kallman each will see at least one more game of post season
action after this weekends NCAA D1 soccer tournament matches. Kassey's Florida State University
Seminoles (18-6-1) defeated the University of Virginia last Friday by a score of 3-0. The win
propels them to the semifinals of the College [.
In a single NCAA Men's D1 soccer tournament match, two Minnesotan's were eliminated and two others
advanced in this years contest. Eric Miller and Brent Kallman, both Woodbury, Minn. natives and
both members of the Creighton Bluejays will advance to next weekends Sweet 16 round of play after
blanking Northern Illinois 2-0 on Sunday.
Only one women soccer player with ties to Minnesota remains in the NCAA D1 Women's soccer
tournament after this past weekend. Kassey Kallmans' (Woodbury, Minn., Woodbury HS) FSU will
advance to the final 8 teams in the country who are vying for the national NCAA Championship after
defeating the University of Louisville on Sunday, 2-0 as [.
Woodbury natives Eric Miller and Brent Kallman hope to push Missouri Valley Conference Champion
Creighton University one step past their #2 national ranking and #2 seed as the D1 Men's NCAA
Tournament opens this weekend. The Blue Jays are 18-2-0 on the season turning in an astounding 16
clean sheets in 20 matches, national-best .
Calum Mallace (Henry Sibley HS, Minn.) finished his senior year with the Marquette Golden Eagles by
winning Big East Midfielder of the Year honors. Mallace, who was also Marquette's lone All-BIG EAST
First Team selection (2nd time selection), led the Golden Eagles with six assists and added three
goals en route to a 12-point senior [.
Eric Miller got a jump start on the 2011 college season by finishing up his high school classes
last December and starting classes at Creighton in January. It also allowed him to participate in
the spring sessions with his new college team. The extra work has paid off the Woodbury High School
graduate as he [.
Freshman Isaac Kannah (Plymouth, Minn./Prairie Seeds Academy) assisted on the Huskies one and only
game winning goal on Friday to put Northern Illinois University into Sunday afternoon's MAC
Championship game against Western Michigan. Sophomore Gael Rivera (Oslo, Norway/WANG Elite Sports
Academy) scored the goal in the 63rd minute to defeat Buffalo, 1-0, on Friday night in [.
Minnesotan Kassey Kallman and her Florida State University women's soccer team (15-6-1) started off
the NCAA Tournament with a 2-0 shutout over Samford (14-6-2) on Friday night. Janice Cayman scored
for FSU with the game winner coming in the 58th minute. Just 7 minutes later Tiana Brockway gave
the Seminoles an insurance goal.
In total 9 players tied to Minnesota will compete in the 2011 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament.
Leading the way is Florida State sophomore defender and Woodbury, Minn. native Kassey Kallman.
Kallman, Minnesota's Ms. Soccer in 2009, has started in all 43 games of her college career, playing
a team-leading 2022 minutes while garnering All-ACC and [.
The University of Minnesota Golden Gopher Women's Soccer teams 2011 season came to an end on Friday
afternoon in Evanston, Illinois, site of the Big Ten tournament. The lady Gophers (9-10-2) lost
3-1 to Penn State (19-3-0 overall) who won the Big Ten regular season with a 10-1-0 league record
and who now move on to [.
Evanston, Ill Courtesy of Gophersports.com On a gusty night in Evanston, Ill., a pair of first half
goals lifted the University of Minnesota women's soccer team to a 2-0 victory over its bordering
rival Wisconsin in the first round of the Big Ten Conference Tournament on Wednesday. The Golden
Gophers (9-9-2, 6-4-2 Big Ten) [.
Evanston, Ill Courtesy of Gophersports.com The Big Ten Conference announced their All-Big Ten and
All-Freshman Teams on Tuesday, and senior Josie Solie and freshmen duo Taylor Uhl and Becca Roberts
received postseason accolades this season for their play with the University of Minnesota women's
soccer team.
By Aaron Frederickson The University of Minnesota Women's Golden Gophers (8-9-2 overall; 5-4-2
conference) defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers Friday night 6-3 at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium in
front of nearly 700 fans who braved the cold and slight wind to support the maroon and gold in
their final home match of the season.
Gopher soccer freshman Taylor Uhl was selected Freshman of the Week by the Big Ten for the second
time this season. Uhl had one goal, two assists in her 4-point weekend playing against Indiana and
Purdue. Uhl has 23 points on the season which is good for sixth all time for a freshman at the
University [.
Hopes of a second half comeback lingered as the University of Minnesota women's soccer team cut
Purdue University's 2-0 lead in half when freshman Taylor Uhl scored in the 81st minute of play off
a Nicole Baier free kick. But the Golden Gophers' late surge was too late as the Boilermakers would
hold on for [.
By Aaron Frederickson The University of Minnesota Women's soccer team improved their overall record
to 7-8-2 (conference record of 4-3-2) with a 3-1 win over Indiana Friday night in front of 1,181
fans at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie stadium. The Lady Gophers played a high tempo game and dominated
Indiana for possession of the ball for [.
The University of Minnesota women's soccer team notched their 3rd conference win of the season on
Sunday. The Gophers defeated Northwestern College 1-0 on a lone goal by junior midfielder, Allie
Phillips. Junior Olivia Bagnall crossed from the left flank which found Phillips streaking through
the box.
Courtesy of Gopher Sports.com – 10-14-11 Behind a solid performance in goal by junior Cat
Parkhill, the University of Minnesota women's soccer team was unable generate enough offensive
chances to put a goal on the board Friday night as it fell in a 1-0 heartbreaker to the University
of Illinois in Champaign, Ill.
After trailing 1-0 at half, the University of Minnesota women's soccer team rallied in the second
half to pull out a 2-1 Big Ten Conference road victory over the University of Iowa. Freshmen Taylor
Uhl and Becca Roberts each tallied a goal to help the Golden Gophers pull out the comeback. Morgan
Showalter of the [.
St. Paul, Minn. – October 2, 2011 Gophers Drop 1-0 Decision to No. 24 Penn State On a sunny fall
day in St. Paul, Minn., the University of Minnesota women's soccer team battled with No. 24 Penn
State, but the Nittany Lions would tally a goal in the 84th minute and leave Elizabeth Lyle Robbie
[...]
University of Minnesota 2-2 University of Wisconsin–Madison The cold and windy conditions in the
Twin Cities on Thursday were the same conditions in Madison, Wisconsin where the women Gophers
soccer team traveled for the border battle between the two Big Ten schools. With the tough weather
conditions, the Badgers (7-3-2, 2-0-2) may have thought they [.
It's said that inconsistency is often a trait of young teams. That held true with the U of M Golden
Gopher soccer team this weekend as they partook in their first Big Ten road trip. The team split a
pair of games this weekend. They defeated Michigan on Friday night with a big 3-2 comeback [...]
Gophers 1-1 Ohio State The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers played to a 1-1 overtime
tie Sunday afternoon against Ohio State in their Big Ten Opener. While Mikki Denney Wright would
have preferred her team to notch their first conference victory she wasn't all that disappointed
with the draw.
The University of Minnesota Women's soccer team will open their 2011 Big Ten season on Sunday at
Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium on the St. Paul Campus. The Gophers who are 3-5 will take on the #25
ranked Ohio State Buckeyes (5-2) with kick off at 1:00 p.m. The Gophers have been close in all
their [...
UW-Milwaukee 1-0 University of Minnesota The Golden Gopher women's soccer team took their second
loss of the weekend and their 4th of the season on Sunday in front of 1,220, the 10th largest crowd
ever to watch a match at ELR Stadium. And just like Friday nights performance against the Georgia
Bulldogs, the Gophers dominated [.
The University of Minnesota women's soccer team (2-3-0) lost a tough one to the Georgia Bulldogs
on Friday night in the Minnesota Gold Classic. The Gophers dominated the match in nearly every
aspect but the final result. Alexa Newfield scored the willing goal for the Bulldogs just 1:17 into
the first overtime to give Georgia at 2-1 [.
Gophersports.com (Aug. 31, 2011) The University of Minnesota women's soccer team returns to
Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium on Friday night for a clash with the Georgia Bulldogs in the
Minnesota Gold Classic. The two have squared off only once in history with the Bulldogs pulling out
2-0 home-field victory on August 28, 2009.
