The 2012 SuperDraft has been criticized as being a weak draft, but the positions that the
Brotherly Game feels the Philadelphia Union should target have plenty of options from which to
choose. Left midfielder or left winger is one of the few positions that this SuperDraft has enough
depth to wait until the second round to take a player, but it also has a few intriguing first round
prospects.
The Brown University Bears' (12-5-3) NCAA Division I Tournament run came to an end on Sunday
night in the round of 16, leaving the University of Connecticut Huskies (19-3-2) as the only New
England college left in the competition.
Playing at home at Stevenson Field in Providence, RI., Brown fell behind St.
Jere Longman writes of how the use of heart rate monitors can enhance a player and team's training
to make their fitness as game-like as possible.
As soccer practice began one recent afternoon, each University of Connecticut player grabbed a
puck before he kicked a ball. The puck was a small rectangular transmitter that attached to a chest
strap and was worn beneath the players' jerseys.
Five New England-based schools have been invited to the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer
Championship after the tournament bracket was unveiled Monday.
Providence College (R.I), Brown University (R.I.), Boston College (Mass.), Dartmouth College
(N.H.), and the University of Connecticut all earned bids to this year's Division 1 tournament.
Photo courtesy of UConn Athletics
Considering how their season has unfolded, it's no surprise that the University of Connecticut
Huskies find themselves atop the initial RPI rankings released by the NCAA.
UConn (13-0-1) is one of two unbeaten teams in the country and deservedly holds the top spot
after thus far making it unscathed through a rigorous Big East slate that includes games against
St.
The University of Connecticut men's soccer team was close to its first blemish on the season, but
Nickardo Blake made sure the team's perfect record stayed intact.
Blake ripped home a rebound off a corner kick for his first goal of the season with 61 seconds
remaining in the second period of overtime to pace the No.
By FRANCO PANIZO
The University of Connecticut just got to the top of the Fox Soccer/SBI NCAA Top 25, but the
Huskies could lose their No. 1 spot this weekend if they aren't careful.
No. 11 St. John's will be looking to knock UConn from the ranks of the unbeaten.
Photo courtesy of UConn Athletics
Another week, another new No. 1 team atop the Fox Soccer/SBI NCAA Top 25.
The University of Connecticut is the latest to claim the top spot after beating Boston College
Tuesday night to improve to 7-0 on the season. That result, combined with previous No.
From the Evansville Courier Press, September 11, 2011
Why Evansville?
That was the question I was asked by some friends at a Purple Aces Club gathering, and I think my
answer pleasantly surprised those I was sitting with.
Having been born and raised in the New York metropolitan area and despite growing up with a sports
orientation through professional sports teams like the Cosmos, Yankees and Knickerbockers, I was
always a college soccer fan.
There's been a littany of problems in so many American sports lately. College football has an
annual crisis of players, coaches and boosters scheming the system, Ohio State University being the
latest. College basketball has its own share of problems as witnessed earlier in the year when the
University of Connecticut got busted for recruiting violations only to bounce back and win the
national championship a month later.
From the Evansville Courier Press, January 16, 2011
The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) hosted its annual coaches convention
in Baltimore this past week, and offered its attendees the opportunity to watch, learn and listen
from the most successful coach in sport.
Two players with New England ties, Brown University's Jon Okafor and Connecticut native Ryan
Kinne, were both selected in the third round of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft. Okafor went to Chivas USA,
while Kinne was selected by the New England Revolution.
Okafor (left) and Kinne (right) were both taken in the third round of Thursday's MLS
SuperDraft.
Providence College midfielder Matt Marcin was added to the final MLS Combine roster. Marcin will
take part in the combine at Central Broward Regional Park in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. this weekend.
Marcin, along with over 70 other prospects including five players from New England colleges that
were previously announced, was placed on a team for the five day combine.
