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Though Notre Dame has played a challenging spring schedule stocked with formidable opponents such as Indiana, Michigan, and the Toronto FC reserves, one game looms above the rest in terms of importance and difficulty: Mexico. The Irish have spent this week gearing up for Mexico’s U20 national team, always a monumental task. Notre Dame will…
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A day trip to Fort Wayne for a tilt with Indiana has long been a spring tradition for Notre Dame, but this year’s edition of the annual affair was a bit more meaningful than those of previous seasons. Late last fall, the Hoosiers confidently entered Alumni Stadium and proceeded to defeat the No. 1 seeded…
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The ball snuck just inside the right post, nestling softly into the back of the net and setting off a thunderous chorus of approval from the heavily Hispanic crowd. Tanya Samarzich’s third goal of the evening pushed Mexico into a 3-2 lead, and with just ten minutes remaining, prospects of victory looked bleak for Notre…
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Following their spring break excursion across the border to Canada, the Notre Dame men’s soccer squad trekked up to Detroit last Saturday for games against Michigan and Oakland. Both games were seventy minutes in length, and skipper Bobby Clark split the Irish into two nearly even teams. “I possibly put a few more experienced players…
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Matt Besler Earns Cap In World Cup Qualifier At Mexico Notre Dame alum plays entire 90 minutes in key draw against rival. NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Former University of Notre Dame soccer All-American Matt Besler (‘09) started and played the entire 90 minutes for the United States in Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier at Mexico. The…
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Earlier this month, Irish freshmen Katie Naughton and Cari Roccaro, as well as incoming student-athlete Morgan Andrews competed with the United States Under-20 Women’s National Soccer Team in the 12 Nations Tournament in La Manga, Spain. While across the pond, Naughton kept a daily blog. Here’s the third and final installment. Day 9: March 9,…
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Earlier this month, Irish freshmen Katie Naughton and Cari Roccaro, as well as incoming student-athlete Morgan Andrews competed with the United States Under-20 Women’s National Soccer Team in the 12 Nations Tournament in La Manga, Spain. While across the pond, Naughton kept a daily blog. We posted the first blog on Friday. Here’s part two.…
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Earlier this month, Irish freshmen Katie Naughton and Cari Roccaro, as well as incoming student-athlete Morgan Andrews competed with the United States Under-20 Women’s National Soccer Team in the 12 Nations Tournament in La Manga, Spain. While across the pond, Naughton kept a daily blog, which we’ll be posting here in three segments over the…
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A three day trip across the border and a heavily attended coaching clinic made for a very hectic spring break for the Notre Dame men’s soccer squad. The crew traveled to Toronto over the first weekend of the break and trained on Sunday and Monday at Toronto FC’s pristine training facilities. The Irish have strong…
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The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital. The more you bleed in peace, the less you bleed in battle. You practice how you play. These clichés are just three in a sports world stocked full of sayings that underline the importance of practice. During no time of the year…
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Lads: Most people head south for spring break but what’s that saying about ‘Ignore the dominant paradigm’. Well that is exactly what ND Men’s Soccer did as we headed NORTH to Toronto where we trained, watched, and played! We left after classes on Friday and 8 hours later made it to our hotel in snow…
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Another 9:30 wake up (or what boss would likely call ‘sleeping the day away’) for the soccer team set off the third day of our spring break trip to the lovely Toronto. While the sun wasn’t shining today, it was what our native Scottish coach would call, “Daahhhh, a lovely day for the race!” What…
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Irish Fútbol in the Great White North: Part Deux Following our second day in the Queen City, I figured that I should give “The Big Man” a day off from the blog writing. Not to mention it’s probably for the best for you readers to keep business majors like Sophomore Vince Cicciarelli, away from…
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Travel Day/Day 1: Oh Canada! The spring season has already arrived for the Notre Dame Men’s Soccer team, and what a way to celebrate the start of the season by leaving the country. While normal college students attempt to find weather opposite that of South Bend during Spring Break (although we all enjoy…
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Notre Dame freshmen Katie Naughton and Cari Roccaro were among 24 players invited to the first United States Under-20 Women’s National Soccer Team Camp of 2013. Read more about the camp, which was held Feb. 2-9 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., in the press release on UND.com. In this post, Roccaro shares…
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Van De Casteele Wins BIG EAST Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Feb 14, 2013, 1:26 AM EDT
A three year starter on a perennially premier squad, Grant Van De Casteele has reeled in a myriad of accolades during his time at Notre Dame. The senior defender from Plano, Tex. earned a spot on both the All-BIG EAST Third Team and the All-Great Lakes Region Third Team for his efforts this past season.…
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Press Release: Grant Van De Casteele Named BIG EAST Male Scholar-Athlete Of The Year
Feb 12, 2013, 4:14 PM EDT
Senior defender becomes first Irish men’s soccer player to receive the prestigious honor. NOTRE DAME, Ind. – University of Notre Dame soccer standout Grant Van De Casteele has been named the 2012-13 American Eagle Outfitters BIG EAST Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The selection was made by the Conference’s Academic Affairs Committee. A senior from…
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NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Bobby Clark, who last fall led the University of Notre Dame men’s soccer program to its most wins in 24 seasons and the number-one seed in the 2012 NCAA Men’s Soccer Championships, has signed a multi-year contract extension to continue as the Irish head coach. Clark’s 12 seasons as Notre Dame…
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Former University of Notre Dame men’s soccer standouts Matt Besler (’09) and Justin Morrow (’10) are currently taking part in the US National team training camp at the Home Depot Center in Los Angels, CA. Matt took some time out to write on US Soccer’s blog about is time so far in camp: This is…
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Though the start of Notre Dame’s soccer team is roughly eight months away, Thursday was an important day for the Fighting Irish, as a pair of former players were selected in the first round of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft. Seniors Ryan Finley and Dillon Powers will be taking their game to the next level. Finley…
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