Category: College Soccer Reporter

Mark Serdjenian, Colby’s men’s head coach for 31 years, will go full-time next fall. Serdjenian, who has a 221-178-37 career record, has coached the Mules on a part-time basis while working in the Colby Dean of Students office. Serdjenian’s other duties will be as a second assistant coach for the Colby men’s lacrosse team and […]

Lou Sagastume is retiring after 28 years as the Air Force men’s head coach. Sagastume built Air Force into one of the most respected programs in the nation, compiling a 282-188-43 record in his 28 seasons at Air Force and an overall record of 303-195-43 in 30 seasons. During the 2006 season, he became the […]

A federal appeals court has ruled a jury should hear the sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former North Carolina player Melissa Jennings against her coach, Anson Dorrance. Jennings accused Dorrance of sexually harassing team members by asking about their sexual activity. The decision, from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., […]

NCAA DIVISION I MEN COLLEGE … OLD COACH … NEW COACH CHARLOTTE John Tart… Jeremy Gunn (Ft. Lewis coach) DENVER Chad Ashton (D.C. United assistant) … Bobby Muuss (Wake Forest assistant) HIGH POINT Peter Broadley … Dustin Fonder (Elon assistant) HOWARD Keith Tucker … TBA IPFW Terry Stefankiewicz … Mike Harper (IPFW assistant) MAINE Travers […]

George Mason men’s coach Greg Andrulis has announced the hiring of Kenny Arena, the son of New York Red Bulls head coach Bruce Arena, as an assistant coach. Kenny Arena, who spent three seasons in MLS and served as a volunteer assistant coach with the University of Virginia for the 2006 season, will be responsible […]

How does Anson Dorrance follow up on a freshman class that produced a record seven starters on North Carolina’s 2006 NCAA Division I women’s national championship team? Despite returning 10 starters and 23 letter winners from last year’s team, the Tar Heels have signed several players who could have an immediate impact. The freshman class […]

Florida State, an NCAA Division I women’s semifinalist in 2005 and 2006, has signed three transfers who should contribute in the 2007 season. Erika Sutton is a junior transfer from San Diego State, where she was an all-Mountain West second-team selection in 2005 and 2006. She played as a forward, midfielder and back in her […]

Hartwick coach Ian McIntyre has quietly produced one of the country’s top men’s recruiting classes, adding two of the country’s top high school seniors and the 2006 JC Player of the Year. Midfielder Steven Amaya, who starred at New York City power Martin Luther King High School, was a 2006 adidas/ESP all-star. The New York […]

Less than a month after he resigned as the women’s head coach at California to attend to what were termed “new family priorities,” including becoming a new father, Kevin Boyd is back as a Pac-10 coach, this time at Arizona State. Boyd was reported to be considering a move back to Idaho with his girlfriend […]

Harvard men’s team embarked on an eight-day journey to Brazil that saw the Crimson play a number of exhibition matches in addition to sightseeing and watching a number of pro matches. Results this week included a 3-3 tie with Botafogo’s U-21 team and a 1-1 tie with Santa Cruz’s U-21s. John Stamatis and other Crimson […]

NCAA DIVISION I MEN COLLEGE … OLD COACH … NEW COACH CHARLOTTE John Tart… Jeremy Gunn (Ft. Lewis coach) DENVER Chad Ashton (D.C. United assistant) … Bobby Muuss (Wake Forest assistant) HIGH POINT Peter Broadley … Dustin Fonder (Elon assistant) HOWARD Keith Tucker … TBA IPFW Terry Stefankiewicz … Mike Harper (IPFW assistant) MAINE Travers […]

After one season at Creighton, Pietari Holopainen has left to sign a two-year contract with FC Haka in his native Finland. Holopainen, a second-team all-Missouri Valley selection, led the Bluejays with six assists while playing all over the field last fall. “Creighton was a wonderful experience for me as a student and as a player,” […]

Former U.S. international Susan Bush has been named the women’s head coach at the University of Houston, replacing Bill Solberg, who resigned to accept a position with FC Milwaukee. Bush, the third head coach in program history, had spent the previous two years as Houston’s top assistant and recruiting coordinator. She was once considered one […]

Komi Afeto, the women’s coach at NJCAA school Suffolk (N.Y.) Community College women’s soccer coach, was arrested Wednesday and arraigned on Thursday for having what police called “a sexual relationship” with a 15-year-old girl, according to newsday.com. Afeto, a native of Togo who played at Dowling, was charged with one count of third-degree criminal sexual […]

The U.S. under-20 women’s national team, which was dominated by collegians and high school seniors, recently completely a six-game camp in College Station, Texas, and played three games against college opposition, all 2006 NCAA Tournament teams. For the second year in a row, BYU beat the U-20s. Katie Fellows scored twice to give the Cougars […]

Cameron Brown, one of the nation’s top young midfield prospects, heads North Carolina’s 2007 recruits. Brown, who spent time last year with the U.S. under-20 national team, has starred for Texas club Solar, where he is the career leading scorer with 154 goals and 275 assists for the three-time national runners-up. Also signed by UNC […]

Loaded with college stars, the U.S. under-21 women’s national team swept all three games on its trip to England, beating FA Women’s Premier League teams Blackburn (2-0), Everton (6-2) and Leeds (5-0). The highlight was USC sophomore Amy Rodriguez‘s hat trick against Everton, second in the FA Women’s Premier League. In the win over Leeds, […]

Sarah Merritt, a 20-year-old member of the Ohio University soccer team, died while on spring break in Hilton Head Island, S.C., after she fell from a fifth-floor balcony at her hotel. According to witnesses, Sarah Merritt was climbing from the exterior balcony of one room to another at the Comfort Inn & Suites when she […]

The NCAA has selected SAS Soccer Park in Cary, N.C. to host the 2008 Women’s College Cup and 2009 Men’s College Cup, extending its run as a host of the college final fours to seven years in a row. “Hopefully, the NCAA feels like they’ve found a semi-permanent home,” said Charlie Slagle, CASL CEO, co-chair […]

Houston has added sophomore transfer Christine Nieva from Arizona State. Nieva, who has played in midfield an as a forward, is a native of Dallas and represented Mexico at the 2006 Under-20 Women’s World Cup. She also has played for Mexico at the senior level, debuting against the USA in the farewell game for Mia […]

ACC power Virginia confirmed the signing of what is one of the top men’s recruiting classes for 2007. Coach George Gelnovatch has brought in four players with experience on the U.S. U-18 national team: T.J. Cyrus (Virginia Rush), Colin Given (VardarStars, Mich.), Danny Louisignau (Baltimore Bays out of Wilmington, Del.) and Jimmy Simpson (PWSI Courage, […]

Looking to erase memories of a disappointing end to the 2006 season, the Connecticut men’s team spent spring break in Florida, where it went 3-1 in a very successful display against strong opposition. The Huskies opened with a 3-1 win over 2006 NCAA Division I semifinalist Virginia. Jamaican O’Brian White scored two goals and Finnish […]

College soccer is coming to Brownsville, Texas, the southernmost city in Texas, located on the Mexican border. The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College is launching varsity men’s and women’s soccer programs that will play their first seasons in 2007. UTB-TSC has announced the hiring of men’s coach Dan Balaguero and women’s […]

Stanford’s all-Pac 10 freshman selection, Ali Riley, is one of five collegians named to New Zealand’s roster for the Oceania qualifying tournament for the 2007 Women’s World Cup. The American-born Riley played for New Zealand at the 2006 Under-20 Women’s World Cup and participated this winter in an eight-day training camp in Auckland involving 30 […]

NCAA DIVISION I MEN COLLEGE … OLD COACH … NEW COACH CHARLOTTE John Tart… Jeremy Gunn (Ft. Lewis coach) DENVER Chad Ashton (D.C. United assistant) … Bobby Muuss (Wake Forest assistant) HIGH POINT Peter Broadley … Dustin Fonder (Elon assistant) HOWARD Keith Tucker … TBA IPFW Terry Stefankiewicz … Mike Harper (IPFW assistant) MAINE Travers […]