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Men’s soccer team looks to repeat as America East Champions
A reloaded squad could improve on last year’s trip to the second round of the NCAA tournament
M. Soccer will start season just outside national rankings
They received votes in two national polls
Saunders leads Retriever-laden U-19 Bays Chelsea team to National Championship
Phil Saunders won the gold glove award after shutting Chicago out in the championship game
M. Soccer Falls To Fairleigh Dickinson, 2-1
Having a week off between games after Wednesday night’s showdown with Loyola University was canceled may have taken the men’s soccer team out of a rhythm. Sunday night the team traveled to New Jersey and came back with a 2-1 loss to Fairleigh Dickinson University. The Knights made their presence felt right away. They scored [...]
Three Second Half Goals Lift M. Soccer Past Mount St. Mary’s
After trailing by two goals at halftime the men’s soccer team looked to be on their way to their third straight road loss to start the season. But they didn’t pack it up and came out on fire in the second half, scoring three goals, erasing their deficit at halftime. Mount St. Mary’s managed just [...]
Men’s Soccer Drops Second Straight
After outscoring their opponents 7-3 in a 2-0 start to the season the men’s soccer team has lost their second straight game in unimpressive fashion. Just a few days after a 5-3 loss to Towson in which the team just did not play well, they lost again, this time to Naval Academy, 2-0. UMBC outplayed [...]
Bulls Scores First Goal of Season But Men’s Soccer Falls To Towson, 5-3
Preseason All-American Andrew Bulls finally scored his first goal of the season after coming extremely close in the first two games. Meanwhile, senior forward Levi Houapeu scored his fourth and fifth goals of the season with two against beltway rival Towson University. But their efforts just weren’t good enough as several defensive break downs led [...]
Trio of Newcomers Shine In Season Opener
I said it all summer, the men’s soccer team is much more balanced this year on offense. Last year it was all about Levi Houapeu and Andrew Bulls, this year it is still about them but they finally have some guys around them that can score on a consistent basis, and it didn’t take long [...]
Men’s Soccer vs. V.M.I. Preview
It’s a season of high expectations for the UMBC men’s soccer team as they return virtually everybody from last year’s championship team. But any player or coach will tell you that you just have to take it one game at a time. Before UMBC can even have a chance to think about lifting up a [...]
Men’s Soccer Season Preview
Last year the men’s soccer team shocked everybody with a trip to the America East Conference Championship game. After finishing in last place in 2008 the team got both healthy and more experienced, and wound up being the highest scoring team in the AEC and fifth highest scoring team in the entire country. After just [...]