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Soccer (Men) Archive
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Prep soccer’s Players of the Year include scorers, goalie
The girls’ soccer teams in Division II will no doubt be happy to see Jenna Glad graduate at the end of the year. The senior midfielder led Catalina Foothills High School to its third straight state championship this year and was just named the girls’ Big Schools Player of the Year by The Arizona Republic. [...] -
Overtime thrills…two first-ever soccer state champions
After the dust settled from the weekend’s state high school championship soccer matches, the city of Tucson came away with solid possession of Division II. And a single school in the Phoenix Valley very nearly wrapped up all of Division I. The Salpointe Catholic boys’ team survived a very physical encounter with Scottsdale’s Notre Dame [...] -
Hamilton HS, Brophy Prep meet for D-I soccer title – again
Based on the results of last night’s boys’ soccer semi-finals in Division I, this just may be the year that Hamilton High School shakes off the ghost of seasons past. The Huskies scored two goals in the first half and three more after intermission to cruise to a 5-0 shellacking of No. 1-seed Chaparral High [...] -
Brophy wins AZ Soccer Showcase to kick off nat’l tourney
Building a high school sports event that can be called a ‘national’ tournament takes time. But you have to begin somewhere. That’s what the Phoenix Regional Sports Commission did last week as it kicked off the inaugural Arizona Soccer Showcase. A sprinkling of out-of-state entries gave it a little of that national flavor. Five of [...] -
Tempe Diablos tourney helps evaluate prep soccer teams
The Tempe Diablos soccer tournament is a great early-season gauge because it draws most of the top high school teams from around the state. This year was no exception. There were no dark-horse entries who were able to sneak up on the rest of the field. Not in this tournament. On the boys’ side, it [...] -
Biggest test is tonight for soccer’s giant-killer, Payson HS
Cinderella is alive and kicking in the high country of Arizona. There is the possibility of a storybook ending to the Division IV high school soccer season, as surprising Payson High School takes on the king of the hill, Lakeside’s Blue Ridge High, in tonight’s semifinal match-up in the state tournament. Blue Ridge, which has [...] -
A double OT win for GCU soccer – with a Hollywood twist
It was like a story straight out of a Hollywood movie. Maybe more like the flick, “Rudy”, about Notre Dame football. This game was in California, but in Riverside, not Tinsel Town. And the main character played on the Grand Canyon University men’s soccer team. Kevin Freitas is a junior midfielder for the Antelopes who, [...] -
GCU men’s soccer ranked No. 5 in region, take down No. 2
The GCU men’s soccer players will have more to look forward to next week than just a chance to sleep in their own beds again. Grand Canyon University will be coming off a 10-day road trip that took them 3,000 miles from home – but the trip to Hawai’i will likely result in their moving [...] -
GCU soccer success draws top talent from other schools
It’s no secret in sports that winning attracts winners. And the Grand Canyon University men’s soccer team is a prime example. The Antelopes finished last season ranked No. 2 in the West Region of the Division II Pacific West Conference, and No. 7 in the nation. Their 15-3-2 record was the third best in school [...] -
Catalina Foothills sweeps both 4A-I state soccer titles
Catalina Foothills High School did what no other school was able to accomplish at this year’s soccer state championships. The Tucson school swept both the boys’ and girls’ titles. This was an interesting year in ‘big schools’ soccer, as three of the four divisions held the possibility of a boys/girls sweep. In addition to Catalina [...]
