ASU soccer upsets No. 21 Texas Tech to show it’s for real
Arizona State soccer fans have been waiting for a sign. Something to confirm their belief that this season could turn into something special. They got their sign over the weekend … Read More
Category: Soccer (Women)
Expectations high as ASU soccer returns all of its starters
Arizona State‘s soccer coach, Graham Winkworth, has a problem this season that any coach would welcome. The fifth-year head coach has his entire starting lineup from last season back again … Read More
Ex-pro Becca Moros takes over UA women’s soccer
It’s a risk that every sagging college sports program takes when it hires a new coach to revive it. If that coach does what he or she is hired to … Read More
ASU soccer in nat’l spotlight after upset of No. 3 UCLA
Long-suffering Arizona State soccer fans are waking up to the fact that their team may have finally turned the corner to becoming a legitimate national contender. The first indication came … Read More
Winkworth’s job rebuilding ASU soccer suffers major setback
This is going to be a pivotal season for Graham Winkworth. But the Arizona State women’s soccer coach doesn’t know if he’s even going to have time to prepare for … Read More
UA soccer climbing the hill: first #16 UCLA, now #5 USC
The climb just keeps getting steeper. But the University of Arizona women’s soccer team is taking it in stride, one ranked team at a time. The Wildcats (7-2) lost … Read More
Lightning strikes…and UA soccer storms to a 4-0 start
The University of Arizona women’s soccer team was supposed to open the season Aug. 22 with a game against Long Beach State, but the game was cancelled when a … Read More
After 18 yrs, NAU soccer coach Luciano suddenly resigns
The women’s soccer team at Northern Arizona University won nine games this season without a real go-to scorer on offense. The Lumberjacks liked to refer to their system this … Read More
Resilience may be UA soccer’s best weapon this year
There’s an old saying: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. The University of Arizona women’s soccer team is getting a chance this season to test out that old … Read More
Xavier Prep’s 6A soccer title is third already this year
Xavier Prep‘s new 6A soccer title is just the latest championship achievement in a school year that may go down as one of the best in the history of … Read More
ASU soccer begins with optimism, but low expectations
A new era in women’s soccer at Arizona State is unfolding. Optimism is high among the faithful, but the Pac-12 coaches don’t share those expectations. The Sun Devils were … Read More
Cali soccer elites make recruiting tough on ASU, UA
It’s become a tough recruiting pitch for Arizona’s Pac-12 schools when being compared with women’s soccer programs in California: “Hey, girls, come play soccer at our school and you can … Read More
Gilbert HS, Xavier bury 2016 ghosts with 6A soccer titles
The ghosts of the past were hanging over both the boys’ and girls’ 6A high school soccer championships. Two of the four teams playing Saturday in the finals were … Read More
Girls’ soccer semis: Xavier v. Perry rises from the chaos
You only have to look at the Final Four results for all four conferences in the girls’ state soccer tournament to understand what a cluster bomb has gone off … Read More
Hamilton falls just short of sweep at AZ Soccer Showcase
The Hamilton High girls’ soccer team was looking for some revenge against Desert Vista High School when the two teams met for the Black Division title of the Arizona … Read More
ASU hires Winkworth to re-build sagging soccer program
Looks like Arizona State has hired a turn-around artist as its new women’s soccer coach. Graham Winkworth spent the last four years at University of South Alabama, where he built … Read More
After 10 years, soccer coach Kevin Boyd is leaving ASU
Kevin Boyd’s career as a college soccer coach seems to be defined in 10-year periods. He spent 10 years building a winning program at University of California before being … Read More
‘Scoring by committee’ working well for ASU soccer
Kevin Boyd‘s ‘scoring by committee’ game plan appears to be working well so far for the Arizona State women’s soccer team. Five different players have contributed to the seven goals … Read More
Rough start for new GCU women’s soccer coach
After months of practice and preparation, Grand Canyon University‘s new head coach for women’s soccer, Derek Leader, got his first look Saturday at how his new team performs against … Read More
No. 20 preseason rank means high hopes for UA soccer
With continued success comes even higher expectations. That’s what Tony Amato, the head coach for the University of Arizona women’s soccer, is faced with as he begins the fourth season in … Read More