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Liam Coolican | Friday, May 21, 2021
Notre Dame’s season began with an exhibition match against Louisville in a park just outside of Indianapolis. It ended “probably one game away” from being selected to the NCAA tournament, according to head coach Chad Riley. The Irish had an up and down year, playing competitive matches in the spring and the fall due to
Greg McKenna | Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Notre Dame closed the 2020-21 regular season with a fourth successive loss Friday night as the Irish (8-9-0, 4-7-0 ACC) fell 2-0 to Virginia Tech (6-6-2, 5-5-2 ACC) during their senior night at Alumni Stadium. With the win, the Hokies kept their second straight clean sheet at Alumni Stadium. Virginia Tech had bested the Irish
Charlotte Edmonds | Wednesday, March 24, 2021
In one of its highest profile soccer matchups of the year, Notre Dame nearly pulled off the upset over No. 5 Wake Forest at home Saturday. The Irish (8-6, 4-4 ACC) scored first and set the tone for much of the game, but ultimately conceded a winning goal in minute 89 in a 3-2 loss
Matt Smith | Friday, March 19, 2021
The Notre Dame men’s soccer team will look to continue their strong start to the spring season Saturday night when they host No. 5 Wake Forest for their first home conference game of 2021. The Fighting Irish (8-5, 4-3 ACC) have won three of their first four games of the spring, and much of their
Greg McKenna | Wednesday, March 17, 2021
It wasn’t always comfortable, but Notre Dame recorded their third clean sheet in four spring games Tuesday night as the Irish (8-5, 4-3 ACC) downed Division III Calvin University (0-1, 0-0 MIAA) 1-0 in Notre Dame’s spring home opener at Alumni Stadium. Notre Dame head coach Chad Riley said he was aware the scoreline did
Liam Coolican | Monday, March 15, 2021
First half goals from Aiden McFadden and Jack Lynn and a dominant defensive performance throughout helped guide the Notre Dame men’s soccer team (7-5, 4-3 ACC) to a 2-0 road victory over Duke (3-8-2, 2-5 ACC) on Friday night. “I think it’s starting to be our identity,” head coach Chad Riley said of the defense.
Observer Sports Staff | Friday, March 12, 2021
Notre Dame will look to stay above .500 in 2020-2021 and rebound from an overtime loss at Virginia when the Irish (6-5, 3-3-0 ACC) finish a three-game road trip to begin the spring season at Duke (3-7-2, 3-4-0 ACC) Friday. Though the Blue Devils and Irish were knocked out of the fall ACC Tournament by
Observer Sports Staff | Monday, October 26, 2020
The Notre Dame men’s soccer team outlasted Virginia in double overtime by a score of 2-1 on Saturday at Alumni Stadium. The Fighting Irish (3-2, 2-1 ACC) won on an own goal in the 103rd minute of the contest, giving them their second-straight ACC victory. Notre Dame had not played since Oct. 11 due to
Observer Sports Staff | Monday, September 28, 2020
The No. 5 Notre Dame men’s soccer team competed against the No. 4 Pitt Panthers on Saturday at Alumni Stadium. This was the team’s last non-conference game before starting ACC play. The Panthers are in the ACC, but this game did not count for conference standings. The Irish lost the game 3-1, bringing their record
Greg McKenna | Friday, September 18, 2020
Freshman Daniel Russo scored on debut as Notre Dame began its eight-game 2020 slate with a scrappy 1-0 win over Kentucky on Thursday night in a nearly empty Alumni stadium. Notre Dame (1-0, ACC) head coach Chad Riley admitted that given the uncertainty surrounding the season just a few weeks ago, his team was thrilled