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From the Archives: Notre Dame soccer stars and the World Cup

Spencer Kelly | Sunday, December 4, 2022

Though the U.S. men’s national team bowed out of the 2022 World Cup over the weekend, football fever remains strong around the globe as the “world’s greatest sporting event” continues. It wasn’t the case this year, but Fighting Irish fans often have an extra reason to pay attention to the World Cup, as Notre Dame

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Sporting Kansas City Defender Matt Besler reflects on his time with Notre Dame, USMNT

Jamison Cook | Thursday, September 19, 2019

After a freshman season spent mostly on the bench with infrequent playing time, Matt Besler was determined to make sure his sophomore season at Notre Dame would be different. When head coach Bobby Clark approached him about switching to the center back position following an injury to an upperclassman, Besler, who had always played as

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Irish set for ACC opener

Joe Everett | Friday, September 9, 2016

Fresh off its early season success, No. 1 Notre Dame will kick off ACC play this Friday night against No. 15 Virginia Tech. The Irish (4-0-0) moved from fourth to first in the latest Coaches Poll on Tuesday, garnering their seventh No. 1 ranking in the past four years. The Irish are remarkably well-rounded statistically, ranking second in

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O’Boyle: It’s time for free agency in Major League Soccer

Daniel O'Boyle | Friday, February 20, 2015

The mainstream sports media in the United States devotes little attention to its own soccer league. Major League Soccer (MLS) is at best fifth in the ranks of American professional sports leagues, behind the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL. Many soccer fans in the United States probably couldn’t tell you much about the current state of

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Collegiate development still viable path to pros

Alex Carson | Tuesday, September 23, 2014

When it comes to soccer, the college landscape may be the “great debate.” Some people, like men’s national team coach Jürgen Klinsmann, think American players would be best served playing their trade overseas in top European leagues, progressing through a club’s youth academy to ideally join up with the first team around his 20th birthday.

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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