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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
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
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
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
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.