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J.J. Post | Thursday, December 9, 2021
This Friday, Notre Dame men’s soccer will play in their second-ever College Cup when they travel to Cary, North Carolina, to take on the Clemson Tigers. The last time the Irish made the College Cup in 2013, the program captured their first and only national title. If this years’ squad wants to repeat that feat,
Aidan Thomas | Thursday, December 9, 2021
After the five games of the 2021 season, the Notre Dame soccer team sat with a 1-3-1 record, giving up 1.8 goals per game. That stretch was punctuated by a 4-3 home loss to Michigan State, when the Irish gave up three second-half goals. But Notre Dame, picked to finish last in the ACC, didn’t
J.J. Post | Friday, December 3, 2021
This Saturday, Notre Dame men’s soccer will face off against Pittsburgh in what’s set to be a thrilling national quarterfinal. The Irish and Panthers have a deep history this season, as the two have squared off twice already in both regular season as well as ACC tournament play. Notre Dame took home both matchups, downing
J.J. Post | Friday, October 29, 2021
Notre Dame men’s soccer shared the spoils with Duke on senior night, drawing their regular season home finale 1-1. It was Duke who took the lead early on at Alumni Stadium, with sophomore forward Thorleifur Ulfarsson finding the back of the net with a strike in the eighth minute. But the Irish recovered and battled
Jamison Cook | Friday, October 8, 2021
The Notre Dame men’s soccer team has won three games in a row and five out of their last six. The Fighting Irish (5-4-1, 2-1-1 ACC) will travel down to South Carolina this weekend to take on the Clemson Tigers (9-2, 3-1 ACC) on Saturday, October 9. It is an important game for Notre Dame
J.J. Post | Monday, October 4, 2021
Friday night, Notre Dame men’s soccer took down another ACC opponent at home, beating Virginia 2-1 to stay unbeaten at Alumni Stadium in conference games. Senior midfielder Mohamed Omar got the scoring started early for the Irish. He rose off the ground above the Cavalier defense on a corner kick to head home the opening
J.J. Post | Friday, October 1, 2021
This Friday Notre Dame men’s soccer will welcome another ACC foe to the confines of Alumni Stadium when the Virginia Cavaliers come to town for a conference showdown. The Cavaliers (3-5-1) will enter the match looking to get an uncharacteristically poor season back on track following a rough start to the schedule. Traditionally a staple
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
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
Greg McKenna | Friday, September 25, 2020
After last Thursday’s 1-0 win over Kentucky to open the 2020 season, No. 5 Notre Dame (1-0) returns to action at Alumni Stadium Saturday night against No. 4 Pittsburgh (0-0). With the ACC being the one of the few conferences still playing this fall, the United Soccer Coaches’ poll cut their customary top 25 to