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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
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Thursday, November 3, 2022
Notre Dame fell 3-1 to the defending national champion Clemson Tigers in the first round of the ACC tournament. The game was a rematch of the two squads’ College Cup semifinal matchup last year, won by the Tigers in penalty kicks. Ranked 48th in RPI, this loss almost certainly spells the end of Notre Dame’s
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Notre Dame men’s soccer opens ACC tournament play on Wednesday with a road game against the Clemson Tigers. The postseason opener is a rematch of last year’s College Cup matchup where the Tigers beat the Irish on penalty kicks to advance to the national title game where they eventually beat the Washington Huskies to win
Adam Akan | Thursday, September 29, 2022
Following a heartbreaking 1-0 loss to North Carolina Saturday night, head coach Chad Riley and the Irish were looking to bounce back against Kalamazoo Tuesday night. On a rainy, crisp night at Alumni Stadium, the Irish took the field looking to find a momentum-building win with a tough patch of the schedule approaching. This was
Aidan Thomas | Monday, September 26, 2022
The Irish entered Saturday night’s conference clash with North Carolina with a healthy dose of momentum. Eight days previously, freshman midfielder KK Baffour had scored at the death to deliver Notre Dame their first ACC victory, 2-1 over Virginia. Then, in a Wednesday non-conference battle, the Irish dominated and found the back of the net
Matthew Crow | Friday, September 2, 2022
On Monday, the No. 22 Notre Dame men’s soccer team bounced back from a surprising season-opening defeat against Seattle with a much-needed 3-2 win at Michigan State. The Irish will look to make it two consecutive road victories against Big Ten opponents as they match up with Indiana on Saturday night in Bloomington. The Hoosiers,
Peter Breen | Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Notre Dame Women’s Soccer Notre Dame women’s soccer completed the 2021 season with an ACC conference record of 7-3, good for a fourth seed in the ACC tournament. The team was eliminated in the first round of conference tournament play to the fifth-seeded Clemson Tigers. The Fighting Irish were able to ascend further in the
Aidan Thomas | Monday, August 29, 2022
The easy response to Notre Dame men’s soccer’s season-opening loss is an overreaction. Last year was a one-off, a fluke. Losing their top two goal-scorers may be too tall a task to overcome. Such thoughts became more prevalent as No. 4 Notre Dame fell to unranked Seattle, 3-1, in the opener. However, that final score
J.J. Post | Wednesday, April 13, 2022
This week discourse in the college soccer world erupted regarding the 21st Century Model, a proposal to be voted on at the Division One college council that would extend the collegiate soccer season into the spring. This includes moving all postseason play, such as the ACC and NCAA Tournaments, into the spring. Among the potential
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,