Hofstra men's soccer's improbable improvement from eleventh place to third place in the Colonial Athletic Association earned the Pride a spot in the CAA Tournament against no. 2 Virginia Commonwealth.
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Hofstra men's soccer's improbable improvement from eleventh place to third place in the Colonial Athletic Association earned the Pride a spot in the CAA Tournament against no. 2 Virginia Commonwealth.
It takes a crazy man to be a goalkeeper. That's what the Hofstra men's soccer team's newest net minder Roberto Pellegrini thinks.
The Hofstra men's soccer team clinched a bid in the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament by defeating James Madison 2-0 in Harrisonburg, VA.
The Hofstra men's soccer team played to a scoreless draw with Colonial Athletic Association no. 1 and no. 17 in the nation William & Mary.
Saturday, Oct. 30 brought an extraordinary regular season to a close as the Hofstra University women's soccer team laced up for a finale against rivals Northeastern University.
The Hofstra men's soccer moved into a tie for fifth place in the Colonial Athletic Association after defeating Old Dominion 1-0 on Saturday, Oct. 23.
"You gotta believe. Who said that? What American said ‘you gotta believe?" Richard Nuttall asked after his men's soccer team beat Drexel on Wednesday night. Tug McGraw said it when he was pitching for the Mets in the early 1970's, but it is the rallying cry Nuttall will believe in as his team moves forward.
Hofstra men's soccer travelled South to Richmond, VA to take on Virginia Commonwealth University on October 9. The Pride drew with the Rams 1-1.
The Hofstra men's soccer team earned its first CAA win Saturday night at the Hofstra Soccer Stadium over Georgia State.
"I never thought they were going to score to be honest," men's soccer head coach Richard Nuttall about the University of North Carolina – Wilmington. The Seahawks of UNCW did score, four times in fact, against the Pride when Hofstra visited Carolina on Saturday.
We have yet to see a human cloned, yet somehow there are two versions of Greg Cumpstone. The junior goalkeeper for the Hofstra men's soccer team is a different person on and off the pitch.
Hofstra men's soccer entered its game Sunday afternoon at Fordham having scored just one goal in its previous four games. Though the Pride was able to get on the board, the scoring difficulties continued while the game was still winnable.
The men's soccer team was crowned co-champions of the Brown Soccer Classic in Providence, RI this past weekend after defeating Yale and drawing with Brown. The Pride defense was stout, keeping clean sheets in both matches.
Every team has their glory days. The times where players, fans and coaches look back and say "this was our time." These memories tend to come up more often when a team is not performing up to potential and the fans need a break from reality.
Two seasons ago, former Hofstra defender and captain Rich Martinez was named to the All-Colonial Athletic first team. Then freshman Thomas Bekas was recovering from a broken foot that cost him all but four games of his first season.
When you walk into Hofstra Soccer Stadium for a men's soccer contest, you may be hard pressed to pick out the head coach of the Pride. Richard Nuttall is entering his twenty-second season as head coach of the Hofstra Pride men's soccer team, but Nuttall looks more like a retired fullback than a one-time English Football League player. That was not always the case though.
The Pride men's soccer team fell 2-0 to St. Peter's in a physical battle at the Hofstra Soccer Stadium Monday night. The loss drops the Pride to 1-2 after a heartbreaking overtime loss to cross – Island rival Stony Brook and an exhilarating comeback win at Iona.
Shaun "Fozzy" Foster is new on the scene at Hofstra University. As a 22-year old freshman, Foster brings experience and talent to the Hofstra men's soccer team. "This is a great opportunity for me to be here," the defender explained. "It is a change of scenery and a great place to study."
Group Stage (Top two teams advance in each group) Group A: It is always difficult to predict a group that contains the host nation.
If it were not a World Cup year in 2010, it would be one of the biggest events in all of sports as the UEFA (Union of European Football Association) Champions League nears its exciting finale in Madrid, Spain.