The latest example of how far soccer has come in the Last Frontier occurred over the weekend at the 2023 PacNW Winter Classic Showcase in Seattle. A group of 16-years-old and younger boys from Alaska went to the event billed as "The Premier Winter Soccer Tournament in...
Five years after college, Ariela Lewis’ soccer career is still alive and kicking. Never mind adult league, this 27-year-old is getting paid to play the game she loves. Not even COVID could slow her down. After the pandemic wiped away the last two seasons, Lewis stuck...
They squared off in the Cook Inlet Conference and now Anchorage’s Samuel Twenhafel and Vasil Mladenov could face off in the NCAA Division III men’s soccer tournament. Both players are on teams that are on the same side of the 64-team bracket and could meet in the...
You’d be hard pressed to start a college career any better than Eagle River’s Kelly Cobb, who took the Duke University women’s soccer team by storm in 2011. The 5-foot-10 forward scored game-winning goals in each of her first two appearances as a freshman, the second...
Good luck trying to get anything past Minot State goalkeeper Maddie Kindred of Soldotna. She has stopped 43 straight shots on goal, stretching across her last four games. Nationally ranked Minnesota State will take its shot Friday when the top two women’s soccer teams...
Two college goalkeepers from Alaska have been so filthy in net, they are clean. Anchorage’s Zavier Hajdukovich and Juneau’s Shaylin Cesar have combined for 10 clean sheets in 21 NCAA games this year – but Saturday was the first time both players had shutouts on the...
Anchorage’s Jack Green isn’t a magician, but he played one for the American University men’s soccer team late in the first half against Bucknell. The senior midfielder danced, deked and delivered the primary assist on the equalizing goal and later bagged the go-ahead...
Pacific Lutheran University women's soccer goalkeeper Shaylin Cesar of Juneau hasn’t allowed a goal in 10 months. It seems unbelievable, but the senior netminder owns a 390-minute scoreless streak that stretches back to PLU’s last loss on Nov. 13, 2021 – a 1-0 setback...
Corina Froehle’s offensive outburst kept the Eastern Washington University women’s soccer team on the winning track as the Eagles posted a 4-1 victory over Louisiana to stay hot in September. The junior midfielder from Anchorage bagged a goal in the 44th minute and...
Last year’s substitute is now a starter and Anchorage’s Zavier Hajdukovich has already delivered his first win – a shutout, no less. The sophomore goalkeeper at the Cal State East Bay stopped a career-high seven shots against UC Merced in a 1-0 victory in NCAA...
Utah State University senior Jordan Foraker of Anchorage needed just 19 seconds to score her first goal of the season. The super sub found the back of the net almost immediately after coming into the game for the first time the first half, giving the Aggies a 2-1...