Anchorage's Paul Kopp was staring at the final one minute and 10 seconds of his college soccer career and The Master's University's season was on the brink. The Mustangs trailed 2-1 to the Jessup Warriors in the opening round of the Golden State Athletic Conference...
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College Soccer Notebook: Twenhafel, Mladenov on collision course, Cesar anchors PLU at NCAA D3 Championships; plus more on other Alaskans
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...
Friday Flashback: Former Chugiak High star Kelly Cobb carried Duke to 2011 College Cup final
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...
Soldotna’s Maddie Kindred extends college scoreless streak to 353 minutes, nets 19th shutout for Minot State
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...
Alaska goalkeepers Zavier Hajdukovich, Shaylin Cesar each earn college shutouts on the same day
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...
Jack Green sets up equalizer, scores go-ahead goal as American University rallies to beat Bucknell 2-1
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...
Goalkeeper Shaylin Cesar of Juneau stretches scoreless streak to 390 minutes for Pacific Lutheran
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...
Eastern Washington junior Corina Froehle of Anchorage nets first goal, first assist in same game to fuel 4-1 win
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...
Goalkeeper Zavier Hajdukovich picks up first win, first shutout of college soccer career
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...
Anchorage’s Jordan Foraker scores fifth career goal for Utah State in 2-2 draw with NAU
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...
Prep Soccer: A command performance – Dimond girls cap soccer season with another championship
Whether or not by design, it’s only sensible the final act of the high school soccer season belonged to the royalty that is the girls teams from Dimond and South. Of the now 22 officially sanctioned state tournaments, one of the two programs have accounted for more...