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3 unusual facts about Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer


Amy Warner

She received scholarship offers from some of the top soccer programs in the country and eventually settled on the University of Notre Dame, a perennial power in women's collegiate soccer.

Amy Warner (born December 29, 1981 in Idaho Falls, Idaho) is an American soccer player who graduated from Notre Dame as one of the top forwards in the history of the university.

Cindy Daws

In college soccer with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Daws scored a record 61 goals and won the Hermann Trophy and Honda-Broderick Cup.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

The UCLA Bruins won their second national title by defeating the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in the championship game, 1-0, after four overtime periods and a penalty kick shootout.

2011–12 Montenegrin Women's League

The 2011–12 Montenegrin Women's League was the inaugural edition of the competition, which succeeded the FSCG Trophy as the premier women's football championship in Montenegro.

ACF Trani 80

Associazione Calcio Femminile Trani 80 was an Italian professional women's football team that represented Trani during the 1980s.

Adriana Leon

After her sophomore season, Leon transferred to the University of Florida, where she played for coach Becky Burleigh's Florida Gators women's soccer team in 2012.

Alderson Broaddus Battlers women's soccer

Alderson Broaddus University Women's Soccer (ABWSOC) is the women's soccer program at Alderson Broaddus University (A-B) in Philippi, West Virginia and competes within the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC), an NCAA Division II league.

Ana María Escribano

Ana María "Ani" Escribano López (born 2 December 1981) is a Spanish footballer who plays for ÍBV in Iceland's Úrvalsdeild.

Anna Svenjeby

Anna Svenjeby (born 1962) is a Swedish retired football player who played as a midfielder for Kronängs IF and Jitex BK in the Swedish Championship in the late 1970s and 1980s.

ASD Mozzanica

Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Mozzanica is an Italian women's football club from Mozzanica, currently competing in Serie A.

ASD Reggiana CF

Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Reggiana Calcio Femminile, or Reggiana for short, is an Italian women's football club from Reggio Emilia currently competing in Serie C.

ASD Riviera di Romagna

Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Riviera di Romagna Calcio Femminile is an Italian football club from Cervia currently competing in Serie A.

Charlotte 49ers men's soccer

After an early disappointing loss to Xavier in the Atlantic 10 tournament, Charlotte then went on a deep run in the NCAA Tournament.

Crystal Dunn

Dunn had four NCAA Tournament goals, a game-winner against Jackson State, a goal against Notre Dame, and two goals in a 3–1 win over James Madison in NCAA second round; shot 30 percent to lead the team with 60 percent on goal rate.

Dino Dini

The game received very good reviews and was followed by the popular games Player Manager, Kick Off 2, Goal! and Dino Dini's Soccer in the 1990s.

According to an article on the GameSpot website, Dini created influential titles such as Kick Off (1989), Player Manager (1990), Dino Dini's Goal (1993), and Dino Dini's Football (1994).

Elvira Todua

Elvira Zurabovna Todua is an Abkhazian Russian football goalkeeper, currently playing for Rossiyanka in the Russian Championship.

FF Yzeure Allier Auvergne

Football Féminin Yzeure Allier Auvergne, formerly named FCF Nord Allier Yzeure, is a French women's football club founded in 1999 based in Yzeure.

Finau Vulivuli

Finau Vulivuli (born 18 August 1982 in Savusavu) is a Fijian women's football referee.

Florida Gators women's soccer

Former All-American Melanie Booth has been a member of the Canada National Team since 2001, and was a member of Canada's FIFA Women's World Cup team in (2007).

Wambach was also a member of the U.S. World Cup team in (2003) and (2007).

Florida State Seminoles women's soccer

The Seminoles have appeared in the College Cup a total of seven times, the most appearances of any ACC school and second-most nationally.

Jazmyne Avant

Avant accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida, where she played for coach Becky Burleigh's Florida Gators women's soccer team from 2008 to 2011.

Joe Johnson Memorial Trophy

The Joe Johnson Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the most outstanding Canadian Interuniversity Sport men's soccer player.

Loyola Greyhounds men's soccer

Mettrick built the team around its core strengths - goalkeeper Reb Beatty and the defense led by Niall Lepper and Michael Nelson - and led the team to a 12-4-1 record along with a #21 national ranking in his first season.

Despite Loyola's relatively small size as a Division I school and the lack of top quality athletic facilities, Sento proved an extremely capable recruiter and was able to bring top-level talent to the Evergreen, including several players such as Bill Heiser and Zach Thornton who had international experience on US youth national teams as well as others from top level club programs throughout the country.

Mariane Amaro

Mariane Goux Amaro (born 17 September 1993 in Montmorency) is a French football defender of Portuguese descent currently playing for Paris Saint-Germain in the French First Division.

Melanie Booth

Booth attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Becky Burleigh's Florida Gators women's soccer team from 2003 to 2005, before sitting out the 2006 season due to national team commitments.

North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer

In 1977, they petitioned the UNC Athletic Director, Bill Cobey, to take the club to the varsity level.

Reims FF

Reims Football Féminin is a French women's football from Reims established in 1968 as FCF Reims.

Syracuse Orange men's soccer

A four-year letterwinner and co-captain of the 2001 squad, John Andrade was with C.S. Marítimo of the Portuguese 1st Division in 2002.

Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's soccer

Terry Boss of Seattle Sounders FC and Lawson Vaughn of D.C. United are former Golden Hurricane currently playing in MLS.


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