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unusual facts about college soccer



Aaron Wheeler

Wheeler attended Patapsco High School in Dundalk, Maryland, who he led to the 2005 Baltimore County championship title, and played three years of college soccer at Lenoir-Rhyne University before transferring to Towson University prior to his senior year.

Andrew Dykstra

Dykstra grew up in Woodbridge, Virginia, attended Osbourn Park High School, and played college soccer at Virginia Commonwealth University from 2004 to 2008, redshirting in his first year.

Anthony Allison

Allison grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attended Overbrook High School, and played club soccer for Junior Lone Star FC, before playing college soccer at Wilmington University.

Ben Hunter

Hunter grew up in Gainsborough, attended Queen Elizabeth's High School, and was a member of the junior academy at English professional club Doncaster Rovers prior to his moving to the United States in 2003 to attend and play college soccer at the University of Rio Grande in Ohio.

Ben Sippola

Sippola attended Mahtomedi Senior High School in Mahtomedi, Minnesota, and then Shattuck-St. Mary's High School in Faribault, Minnesota, played club soccer for Bangu Tsunami, and was a member of both the Minnesota State and National Region II Olympic Development Teams, before going on to play four years of college soccer at Butler University.

Cam Weaver

Weaver attended Kentwood High School in Covington, Washington, and played four years of college soccer at Skagit Valley College and Seattle University.

Cameron Medwin

Cameron continued playing with London until he began college soccer with Humber College in 2001.

Chris Carrieri

After a successful high school career at North Stafford High School in Stafford, Virginia, Carrieri played college soccer at the University of North Carolina, where he was hugely successful.

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.

Cody Bragg

Bragg grew up in Plano, Texas, played club soccer for the Dallas Texans and in the Dallas Cup in the U19 Super Group, and went on to play college soccer at The Citadel from 2000 to 2003.

Cody Reinberg

Born in Villa Ridge, Missouri, Reinberg attended St. Francis Borgia High School, played club soccer for the Maryland Heights Stars, and played college soccer at Drury University, where he was an All-Great Lakes Valley Conference Honorable mention selection and All-Great Lakes Region Third Team pick as a sophomore in 2006, and earned All-Conference First Team honors as a junior in 2007.

Corbin Waller

Waller attended High Point Central High School and youth soccer with the PSA Stars before going on to play four years of college soccer at the College of Charleston.

Damani Ralph

Ralph began his career in America playing college soccer at Meridian Community College in Meridian, Mississippi, where he scored 59 goals in 45 games and was named MVP of the NJCAA Tournament.

Dillon Barna

Barna attended Mountain Pointe High School in Phoenix, Arizona, where he earned numerous local honors, and played college soccer at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California.

Duncan Oughton

Oughton attended the University of Otago in New Zealand, before moving to the United States to play college soccer at Cal State Fullerton from 1997 to 2000.

Fabien Lewis

Lewis attended Naparima College, and came from his native Trinidad to the United States to play college soccer at Canisius College in 2003.

Joseph Ngwenya

Ngwenya attended the Mzilikazi High School in Bulawayo, leading them to the 1999 Zimbabwe National High School Championship, before moving to the United States in 2000 to attend and play college soccer at Coastal Carolina University.

Joshua Boateng

He played college soccer at Virginia Tech and Liberty University, where he was named a member of the All-Big South First Team in 2007, and honored as the Big South Player of the Year and was named to the Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy Watch List for the best player in the NCAA in 2008, He was also an All American player.

Keith Savage

Savage attended Gulf Breeze High School in Gulf Breeze, Florida, played club soccer for Pensacola Revolution, and played college soccer at the University of West Florida, where he was GSC Freshman of the Year in 2003.

Kendell McFayden

McFayden attended Williamsville North High School before going on to play four years of college soccer at Medaille College, where he amassed 42 career goals and was named an NSCAA All-American and Regional All-American, an ECAC First-Team All-Star, was a three-time AMCC First-Team All-Conference selection, and was an NSCAA Regional All-American.

Lawson Vaughn

Vaughn attended Lassiter High School in his hometown, Marietta, and began his college soccer at the University of South Carolina from 2002 to 2003, appearing in 34 matches in two seasons, he notched one goal and 3 assists.

Logan Pause

After attending Jordan High School in Durham, NC, Pause played college soccer at the University of North Carolina from 2000 to 2002.

Macoumba Kandji

He attended East Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he was voted MVP in 2003 as the Men's All-State Team forward, and played college soccer at Georgia Military College, where he was selected in the All-Region team in 2004 and 2005, scoring 17 goals and providing six assists during the 2005 season.

Mamadou Danso

Danso was recruited to play soccer for North Carolina Wesleyan College and also went on to play two years of college soccer at Southern Polytechnic State University, where he was a two-time All-Southern States Athletic Conference selection.

Neathan Gibson

Gibson played four years of college soccer at Lynn University, where he was a first team NAIA All-American and claimed Most Valuable Player Award laurels in the 1994 National Collegiate Senior Bowl.

Sahlen's Stadium

The stadium also hosts other sporting events such as collegiate soccer, Rochester Rhinos Elite youth soccer games and practices, American football, field hockey and drum and bugle corps competitions as well as concerts.

Shea Salinas

After attending Grapevine High School in Grapevine, Texas, Salinas played college soccer at Furman University, where he was named to the NSCAA All-America Third Team and the NSCAA All-South Region First Team in 2007, and the NSCAA All-South Region Third Team in 2006, as well as receiving First Team All Southern Conference honors in both 2007 and 2006.

Steve Cherundolo

Before joining Hannover, Cherundolo played two years of college soccer at the University of Portland, from 1997 to 1998.

Tim Melia

Melia attended East Islip High School and played two years of college soccer at the State University of New York at Oneonta before transferring to Lynn University in 2006, where he played his junior and senior years.

Wes Allen

Allen grew up in Austin, Texas, attended L.C. Anderson High School, and played college soccer at Oakland University, where he earned Third Team All-American Honors as a freshman.


see also

Billy Joe Hobert

Hobert's first marriage ended in divorce and he then married a former college soccer player named Danielle who worked in Al Davis' Raiders office.

Craig Mallace

Born in Torphichen, Mallace played college soccer in the United States with the Milwaukee Panthers.

Gustavo Alvarado

Gustavo Armando Alvarado Rubí (born 10 November 1990) is a Honduran amateur football midfielder who plays college soccer for Houston Baptist Huskies.

Jared Montz

Montz played college soccer at Lynn University for four years, where he finished with 5 goals and 16 assists in 67 matches.

Jon Lemmon

Although he grew up in Lawrence, KS, Lemmon played high school soccer at Maranatha Academy High School in Shawnee, Kansas, college soccer at MidAmerica Nazarene University, and in the USL for Cleveland City Stars and now with HNK Primorac.

Justin Manao

Justin Manao (born 25 March 1993) is an American Samoan international footballer who plays college soccer in the United States for PLU Lutes, as a defender.

Karsten Smith

Smith attended Walt Whitman High School, and played club soccer for BW Gottschee, leading team to State Cup titles at U-14 and U-15 level, before going on to play four years of college soccer at American University.

Kieran Kentish

Kieran Kentish (born 29 August 1987) is an Anguillan international footballer who plays college soccer in the United States for John Brown University, as a defender.

Kentish began his club career in Anguilla with the Roaring Lions, before moving to the United States in 2007 to play college soccer for John Brown University.

Michael Salazar

Michael Salazar (born November 15, 1992 in Cayo) is a Belizean footballer who currently plays college soccer at UC Riverside in the United States and is also a member of the Belize national team.

Murun Altankhuyag

Murun Altankhuyag (born 21 September 1989) is a Mongolian international footballer who plays college soccer in the United States for the Central Methodist Eagles, as a striker.

Petar Raković

He has previously played for FK Obilić and KFK Radnički Kragujevac in Serbia and St. John's University and Stony Brook University (US College soccer) in the USA, as well as for the FK Rad.

Raynaldo Sturrup

Raynaldo Sturrup (born 11 January 1990) is a Bahamian international footballer who plays college soccer for Thomas University, as a goalkeeper.

Sturrup has played college soccer in the United States for Thomas University.

Robbie Mustoe

After retiring as a player, Mustoe moved to Lexington, Massachusetts in the United States where he coached college soccer.

Robert Edmans

Edmans attended Loughborough University in 2006 then played college soccer in Virginia for the Virginia Tech Hokies in America.

Romelle Burgess

Born in Saint Michael, Burgess moved to the United States in 2002 to attend Southern New Hampshire University, becoming just one of four college soccer players there to earn All-Conference honors four times.

Rumba Munthali

Born in Lusaka, Zambia, Munthali was raised in Canada and played college soccer at the University of Alabama-Birmingham where he was a 2000 Third Team All American.