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Roy Williams on UNC coaching legend Anson DorranceCoach Williams is from North Carolina, went to UNC, and now has led the Tar Heels to three National Titles. Still, he raves about the UNC sports culture and the other successful programs making noise in Chapel Hill. Williams went in-depth on Anson Dorrance, UNC's women's soccer coach. Dorrance has coached the Tar Heels since 1979. He has won 21 National Championships. (Carolina Blue)
Trio of former Tar Heels help USMNT to first place in Gold Cup groupThe UNC men’s soccer had put a fair number of players into MLS and the world of soccer in general. Several of those player have found their way onto the US Men’s National Team. Said US team is currently taking part in the Gold Cup, the championship tournament of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. (Tar Heel Blog)
Matt Hedges, Dax McCarty Named To MLS All-Star GameA pair of former North Carolina men's soccer standouts - Matt Hedges and Dax McCarty - will represent Major League Soccer against Spanish superpower Real Madrid in the 2017 MLS All-Star Game on Wednesday, Aug. 2 at Soldier Field in Chicago. Hedges, the 2016 MLS Defender of the Year at FC Dallas, is making his first career all-star appearance. (GoHeels.com)
Tar Heels Finish Top 10 In All-Sport CompetitionThe University of North Carolina was one of six athletic programs to finish in the top 10 in both the men's and women's standings in the 2016-17 Capital One Cup, which measures top 10-finishes in NCAA Championship play and coaches' polls in 20 men's and 21 women's sports. The Tar Heels finished third in the men's standings and ninth in the women's this year. (GoHeels.com)
Tar Heels Announce 2017 Women's Soccer ScheduleThe UNC women's soccer team, 2016 NCAA semifinalists, will play 17 regular season games in 2017, beginning with a matchup against Duke on Friday, August 18 at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., at 6 p.m. Coach Anson Dorrance returns a veteran team in 2017 after advancing to last year's NCAA College Cup with one of the more inexperienced teams in UNC history. (GoHeels.com)
UNC Releases 2017 Men's Soccer ScheduleComing off a trip to the College Cup last fall, the University of North Carolina men's soccer team's 2017 schedule will feature no fewer than six teams that participated in the NCAA Championship last season. Included in that group is fellow College Cup participant Wake Forest, and an NCAA Quarterfinal rematch with Providence in this season's opening match. (GoHeels.com)
Record 385 Tar Heels Named To ACC Academic Honor RollA record 385 North Carolina student-athletes have been named to the 2016-17 Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll, announced Thursday by the league. It's the second year in a row and the fourth time in the past five years that UNC has established a new high and the fifth year in a row that more than 300 Tar Heel student-athletes have been honored. (GoHeels.com)
UNC Soccer Alum Eric Lichaj Trying to Make Most of USMNT ReturnThis summer’s CONCACAF Gold Cup camp offers quite an opportunity. For some it’s their first time in a U.S. MNT camp, and for the more established players a chance to further cement a place in future rosters. In defender Eric Lichaj’s case, it’s the occasion to re-establish a spot in the senior team fold after only scant international appearances the past few years. (US Soccer)
UNC finishes 5th nationally in race for the Learfield Directors’ CupUNC finished fifth in the final 2016-17 Learfield Directors' Cup standings, the Tar Heels' 11th top-five and 20th top-10 finish in the 24-year history of the award. It marks the 18th time UNC is the highest-ranked ACC program. The Directors' Cup measures NCAA post-season competitive success and awards points to a maximum of 10 men's and 10 women's programs per school. (GoHeels.com)
UNC's Cunningham focused on $100 million facility projectUNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham has long talked about the need to build an indoor football practice facility or upgrade the aging home to the school's soccer and lacrosse programs. That work has finally begun as part of a roughly $100 million project, one that has left a big hole near the middle of campus and will force a dozen programs to adjust practice or game routines for the coming year. (Associated Press)
UNC Women's Soccer Adds Nine Newcomers For 2017The UNC women's soccer program finalized its recruiting class for 2017 this week, coach Anson Dorrance announced Tuesday. The recruiting class includes four freshmen who enrolled at UNC in January as well as four players who will enroll in August. Another player attended UNC as a freshman last year and is joining UNC women's soccer for her sophomore season this fall. (GoHeels.com)
Tobin Heath named Female Professional Athlete of the Year by Oregon Sports AwardsPortland Thorns midfielder Tobin Heath has been named the 2016-17 Female Professional Athlete of the Year by the Oregon Sports Awards. The is the sixth time that a women's soccer player has won the Award for Female Professional Athlete of the Year. Heath set an NWSL record for assists with 10 in 2016 as she helped lead the Thorns to their first-ever NWSL Shield. (The Oregonian)
Goal-driven: Inside Kealia Ohai's headLike most things in life, soccer is in large part about what goes on in the athlete's head. Can she motivate herself? Can she rebound from failure? Can she focus? Houston Dash Captain Kealia Ohai is blind in one eye, and as a kid, she was small for her age. But even so, her physical gifts showed up early. Around age 3, in her first game, she scored 18 goals. (Houston Chronicle)
Carolina Insider Podcast: Anson DorranceLongtime UNC women's soccer coach Anson Dorrance is the guest on the latest edition of the Carolina Insider podcast. The legendary coach, now in his fourth decade at North Carolina, is always an entertaining interview so don't miss it. Carolina Insider is a twice-weekly production hosted by Angell and Lucas in partnership with Learfield Sports and DGital Media. (GoHeels.com)
Soccer superstar Mia Hamm invites girl disqualified from game to her soccer academyThe story of an 8-year-old girl disqualified from a local soccer club weekend tournament has grabbed the attention of one of the world's best soccer players. American soccer legend Mia Hamm on Monday, tweeted, “Hey Mili, we would love to host you at one of our camps @TeamFirstSA. Be you!” The tweet came after Mili Hernandez’s story spread across social media. (WOWT.com)
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