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UNC Repeats Fourth-Place Finish In Final Learfield Directors' Cup Standings
Two national runner-up teams and seven others in the top 10 led the University of North Carolina to a second-straight fourth-place finish in the 2025-26 Learfield Directors' Cup. This is UNC's seventh-straight top-10 finish, 10th in the last 11 seasons and 27th in the 32-year history of the competition. Only Stanford and Florida (with 32 apiece) have more. (
GoHeels.com)
UNC Soccer Signee Maddie DiMaria Named Gatorade National Player Of The Year
A program already responsible for producing some of the most iconic names in the sport is set to soon welcome another potential star to Chapel Hill in Maddie DiMaria. On Wednesday, Gatorade announced that the St. Louis (Mo.) Cor Jesu Academy standout and North Carolina signee is the 2025-26 Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year. (
Inside Carolina)
Four UNC Women's Soccer Standouts Set For National Team Training Camps
U.S. Soccer is bringing the U-19 and U-18 Women's National Teams together for concurrent training camps June 25-July 3 in Fayetteville, Ga. at the Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center. Bella Devey from UNC Women's Soccer is on the U-19 roster while Scottie Antonucci, Riley Kennedy, and Cali O'Neill will train with the U-18 squad. (
GoHeels.com)
Amari Manning, Deus Stanislaus To Play With U-17 WNT
In preparation for the 2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup, head coach Ciara Crinion has named the 20-player roster for an upcoming training camp in Japan including matches against the host. The roster features Carolina women's soccer freshmen, Amari Manning and Deus Stanislaus. UNC leads the way with two of the three college players on the camp roster. (
GoHeels.com)
Sebastian Berhalter In Tears After Reading Father Gregg Berhalter’s World Cup Letter
Playing at a World Cup is a special achievement, and this summer, the USMNT will have another Berhalter at a World Cup: Sebastian Berhalter. The midfielder earned his call-up to the USMNT World Cup roster and will follow in his father’s footsteps in participating in a World Cup. His father is
Gregg Berhalter, who was recently the USMNT head coach. (
Athlon Sports)
Ex-UNC soccer player Sebastian Berhalter turned his father’s tough truth into World Cup breakthrough
Sebastian Berhalter’s path to the World Cup is not that of a young prodigy who had an easy way onto the U.S. men’s national team — despite what some might think of the son of storied former player and coach
Gregg Berhalter. The midfielder will tell you his father was the one to tell him four years ago, before the 2022 World Cup, that he wasn’t good enough. (
NBC News)
Aven Alvarez, Hope Munson To Play With U-20 Women’s Soccer National Team
In preparation for the 2026 FIFA U-20 World Cup, head coach Vicky Jepsen has selected 20 players for a training camp in Spain June 1-9. The roster is highlighted by Aven Alvarez and Hope Munson from UNC Women's Soccer. Along with training, the national team will play a pair of matches against fellow World Cup competitor France on June 5 and 8. (
GoHeels.com)
Newsletter: UNC Baseball To Super Regionals, Samodurov Commits, Able, Brown, and Thomas Sign
UNC Baseball advanced to the Super Regional and will host either Texas A&M or USC. It was a big week for Tar Heel Basketball following the commitment of
Alexandros Samodurov and signings of
Matt Able,
Kevin Thomas, and Terrence Brown. UNC Football lost a transfer QB, Volleyball heads overseas, and Sarah Gresham left it all on the field. (
Tar Heel Times Newsletter)
Four Tar Heels Selected To U-18 Women’s Soccer National Team
The U.S. U-18 Women's National Team has released the 20-player roster for their upcoming trip to Eastern Europe. The team is set to compete in the Bulgarian Nations Cup, featuring a first meeting between the USWNT and Benin WNT. Scottie Antonucci, Riley Kennedy, Cali O'Neill, and Peyton Trayer will represent UNC Women's Soccer on the roster. (
GoHeels.com)
$1M dreams kick off in Cary: The Soccer Tournament brings global clubs, local hopefuls
It’s a soccer-heavy summer in America, and The Soccer Tournament is capitalizing on the buzz. The fourth edition of the 7-on-7 event opened Wednesday at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary. The U.S. Women are trying to win the tournament for the third year in a row.
Heather O'Reilly, who played at UNC and for the North Carolina Courage, leads the effort. (
WRAL.com)