Following a week of rest, Denver men’s soccer (5-6, 1-1) traveled to face conference mate UMass-Amherst and fell, 2-1, in a rematch of last year’s NCAA Quarterfinal matchup that DU won 3-0. The Minuement bookended goals in each half to fuel the home win. Denver had numerous chances to score with a 10-2 shots-on-goal advantage and 9-2 edge on corner kicks, but they could never capitalize. DU’s Erik Collins scored with three minutes remaining, but the die was cast. With the loss, DU falls below .500. Continue reading Mixed Results follow DU in Summit League Play
Category Archives: Men’s Soccer
Denver Sweeps Summit League Home Openers
DU women’s volleyball (10-3, 2-0) swept two matches to open Summit League conference play. Thursday, the team played Oral Roberts in Tulsa and carved out a 3-0 sweep behind outside hitter Ava Reynolds. On Saturday, DU returned home against UMKC. DU played a dominant first set, came from behind in the second, lost the third, and dominated the Roos in the fourth set. Jamia Johnson led DU with 17 kills to cap the opening sweep. Continue reading Denver Sweeps Summit League Home Openers
Denver’s NCAA Path Narrows with 2-0 Loss to Creighton
Head men’s soccer coach Jamie Franks has never veered from his ambition to achieve a national championship. One of his keys is a challenging non-conference schedule. A 2-0 loss to Creighton last week dropped the team to a 2-3 record and likely eliminated the option of an at-large NCAA bid, leaving the Pioneers hanging by a Summit League tournament thread. Continue reading Denver’s NCAA Path Narrows with 2-0 Loss to Creighton
Soccer Doubleheader Delivers Double Frustration
Pioneer Field hosted a pair of matches Thursday night. DU women’s soccer (1-0-3) faced Texas A&M in their home opener in the late afternoon and men’s soccer (1-2) took on San Diego in the nightcap. The long, rain-delayed evening resulted in 158 minutes of soccer frustration. Continue reading Soccer Doubleheader Delivers Double Frustration
UMass-Amherst to Join Summit League as Men’s Soccer Affiliate
No, this is not an April Fool’s joke just before Christmas.
The UMass-Amherst Minutemen are joining the Summit League as affiliate members for men’s soccer beginning in 2025. The new, weird union will partner UMass-Amherst with the University of Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens as the Summit League’s newest affiliate members. The ‘Flagship’ Minutemen were members of the 14-team Atlantic 10 Conference. Why would they leave a geographically logical conference for the Summit League? We can only speculate that A-10 conference members care for the Minutemen as much as we do. Continue reading UMass-Amherst to Join Summit League as Men’s Soccer Affiliate
DU Falls to Vermont in PKs, College Cup Run Ends in Semis Again
In Brazil they call soccer ‘the beautiful game‘. However, it can be a cruel game too, with paper-thin margins. #3 Denver was the best team (statistically) on the field Friday night in the College Cup semifinal between the Pioneers and Vermont Catamounts but it was not to be for Denver men’s soccer in Cary, North Carolina. A crossbar shot, a missed first-half Catamounts handball in the box, a close non-offside call on Vermont’s only regulation goal and numerous missed scoring chances by the Pioneers led to the deciding penalty shots. That is not to say Vermont did not have chances of their own, particularly in the second half of the match, as both sides created scoring opportunities to end the match in regulation. Shootouts are a game of roulette and Denver came up short. Continue reading DU Falls to Vermont in PKs, College Cup Run Ends in Semis Again
Vermont A to Z: 26 Things to Know Before Friday’s College Cup Semifinal
DU faces the University of Vermont in the 2024 College Cup Semifinal at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. Opening kickoff is set for 5 p.m. ET/3 p.m. MT, and the game will be broadcast on ESPNU and ESPN+. Here is everything you want to know about Vermont and the University of Vermont soccer:
America East Conference winner in 2024 with 7 total conference titles
Bridges that are covered are popular tourist attractions
Catamounts is their nickname Continue reading Vermont A to Z: 26 Things to Know Before Friday’s College Cup Semifinal
College Cup Bound – Denver Men’s Soccer Crushes UMass-Amherst 3-0
On a sun-drenched December Saturday afternoon, #3 seed Denver Men’s Soccer (14-3-4) faced the UMass-Amherst Minutemen at Pioneer Field in the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals. A standing-room-only crowd sat, perched, and stood around Pioneer Field to witness a nearly flawless, 3-0 DU victory which earned DU its second-ever College Cup berth. Continue reading College Cup Bound – Denver Men’s Soccer Crushes UMass-Amherst 3-0
Travel Guide – Things for Visiting UMass-Amherst Fans to Do in Colorado
Here are the Top 11 suggested activities for UMass-Amherst visitors before and after attending the men’s NCAA Soccer Quarterfinal match at Pioneer Field at 1:00 pm MT on Saturday. Continue reading Travel Guide – Things for Visiting UMass-Amherst Fans to Do in Colorado
#3 Denver Defeats #14 Indiana, 1-0, Advances to NCAA Quarterfinals
A DU Soccer Stadium record crowd of nearly 2,000 fans packed Pioneer Field for DU’s NCAA Round of 16 victory against Indiana University. Denver’s Keegan Kelly scored the game-winner on an early first-half goal (08:30) and kept the Hoosiers off the score sheet the rest of the way. Denver men’s soccer now advances to the NCAA Quarterfinal round of 8 at Pioneer Field next weekend against UMass-Amherst. Continue reading #3 Denver Defeats #14 Indiana, 1-0, Advances to NCAA Quarterfinals