Avila University- Men's Soccer

 

 

Men’s Soccer Tackling First Conference Game

This year’s soccer season will be head coach Chris Clements fifth consecutive year in coach the Avila University Men’s Soccer team. This 2012 season will have the most soccer players on the team than any other year before it. Having an estimate of twenty returning players from 2011, and twenty-two more will be added to the roster. Players come from all over, including up north in Wisconsin to down south in Arkansas, even from other countries like Brazil. This year they are hoping to make it to the HAAC (Heart of America Conference) tournament, which is known to be the best men’s conference in the country. They are trying to make the tournament for the first time in Avila’s school history.

The 2012 Men’s soccer team kicked off on Saturday, September 29^th playing Graceland University, a team out of Iowa. Avila played well in the first half, keeping up with Graceland which at the time was receiving votes to be in the top twenty-five for top best teams in the country. Score was at 0-0 at halftime. Avila came back in the second half powerful once again but unfortunately Graceland was able to get around players to get there first goal making the score 0-1. Once Graceland’s first score, Avila started to break down and ended up letting two more goals make it through for the opposing team. The final score being 0-3, Graceland’s win.

Even though the first conference game was not a win for Avila, the men were able to shake it off and look forward to their next opponent which will be this Saturday, October 6^th vs. Baker University at home. Baker ended the 2011 season with a record of 22-1 and was number three in the country. Might be a tuff competitor, but Avila has the team that can come out with a win!