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How Gators soccer has faced an analytical revolution
By Declan Walsh | Aug. 23, 2020There has been a revolution in the beautiful game.
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From lagers to laptops: How an Arsenal supporters’ group is coping with COVID-19 pandemic
By River Wells | Aug. 2, 2020When forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored the first goal for Arsenal with an effortless penalty shot in the 28th minute of Saturday’s FA Cup final, the Zoom chat erupted with a cacophony of noise that included claps, cheers and a fair bit of profanity.
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'I’m just grateful to be alive': The father of a UF athlete’s fight against coronavirus
By Noah Ram | July 6, 2020The last memory Stuart Hall, the father of Gators soccer player Cameron Hall, had from April 6 to April 24 was watching the film “Creed.”
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Coronavirus roundup: Professional sports leagues making a slow return
By Noah Ram | May 16, 2020Last weekend, for the first time in nearly two months, American sports fans witnessed a live sporting event in the U.S. with UFC 249 taking place in Jacksonville without fans.
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Florida trending upward despite rough finish to season
By Bryan Matamoros | Nov. 17, 2019The Florida soccer team’s 2019 campaign came to an anticlimactic end Friday night in front of its home crowd at Donald R. Dizney Stadium.
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USF sends UF packing from NCAA Tournament
By Bryan Matamoros | Nov. 15, 2019After scoring just 23 goals in 21 games last season, Florida’s soccer team needed a player to revitalize its offense.
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Florida, USF meet again in Round 1 of NCAA Tournament
By Bryan Matamoros | Nov. 15, 2019When former goalie Kaylan Marckese left for the National Women’s Soccer League, coach Becky Burleigh faced a tough decision heading into the 2019-20 campaign.
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Beating the odds: Kara overcomes injuries, transfer
By Graham Marsh | Nov. 15, 2019There were less than 15 minutes to play in the Players Development Academy (PDA) league’s New Jersey Cup Semifinal. Vanessa Kara — forward for the PDA Force — already had two goals. This was her shot at a third.
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Florida falls 3-1 to Arkansas in SEC Tournament semifinal
By Graham Marsh | Nov. 7, 2019Two Razorbacks placed three daggers into the heart of Florida’s SEC title hopes.
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Gators top Aggies 2-1 in SEC Quarterfinals
By Graham Marsh | Nov. 6, 2019Coach Becky Burleigh looked intense as ever in her classic black Gators jacket. Her eyes had a slight squint as she watched her team barely hang on to a one-goal lead.
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Gators prepare for rematch against Texas A&M in SEC Tournament
By Bryan Matamoros | Nov. 3, 2019Florida’s soccer team had one of the hardest schedules in the nation for the 2019-20 campaign.
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Florida loses chance at SEC East title with loss to Georgia
By Bryan Matamoros | Nov. 1, 2019All Florida’s soccer team needed was a win or tie in the last fixture of the regular season against Georgia to secure the SEC East title.
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Florida ties South Carolina in Senior Day conference battle
By Bryan Matamoros | Oct. 27, 2019Julia Lester has been a mainstay in Florida’s defense over the past four years. Her fearlessness and aggressiveness have made the senior indispensable to the team’s back line.
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Florida held scoreless against Tennessee
By Bryan Matamoros | Oct. 24, 2019Florida’s soccer team has made a habit of coming from behind to win games.
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Florida travels to Knoxville with 6-1 SEC record in tow
By Graham Marsh | Oct. 22, 2019In the past 10 matches, Florida’s soccer team is 8-2. That success followed a 2-3 start to the season. The Gators — ranked No. 20 in the most recent United Soccer Coaches poll — head into the final three contests of the regular season in the upper echelon of the conference.
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Gators outlast Auburn for 10th win
By Graham Marsh | Oct. 18, 2019Forward Kouri Peace joined the same post-game circle her team forms after every game. Over the loudspeaker at the stadium, the song “Good Feeling” by Flo Rida came on.
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Florida, Auburn play in SEC tourney rematch
By Bryan Matamoros | Oct. 17, 2019The last time Florida’s soccer team faced Auburn was in the 2018 SEC Tournament play-in match.
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Florida bounces back with conference victory over Kentucky
By Bryan Matamoros | Oct. 13, 2019Florida’s soccer team was in the midst of a six-game winning streak before Ole Miss came to Gainesville and took down the Gators on Thursday. It was UF’s first loss since Sept. 8 when it fell to Central Florida in the sixth fixture of the season.
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Florida bounces back with conference victory over Kentucky
By Bryan Matamoros | Oct. 12, 2019Florida’s soccer team was in the midst of a six-game winning streak before Ole Miss came to Gainesville and took down the Gators on Thursday. It was UF’s first loss since Sept. 8 when it fell to Central Florida in the sixth fixture of the season.
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Florida falls to Ole Miss in first conference loss
By Graham Marsh | Oct. 10, 2019Ole Miss midfielder Haleigh Stackpole took a Rebels free kick and placed a perfectly curved cross to the skull of forward Molly Martin. Martin tapped it up and over Susi Espinoza, whose glove was just out of reach, and the ball softly rolled into the net.
