It has only been a hobby for a few years, but I can’t stop following soccer. It makes for a lot of fun when it overlaps with Middle East politics.It seems they have found a strange intersection in Qatar. Otherwise known as the beautiful game, soccer now plays a key role in the new Qatari grand strategy. This ...
Perhaps Morocco took its cue from Governors Christie and Cuomo. Unlike the governors, however, Morocco will be made to pay -- literally.On Sunday, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) fined the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (RMFF) $1 million for reneging on its commitment to host the 2015 ...
When the field of 64 was set in early November, Tufts was little more than an afterthought for title contender, as the bracket was littered with past national champions, All-Americans and long-tenured coaches. The Jumbos had won fewer NCAA tournament games than some teams had won NCAA titles. They had ...
While there was a significant amount of optimism surrounding the men's soccer team entering the 2014 season, few expected the Jumbos to keep their season going into December. While Tufts showed that it can compete with the best teams in the country, tying Amherst and taking the notoriously-difficult ...
The men's soccer team took its miracle run through the Div. III NCAA tournament to new heights this past weekend, defeating No. 10 Muhlenberg 2-0 in the Sweet 16 before pulling off one of the biggest upsets in the tournament this year by beating No. 1 Messiah in the Elite Eight by a score of 1-0 ...
The men's soccer team lives to see another weekend after winning its first and second round games in the NCAA Div. III tournament. On Saturday, Tufts took down Dickinson College by a score of 2-1. The team followed up that victory with a convincing 2-0 win over sectional host Wheaton College on ...
The women's soccer team's season came to a close this past weekend with a 4-0 loss to Bowdoin in the first round of the NESCAC Championship tournament.The loss marks the end of a challenging season for the Jumbos, who, despite posting a 7-7-2 overall record, finished just 3-6-1 in their conference.But ...
As the rain came down, so too did the men's soccer team's chances at winning its first-ever NESCAC championship. Before Saturday, the Jumbos appeared to be primed for a title-run. Led by a dominant senior class, the Jumbos had not lost a game in the NESCAC. They were first in the NESCAC in ...
In a fitting end to an already picturesque Senior Day, the Jumbo faithful were treated to what will be one of their last glimpses of greatness on Kraft Field this regular season: senior midfielder Gus Santos' abs. Santos' goal with 20 seconds to go capped off Tufts' 2-0 victory over Hamilton, ...
The women's soccer team scored three unanswered goals against Hamilton on Saturday, erasing a one-goal first half deficit to defeat Hamilton 4-2 in its second-to-last regular season game. Sophomores Jess Capone and Brook Fortin each scored two goals to bring the team's record to 3-5-1 in the ...
The men's soccer team finds itself in an unusual position entering its penultimate conference game against Hamilton this Saturday. Since they started playing in the NESCAC in 2000, the Jumbos have never finished above third place in the conference, and have never entered the final weekends of ...
Tufts scored three goals on Tuesday in its tie against UMass Boston, breaking the team's five-game slide -- in which the team went 1-4 -- en route to scoring as many goals on Tuesday as they had in their previous six games combined. The three goals were not enough to give the Jumbos the win, ...
Visiting parents this past Saturday got a chance to see a once-in-a-decade moment: the men's soccer team staking its claim to first place in the NESCAC. With a 1-0 win over Williams at Kraft Field and Wesleyan's 2-1 upset win in overtime against Amherst, Tufts assumed the top spot in the conference.Tufts ...
Just five minutes into the game against Williams on Saturday, Tufts found itself in a familiar position: playing catch-up to a NESCAC opponent. The Jumbos' hopes of salvaging their season were put off for another game, as the team dropped its fifth consecutive conference matchup, taking its season ...
Tufts entered its two-game weekend schedule with a must-win mentality against NESCAC opponents. In two away contests, Tufts fell just short against Conn. College, conceding a late-game goal to lose 1-0, and found themselves on the wrong side of a 3-0 loss to Trinity. With the pair of losses the Jumbos ...
Every successful season has its defining moments, and for the men's soccer team, this weekend was one of those moments. After ties in its past three games, Tufts broke out in a big way, beating Connecticut College 3-1 on Saturday before besting Trinity 2-0 on Sunday. The wins gave the Jumbos six ...
Sophomore Jess Capone recorded two goals in Tufts' 3-0 shutout over Endicott last year. She upped that total against the Gulls to three on Tuesday, scoring the only goal in the Jumbos' 1-0 victory.Capone ran on to a ball from senior forward Victoria Stoj, and sent it toward the left post, ...
"I thought that as always our defense was solid, we defended well as a team from our forwards to our defenders and kept them in check," Hoppenot said.
As is often the case in soccer, stats can belie a team's true ability. For the Jumbos, their 0-1-1 record against top-10 teams this year fails to show how close they have come to going 2-0. Tufts' 1-1 tie against Amherst on Homecoming left it winless for the ninth-straight time against the NESCAC ...
The men's soccer team began the tough part of its schedule strong, beating NESCAC rival Wesleyan 1-0 in overtime on Wednesday before losing a hard-fought battle to No. 5 Brandeis on Saturday.On Saturday, Tufts faced its biggest test of the season, and, despite falling to Brandeis 2-0, looked ...
