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Category: Soccer
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On Tuesday, the Southeastern Conference announced the preseason coaches poll for the upcoming soccer season. The University of Florida is ranked No. 5 by coaches. Texas A&M topped the poll and is followed by South Carolina and Vanderbilt. In 2018, the Gators went 7-10-4 and failed to qualify for postseason play. This is the twenty-fifth…
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The 1998 class of seniors for the Florida soccer program (13 members) had the opportunity to build a program from infancy into a National Champion. Selecting a Florida soccer Mount Rushmore is incredibly difficult. This, however, is not due to a lack of stardom. Despite a couple obvious choices, there has been numerous stars to…
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The Jamaican women’s national team has struggled in it’s World Cup debut. Despite their 2019 journey coming to an end with a 4-1 loss to Australia, the team had much to celebrate as they scored their first ever World Cup goal. Halftime substitute and former Florida Gator, Havana Solaun found the back of the net…
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After an outstanding career in the Orange and Blue, GK Kaylan Marckese got to hear her name called in the 2019 NWSL College Draft. Marckese was selected with the first pick of the fourth round and is one of only 36 athletes selected in this year’s draft. In 78 games for Florida over the last…
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FINAL: FLORIDA 1, VANDERBILT 0 1H 2H OT FINAL GATORS 1 0 X 1 ‘DORES 0 0 X 0 ORANGE BEACH, AL- The Gators soccer team has advanced to the SEC Tournament semi-finals after narrowly defeating #1 seed Vanderbilt, 1-0. The Commodores (15-3-1) entered the game having only lost two games all season, but had…
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The Southeastern Conference announced it’s yearly awards on Sunday. Despite a disappointing season record-wise, the Gators were represented on the All-Conference first team by senior midfielder Lais Araujo. Araujo led Florida in scoring with five goals and thirteen total points. Araujo recorded a first half hat-trick at Kentucky in September and earned the SEC’s Offensive…
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FINAL: FLORIDA 1, AUBURN 1 (3-1 UF in PKs) 1H 2H OT FINAL TIGERS 0 1 0 1 GATORS 1 0 0 1 GAINESVILLE, FL- Florida soccer is moving on to the SEC Tournament’s quarterfinals after a thrilling victory over Auburn in the opening round. Florida’s senior GK Kaylan Marckese etched her place in Gators…
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FINAL: FLORIDA 1, GEORGIA 0 1H 2H OT FINAL BULLDOGS 0 0 X 0 GATORS 1 0 X 1 GAINESVILLE, FL- Florida soccer earned a game that was more or less a must win. The Gators entered Thursday’s contest with the #52 RPI in the country and only three regular season games remaining. Both Florida…
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FINAL: TENNESSEE 1, FLORIDA 0 1H 2H OT FINAL VOLS 1 1 X 2 GATORS 0 0 X 0 GAINESVILLE, FL- The Florida soccer team has fallen to 2-2-1 in conference play following Thursday’s 2-0 loss to Tennessee. The Vols scored the earliest goal of the season to take the lead and cruised to the…
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Florida MF Lais Araujo was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week by the confernce on Monday. The senior from Salvador, Brazil scored four goals in Florida’s two conference victories and was the catalyst for an offense that had stagnated for the majority of the season. In the Gators’ 6-0 defeat of Kentucky on…
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