Alex Rivera/Contributing Writer After a grueling regular season, the FIU Panthers find themselves in the Conference USA postseason tournament after nine wins, two losses, and five draws. The season started strong with two home wins and saw the Panthers win four of their seven intraconference matchups. In the last four games, FIU slowed down from […]
Alejandro Solana // Staff Writer Entering his third season as the head coach of the men’s soccer program, Scott Calabrese has brought success to this program in little time, but has also been a mentor off the field for his players. In only two seasons, Calabrese transformed the Panthers from a middle-of-the-pack conference team to […]
A weekend with some of Conference-USA’s best, and worst, is coming up for the Panthers. Beginning on Friday, Oct. 10, and ending Sunday, Oct. 12, Head Coach Thomas Chestnutt and his girl’s soccer team will see two good opportunities to move up the ranks in the C-USA standings. The University of Alabama at Birmingham is […]
Caesar Alva/ Contributing Writer The men’s soccer team (2-3-1) returned to the comfort of Miami, preparing to take on a familiar foe in the Eagles of Florida Gulf Coast University (1-3-3). The Panthers were looking to continue with a positive momentum after defeating San Diego State University days prior. With critical conference games approaching, it […]
Senior forward, Quentin Albrecht, put the team on his back Friday evening Sept. 19, scoring two goals in the Panthers’ come from behind win over No. 25 San Diego State University Aztecs. Albrecht’s second goal was an incredible game winner chilena, or bicycle kick, in extra time to secure the 2-1 comeback win for the […]
There’s an interest in the flashy lifestyle and pizzazz of a superstar athlete: the money, the self-centered tweets and the luxury of it all. America recognizes these athletes and supports them. There’s a more unique and peculiar interest in a humbled superstar athlete, too, but it goes unrecognized. To be selfless and incredibly talented is […]
As each Panther walked onto the field, there wasn’t much dancing compared to the warmups before the FGCU match on Sept. 3. Instead, there was a look of fire in each pair of eyes. Smiles were shone every now and again, but the mission for Friday, Sept. 5 was clear-cut: Win at all costs and […]
The season reached its end and the FIU men’s soccer team (6-10-1) (2-6-1 in Conference-USA play), like they did last year, found themselves on the outside looking in of the C-USA tournament. FIU finished eighth in their conference and were four points shy of a clinching a tournament berth. Coming off FIU’s best season since […]
After a tough start to the season, the FIU men’s soccer team (6-8-1) (2-4-1 Conference USA) has seen a resurgence on the defensive side of the ball. FIU began the first eight games of the season playing some sluggish defense. Through those eight games FIU was one of the worst defenses in the nation allowing […]
The FIU men’s soccer squad (6-8-1) (2-4-1 in Conference-USA) receives their first tie of the season against the University of South Carolina Gamecocks (6-5-5) (3-1-3). The Gamecocks came into the game allowing less than one goal per game (0.98), thanks in part to reigning C-USA defensive player of the week, freshman goalkeeper Marco Velez. The […]
The FIU men’s soccer team (6-8-0, 2-4-0 C-USA) makes quick work of the University of Kentucky (4-8-2, 1-3-2 C-USA) as they defeat the Wildcats (4-1) in Lexington, Kentucky. The win snapped a season long three-game losing streak. When asked what the main reason for the turnaround Head Coach Ken Arena stated that it was the […]
