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8 NC teams still kicking in NCAA Soccer tournaments

November 17, 2021 Shawn Krest

For the fourth straight year, the NCAA Men’s College Cup will be held at Cary’s WakeMed Soccer Park. The Women’s Cup, meanwhile, is taking a break from Cary after three years at WakeMed, but North […]

NC Courage fires coach amid past allegations of sexual misconduct

September 30, 2021 Brett Friedlander

CARY — The North Carolina Courage have fired coach Paul Riley after allegations of sexual misconduct came to light Thursday in a published report by The Athletic. The investigative report by Meg Linehan quotes former […]

ACC right at home in Cary College Cups

May 12, 2021 Shawn Krest

The NCAA College Cups for men’s and women’s soccer will be both be decided this weekend in Cary. Cary is certainly no stranger to the NCAA championships in the sport. This is the ninth time […]

In-state teams advance in NCAA soccer tournaments

May 5, 2021 Brett Friedlander

The home-state advantage was kind to North Carolina teams playing in the NCAA’s postseason soccer tournaments last week. With all games being played at venues around the Old North State, teams from UNC, Duke and […]

NC Courage adjusting to roster overhaul

April 28, 2021 Brett Friedlander

The North Carolina Courage beat expansion Racing Louisville 3-2 on Monday to stay alive for a spot in the National Women’s Soccer League Challenge Cup tournament. But that’s not the goal coach Paul Riley has […]

NC to host entire men’s, women’s NCAA soccer tournaments

March 31, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Raleigh missed out on hosting the first two rounds of March Madness when the NCAA decided to move both its men’s and women’s tournaments into centralized bubbles in Indianapolis and San Antonio. On Thursday, the […]

Women’s World Cup stars come to Cary for International Champions Cup

August 7, 2019 Brett Friedlander

CARY — The FIFA Women’s World Cup captured the attention of soccer fans all around the globe this summer, especially here in the United States. But because it was held in France, the tournament was […]

UNC women come up short at College Cup

December 5, 2018 Brett Friedlander

CARY — Dominance doesn’t even begin to describe the success the North Carolina women’s soccer team achieved since the sport was officially recognized by the NCAA in 1982. In the first 32 years that a […]