Xavier Magazine
Soccer
Sweet Victory
April 14, 2015 | By Mike RutledgeMen’s Soccer Scores Big with First-Ever NCAA Tournament Home Game In the cold November evening, the fans are on their feet and, on this Thursday, Nov. 20, Matt Vasquenza is ready to make history.
After hundreds of hours of training … Read More
Back on the Pitch
September 15, 2014 | By Skip TateAfter his first day of practice with Xavier’s men’s soccer team, Mike Mossel called his mom back home in The Netherlands. “I don’t think I can compete,” he said. “All of these guys are a lot bigger and stronger.”
Selling Soccer
July 1, 2011 | Felix WinternitzRuss Findlay walks around the hallways of his offices every day, a Sierra Mist held firmly in his grip. To him, the soft drink is more than a caffeine boost. It’s like a baby he’s brought into the world.
The … Read More
A Common Goal
April 1, 2011 | Felix WinternitzCall them the Dynamic Duo. Two athletic gents—one fresh from the fields of Indiana, the other from Illinois—are busy changing the face of Xavier soccer, scoring dramatic turnarounds for a couple of sometimes moribund soccer programs.
Woody Sherwood, in his … Read More
New Coaches
January 1, 2010 | Xavier UniversityWoody Sherwood, who earned four letters as a Xavier soccer player and spent three seasons as an assistant coach on the women’s soccer team in the 1990s, was named the new head coach of the women’s soccer program in December. … Read More
