RE: Marshall won the NCAA National Championship in soccer last night.
Marshall took down a lot of soccer royalty in the NCAAs:
Marshall's March To The National Title
#23 Fordham- Undefeated coming into the NCAAs -- Marshall 2-1 in OT, Golden Goal by Milo Yosef at the 96:41 mark of the first OT
#1 and 1 seed Clemson- The top ranked team in the nation at 14-2-3 -- Marshall 1 Clemson 1 after 2 OT -- Marshall advances on PKs 7-6
#7 and 8 seed Georgetown- Georgetown was the Defending National Champions -- Marshall 1-0, Goal by Jamil Roberts at the 20:05 mark in the 2nd period
#16 and unseeded North Carolina- UNC had made the College Cup semis the last 3 of 4 years -- Marshall 1-0, Goal by Jamil Roberts at the 30:22 mark in the 2nd period
#3 and 3 seed Indiana- Indiana has the most NCAA wins with 95 and 2nd most titles with 8 -- Marshall 1-0, Golden Goal by Jamil Roberts at the 98:41 mark of the first OT
Clemson - 2 time National Champions (32 NCAAs, Titles 1984, 1987)
Georgetown - 1 National Champions (10 NCAAs, Defending National Champs, Title 2019)
North Carolina - 2 time National Champions (26 NCAAs, College Cup Simis 3 of the last 4 years, Title 2001, 2011)
Iniana - 8 time National Champions (44 NCAAs, 21 College Cup semis, 16 College Cup Finals, Titles 1982, 1983, 1988, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2012)
In my opinion Marshall has the best DI College soccer coach in the country in Chris Grassie. Before Marshall Chris Grassie was the HC of the University of Charleston (DII) for 6 years. In those 6 years all he done was go 99-20-8 and have 1 Sweet 16, 2 Elite 8, 1 Final 4, 2 Title games and 2 National Coach of the Year awards. He lost both title games at UC 1-0. At Marshall he is 46-24-10 but the 1st 2 seasons were under .500 at 8-10-2 and 8-9-3. Since then he is 30-5-6 with 20 ranked wins, 2 CUSA Coach of the years, 2 CUSA Titles, 2 NCAAs, 1 Sweet 16 and a College Cup National Championship.
I hope UAB can get back up and be competitive again. Because CUSA is going to get a little more challenging in the fall as Coastal Carolina will be joining.
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