Match Report: UC v's Union College

Local rivalries are always a big part of our schedule at the University of the Cumberlands, and there is no closer rivalry than Union College. Located around 30 miles away it is a local rivalry that is always fierce and intense. We went into the game looking to build on previous performances and get the result that we have been working hard for throughout the season.

Match Report: Cumberland University v's UC

   As the season wears on we continue to find ourselves in unfamiliar territory as a team. Playing great soccer and not getting the results we are working so hard for is frustrating to say the least. Added to the fact that we are conceding so many goals whilst not been able to find the net ourselves is somewhat of an anomaly for myself and the program. Over the past week or so I have been working hard to look at where I am going wrong as a coach and where I can fix the problems. As the head of the program I must take full responsibility for its shortcomings and do all I can to solve the problems we face. With this said, the players have been fantastic, continuing to show a great attitude in every practice and game. To show such an unwavering belief that things will turn round takes guts, and to get back up every time we are knocked down shows the resounding commitment they are showing to the program.

Match Report: Rio Grande v's UCWS

    Soccer and life are rarely simple. We will fail far more times that we will ever be successful. But in order to succeed we must first taste the bitterness of failure. As Michael Jordan is quoted as saying:

Match Report: Bluefield College, Midway College, and Brescia University

   Having three games within the space of four days is very much a double edged sword. Win all three and you have had a truly spectacular four days. Lose all three and it feels like your season has just fallen apart in such a short space of time. This been said, every opportunity must be looked on in a positive light, and we must take our chances when they come along. As a program each of us is doing what we love to do within a group that we love and appreciate.

Match Report: UC v's Bryan College

   Adversity is often a word thrown around all too easily as an excuse for things not quite working out. It is easy to say that things got tough and that the problems we faced were just insurmountable. The hardest thing to do is to understand you are going through adversity and continue to fight. We are all capable of succeeding when everything falls into place. The sign of a true competitor is succeeding in the face of all adversity.

Match Report V’s Montreat College

    There are some moments in life and as a coach when you wonder if you are doing the right thing. If the message that you are trying to pass on is the best message possible for the audience and players you have. Then there are the moments that take your breath away, when you know that everything you have done and said has been acknowledged, and your audience or players have done everything you have asked of them.

Match Report: UC v's Carson Newman

    As the sun climbed above the Appalachian Mountains on Saturday 25th August, the new look University of the Cumberlands Women’s Soccer team prepared for their first scrimmage of the season against a Division II Carson Newman College also going through a transitional stage after such a successful and storied history.

There is Always English Pride

    While football (soccer) is the worlds game, it was given to the world by the English. It is our national sport, and we boast the best and most exciting league in the world. While from August to May the Premier League is a showcase for worldwide soccer talent, the focus over the next few weeks will be on Euro 2012, and for myself the England team.

The Moment 'The King' Changed Football

    As I reflect on making it to and past a half century, I feel it is apt to look at one man and one moment that changed my footballing life forever. In my life I have witnessed some great events. I have seen some spectacular moments, moments that have taken my breath away, and also some unexplainable and devastating moments. In just my lifetime we have seen the rise of technology that allows us to perform tasks and function at a level most never thought possible. We have seen the world change forever with the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the rise of terrorism and the events of September 11th, 2001. The world has seen and lost some spectacular people, including the deaths of Princess Diana, Michael Jackson and Sir Bobby Robson.

Bringing Down The Berlin Wall

Thought of the week 6

    Soccer and sport can teach us much about life. When things are going well in life we rarely question it, but when things take a turn for the worse we often wonder what we have done to deserve it, or what we have done wrong that such things would happen. The same can be said in soccer. When we win we often take it for granted without focusing on the things that got us there, and when we lose we are often times overly critical or ourselves and our teammates.