Word: crimson
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Before Kingsberg arrived at Harvard three years ago, pick-up speedball games on Manhattan cement were the closest she had come to soccer matches. But the shock of switching from concrete to grass was only the first of many adjustments that Kingsberg had made over her Crimson soccer career...
With the absense of fullbacks Natalie Roe and Ryan Smith and goalie Irene Kacandes, coach Bob Scalise began shifting players to find replacements. Kingsberg was called in to play against Wellesley College, which was devastated by the Crimson, 9-0. That night Scalise called Kingberg to tell her she had a starting spot in the line...
Because of this attitude, the Government major finds it particularly satisfying to keep the opposition scoreless. So far this season, the Crimson has accumulated eight shut outs in 16 games, including the match against the University of Massachusetts in the Easterns when Harvard became the first team in two years to keep the Minutemen off the scoreboard...
...John, Harvard's senior quarterback, received no deference from his subjects this fall, and has struggled all year to remain healthy and to keep the Crimson ahead...
...also stopped the Crimson's chances for a winning season. The procession of quarterbacks who followed St. John proved either incapable of leading the team, or got hurt before they had the chance. Two Harvard losses followed St. John's injury. He returned against Darmouth, but played on a tender knee, limiting his most potent weapon, the pass-run option. "Burke can run, but even after he came back, his injury took that away," Restic says...