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While Clint Dempsey—the USA’s top goal scorer in the aforementioned tournament—honed his skills in the collegiate game, it was 19-year old Jozy Altidore who turned heads with his performances against Spain and Brazil. Altidore, who eschewed the collegiate system entirely by turning pro at 17, is hailed as an example by many detractors of college soccer that the United States needs to mirror the development set-ups in Europe and South America to compete consistently...
...Keating] creates goal-scoring opportunities,” Caples said. “I’d target her too—she’s a great goal scorer...
...absence, albeit temporary, of another key figure from last year. Senior Christina Hagner—coming off a breakout season in which she started all 18 games—has not yet seen the field due to a minor case of patellar tendinitis. Losing its leading goal scorer from last year will hurt any team, especially one whose strength is on the defensive end. So what does the future hold for Harvard? There are hints of good and bad. A 3-0 deficit against Hofstra was made respectable with two Crimson goals in the final 10 minutes. The offensive outburst...
...Keating] is a great tipper,” co-captain Elizabeth Goodman-Bacon praises. “She always has her stick in there, always gets a touch on any shot, aond can put it in the net…she’s developed into a real goal scorer with a lot of poise.”The junior’s increased involvement has led to an offensive flurry. Keating has notched five goals and four assists—best on the squad in both categories—en route to matching her career total with 14 points...
...last two tallies of the period.“They definitely do have chemistry,” Flynn said. “Sara’s a really great feeder; she gets a lot of assists because she can really read the defense well. Kaitlin is just a phenomenal scorer, so the combination of that has really helped us in the last two games.”With the offensive spark and a bend-but-not-break defense led by Martino, the Crimson limited the Eagles’ first period damage to just three tallies while scoring seven times, giving...